On 5/7/2018 10:36 AM, John Ralls wrote:
On May 7, 2018, at 6:37 AM, Mike or Penny Novack
<stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> wrote:
HOWEVER -- you have raised a more general question, perhaps misunderstanding something.
The "built in default" accounts that come with gnucash CoA skeletons are just
for convenience satisfying the needs of many new users. There is nothing magic about the
types of accounts included, either that they would be necessary or sufficient. If you
find you need another category of asset accounts (another sub tree under assets) simply
add that. Same with liabilities and equity (and thus for income and expense).
That’s not quite right. The account *types* are hard coded and control program
behavior: For example, types STOCK and FUND have a different register display
from the rest. There is neither UI nor API for adding types.
Regards,
John Ralls
Misunderstanding. The term "type" being used to mean different things.
The original question was using "type" in the sense I was answering the
question. Things like "gift cards", "pre-paid debit cards, bank account
associated debit cards, etc. are not "types" in the sense you mean
(STOCK, FUND, etc.)
Assets of type (sense 1) stock, fund, etc. not the same thing as
accounts of type (sense2) STOCK, FUND. << one could keep books under
gnucash involving assets of type (sense1) stocks ad funds without using
the built in (sense2) types. though it might help doing that to have
learned bookkeeping in the old pen and ink on paper days >>
Michael D Novack
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There is no possibility of social justice on a dead planet except the equality
of the grave.
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