[Fwd: [Fwd: Features for gnucash-1.6?]]
Chris Shenton
chris@shenton.org
27 Mar 2001 13:45:41 -0500
Carol Champagne <carol@gnumatic.com> writes:
> One more feature that I'd like is an "Opening Balance" entry option in the
> Account setup dialog. That way, the user doesn't have to worry about setting
> up an equity account for this and entering a separate transaction.
>
> Just provide an equity account called "Opening Balances" as the default
> transfer account. Let the user select another transfer account from the list
> if he/she wishes. GnuCash should then enter the opening balance transaction
> based on the amount and transfer account entered by the user. I think this
> would avoid a lot of confusion.
Yes please! This would be a big win for new users, especially those
like me who didn't quite get the double-entry and how you could create
money for the initial balances.
Thanks.