On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, tboldt wrote:
> Under this view I "transfer" funds and "move" transactions. For
> example, I "transferred funds" from account A to account B using the
> register window for account A. Later, I decide that account was the wrong
> source of the funds and account C should be the proper source. To the
> non-professional I would "move" the transaction from A to C and gnucash
> should take care of resetting the proper "from" account. A professional
> accountant would just think, if I get your argument right, okay I change
> the "Transfer From" window to read C instead of A and gnucash then takes
> care of "moving" the transaction from the A register to the C register.
I think that your view is more that of "single entry"/"double entry" rather
than "professional accountant"/"non-professional".
In single entry, you imply the transfer from the account which the register
represents. In that context, "moving" the transaction to another register
makes sense. However, you seem quite willing to "edit" the expense category.
In reality, that is "moving" the transaction to a different expense account.
In double entry, we don't make the distinction between asset accounts and
expense categories. They are both accounts. Therefore, editing any part of
the transaction makes sense. Changing an account is just changing an account.
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