On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 11:33:48 AM UTC+8, Taylor R Campbell 
wrote:
>
> But then you have an `asset' account with negative balance, until the 
> cheque clears.  It's not obvious to me whether it's better to label 
> this as an asset so it stays in `Assets:Bank', or whether to label it 
> as a liabilitiy since it's negative.  Either way `ledger balance bank' 
> reports the available balance in this system. 
>

There is nothing wrong with having an asset account with a negative balance 
- especially if it is a subcategory that is subtracted from the parent 
account. 

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