Personal users may still need depreciation. For example, I rent out
part of my house so I need to depreciate it.
Right, and for this business-esque activity, a personal finance user will have to look in the business section. I'm guessing a huge majority of personal finance users would not need to depreciate anything. BTW, if what I am saying is not correct, then we should add a depreciation section in the Personal user guide with example that relate to personal finance.
Also, business users may have to pay rent on their office space.
And should thus be included in the business section, with examples, etc. Including discussions of possible business tax implications, etc.
Honestly, I can't think of anything that would belong in a "GnuCash
guide to Personal Finance" that wouldn't also belong in a "GnuCash
guide to Business Finance".
Certainly the "Getting Started" chapters would be... basically.. identical (Basic Structure and Setup, Accounts, Transactions). However, the chapters Checkbook, Credit Cards, Investments, Loans could be very different in the business guide.
For example, the "credit card" section of the personal finance guide discusses how to deal with accounting for your personal credit card (I charged my groceries, what do I do now?). Whereas the business chapter on CCs could deal with accounting for credit card expense accounts, expense forms, back charging employees for personal expenses, etc. You know, the business perspective on credit cards.
Certainly investments and loans are quite different in a business versus personal finance setting?
The inverse is not true -- I see no reason to discuss AR, AP, Customers, Vendors, Invoices, Bills, Payroll, TaxTables, Billing Terms, etc. in the "Personal Finance" docs.
I agree. And, that is the other side of the coin, making the Personal Finance guide less intimidating for new users.
But seriously, I think except for the specific chapters devoted to the above sections, I see no reason to duplicate the docs.
But, they wouldn't be duplicated, except maybe in name.
Well, it doesn't matter now. Let's concentrate on the docs organization we have now.
:)
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