On 2018-03-24 16:56, Buddha Buck wrote:> In general, I wouldn't bother entering starting balances for income > and expense accounts from before the period I am accounting for
I agree, and I'd go further: don't enter opening balances when creating _any_ account. Instead, enter the opening balances as a transaction as of the end of the previous year (or accounting period), with a balancing entry to your equity account. If you discover a mistake, you can always edit the transaction. But if you enter an opening balance on the New Account dialog, and later discover a mistake, you can't correct it -- or, if you can, I've been unable to discover a way to do it. -- Regards, Stan Brown Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com http://OakRoadSystems.com _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
