Income -> Expense?
Robert Graham Merkel
rgmerk@mira.net
Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:22:52 +1100
Phillip J Shelton writes:
> Could there be a switch in the preferences that allowed one to swap between
> the `traditional' labels and GNUCash labels?
>
> Phill
>
> Jason Rennie wrote:
>
> > emschwar@rmi.net said:
> > > Out of that, a certain amount goes to paying for health insurance, so
> > > I create an Insurance subaccount under Health Care (account type:
> > > expense), and put that as a Charge under my Salary account. Only by
> > > doing so, it puts it under "Rebate" in the Health Care account! What
> > > the heck!
> >
> > I'm told that an accountant would only use the headings "Credit" and
> > "Debit" whereas GNUCash uses headings based on account type that are
> > hopefully more intuitive for non-accountants. If "Rebate" doesn't sound
> > right for your Health Care account, it may be that you have the Health
> > Care account set to the wrong type. From the main window, click on the
> > Health Care account, then click the "Edit" button. You should find a
> > scroll window with different account types such as "Bank," "Credit Card"
> > and "Liability." Changing the type will yield different headings in the
> > account window. If you have the wrong account type set, changing it may
> > give you a more intuitive heading.
There already is the ability to set this on a global level - "Use
accounting labels". Is that what you're suggesting?
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