The sense of the equity accounts seems to be backwards - maybe I'm not
understanding it. If I pay myself (out of my business account to my
personal account), that should be a reduction in my business equity (as well
as a reduction in my business bank account asset). Conversely, if I use a
personal credit card to by something I need for the business (let's say a
filing cabinet at Sams which only takes Discover and I don't have a business
Discover card), that transaction should be an increase in capital and an
increase in assets (Office Equipment or whatever). The sense currently in
gnuCash is exactly opposite of that and it doesn't make any sense to me.
On a related note, expense accounts should go positive when you have an
expense. The exception would be accrued expenses (which are really asset
accounts). In an accrued expense (take car insurance), you take some
expense every month, put it into this accrued insurance asset account. Then
when you actually have to pay the bill (like after 6 months), the money
comes out of the accrued insurance account. That kind of levels your
big-ticket expenses. It seems like all the expense accounts are treated
this way though. I can make it work, the way it is. It just doesn't make
much sense to me, but maybe I don't get it.
There has been tons already said about sub-accounts of top level accounts
and I like the idea of leaving it flexible as an attribute on a per account
basis. But I've noticed something that is definitely a bug. I have a
Clients top-level account which has several sub accounts. The top-level
account is nothing more than an organizational tool. Regardless, it has no
transactions and still shows a $5200 balance. I have no idea why. BTW,
$5200 is not something that makes sense like the sum of the child accounts.
If I sound overly critical, I'm not. I think this is a truly functional
tool and I'm currently using it and happy with where it is and is going.
Thanks everyone for all the hard work that has gone into it.
Rob Coker
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