RFC: A "book-close dialog" to help auto-zeroize all Inc/Exp accounts

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Quoting Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com>:

>
>> Ah, yes, a Description for the transaction.  Good point!  Thanks,
>> I'll go add that.
>>
>> Anything else
>>  -derek
>>
>>
> The date for which the closing takes place should be a user set 
> variable (OK to have it default to 12/31/current year).

You clearly missed the original message.  There was already
a "closing date" entry in the dialog.

[non-necessary supporting documentation elided]

>   The other issue is the fact not really how traditional accounting 
> would do this. More usual is a temporary equity account (receiving 
> total income and total expenses) which is then closed to retained 
> equity with a single entry, either gain or loss for the year (thus 
> making it clear which the case was).

I was planning to close all the accounts in a single transaction.
Actually, two, one transaction for income and one for expense.

>    A minor detail, but you probably do not want to generate a split 
> for those income or expense accounts which have a zero balance as of 
> the closing date. No harm mathematicly, but a zero amount transaction 
> looks odd.

Yep, already have that code written.  ;)

> Michael

-derek

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