Budget questions. (wordy)

[Tim Wunder]

On Tuesday 08 November 2005 4:29 pm, someone claiming to be Chris Shoemaker 
wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 11:38:55PM -0500, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > Under the "Budget View" tab, I'm given a list of Account Types to Show.
> > Nice. I like that. I proceed to Ctrl-Click to select multiple Account
> > Types because I'm looking to just budget Expenses (and Liabilities). So I
> > proceed to select Liability and Expense account types, and click OK. I'm
> > then presented with a subset of my account tree, listing only the Expense
> > and Liability accounts.
>
> Here's something else to think about: I really didn't count on people
> wanting to budget for Liability accounts.  As a matter of fact, I
> strongly considered not even having an "Account Types" option at all,
> and just forcing it to Income and Expense.  I only left it as a "give
> 'em rope" option.
>
<snip liability stuff>

How would a user then budget for $X to be spent paying down Credit Card (or 
loan) balances? Or are Credit Cards different from Liability accounts?

I don't know... I'm not an accountant.

Thanks, 
Tim
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