> I am trying to re-parent an account with a "Liability" type to a parent
> with an "Expense" type. In the process I would like for the type of the
> subaccount to change to its new parent's type. In detail, I originally
> setup my accounts quite some time ago with the following general
> structure:
>
> Assets
> - Checking Account
> - Investment Account
> - ...
> Liabilities
> - Credit Cards
> - Taxes
> - Federal Income Tax
> - Social Security
> - ...
> - Mortgage
> - Principle
> - Interest
> - Escrow
> Income
> - Employer
> - Dividends
> - Interest
> - ...
> Expenses
> - Utilities
> - Auto
> - ...
>
> It now seems that I should have placed the "Taxes" accounts that are
> currently under the "Liabilities" parent under the "Expenses". The same
> should be true for the "Interest" account.
>
> If I try to edit one of these accounts, I can not reparent it to the
> "Expenses" parent since the type seems to be fixed. Is there a work
> around or a possible enhancement for this capability? I've checked the
> archives, but was not able to find this particular issue addressed.
Currently you can't change an account type after you created it. I'm
looking into this to see if we can relax this restriction.
dave
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