>>>>> On 20 Apr 2000 17:34:16 -0500, Bill Gribble
>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Bill> Rob Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> For some reason I think that gnucash is focused too much on the
>> non-personal finances, unless you want to do double entry
>> accounting for your finances. (which I don't, or at least don't
>> think that I do.) Maybe the manual which was mentioned is the
>> answer that I am looking for which will help me to understand how I
>> should be using this application. That would be nice.
Bill> I'm not an accountant, but once I took a minute to wrap my brain
Bill> around it double entry accounting seems as natural as it can be.
Bill> It just doesn't make sense to do it any other way, especially in
Bill> the underlying accounting infrastructure. I don't think it's
Bill> all that much of a leap from Quicken's way of doing things,
Bill> except that gnucash treats what Quicken calls "Categories" as
Bill> accounts.
Bill> The differences between the meaning and use of asset, liability,
Bill> expense, income, and equity accounts can be a little tricky to
Bill> get at first, but a tutorial introduction to setting up initial
Bill> accounts would go a long way.
yes, that tutorial would be nice.
Bill> "double entry" is; they just need to know that the program
Bill> understands that money doesn't magically appear and disappear,
Bill> it only moves around. If you write a check, you need to note
but that needs to be explained, as most people don't track the value
of their assets (couch, car) in gnucash.
Bill> where the money is going. If you deposit a check, you need to
Bill> note where it came from. That's just basic record keeping, and
Bill> the program should encourage it as much as possible.
yes.
Bill> A manual is always a good idea for a complicated piece of
Bill> software, which I think gnucash is.
very good idea.
rob
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