On Saturday, 24 March 2018 22:36:29 GMT Stan Brown wrote: > 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.
Hi Stan, there's nothing special about the opening balance transaction - it is editable in the register just like any other transaction. Of course, if you've got the "read only after x days" option enabled, then that may prevent a modification. HTH, Maf. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
