[Fwd: Re: Tutorial and concept guide chapter 9]

[Md. Aminul Islam Khan]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Eric Morey <eric at glodime.com> wrote:

> I think that this was meant for the list...
>

Thanks, " *GnuCash* Tutorial and Concepts Guide" is the title. I give
importance to gnucash documentation. Lot of people are taking trouble for
us.

aikhan


> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Tony <penury at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: penury at gmail.com
> > To: Eric Morey <eric at glodime.com>
> > Subject: Re: Tutorial and concept guide chapter 9
> > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 18:58:43 -0400
> >
> > On Mon, 16 May 2011 16:08:57 -0400, Eric Morey <eric at glodime.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, but "Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account" makes no sense on its
> > > face. If you have "Savings Account" under "Fixed Assets" you are doing
> > > something wrong or at the very least unorthodox. I haven't read the
> > > Tutorial, but there is clearly some inconstancy, poor wording or a
> > > mistake in the quoted section.
> >
> > I would agree with this statement.
> >
> > I think the original poster should generally be aware of two things:
> >
> > (1) The GnuCash documentation appears to be something of a low priority
> > (for some pretty reasonable human reasons), and thus overall clarity,
> > consistency, and currentness are somewhat lacking.  He would need to
> bring
> > other sources of information to bear.
> >
> > (2) Accounting is really just a categorization scheme, so the selection
> of
> > categories should derive at least partially from the objectives one has
> in
> > starting the project.  So, the differentiation of Current Assets from
> Fixed
> > Assets might make sense from a corporate perspective (among others) but
> > might not make sense from a personal perspective.  My advice to the
> > original poster would be to not sweat this so much (unless, of course, he
> > was just pointing out the inconsistent sections).
> >
> > T
>
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