wishlist: speedentry

[Sven Karlsson]

Folks,

Most transactions deal with the main checking account with incoming
and outgoing payments. They usually concern the checking account,
tax account and the account to debit/credit.

Therefore, I propose a "speedentry" mechanism. From the user perspective,
you would only need to enter the change in balance on the checking account,
(for example 432.50 or -32.90) and what account to debit/credit. Gnucash
would then automatically use the correct credit/debit side based on
the +/- sign,
and calculate the percent taxes.


Gnucash would then create a transaction according to the following algorithm:

If amount is positive:
.  this is an incoming payment, so debit the checking account
.  credit the outgoing tax account (by a configurable percent)
.  credit the user-specified account

If amount is negative:
.  there is a debt payed, so credit the checking account
.  debit the incoming tax account (by a configurable percent)
.  debit the user-specified account

"date" and "num" should also be automatically entered.

The transaction should then be presented in entierity for approval by the user.

I think this could be a very useful addition, and speed up bookkeeping as
most transactions (atleast mine :) ) are standard in/out payments with
a 25% tax and an account to debit on.


I dont know enough programming to implement this myself, but maybe
someone on the list would be interested?

Or maybe there already is some similar function?


Best regards