[GNC-dev] tb, gnc or me? my trial balance is wrong and I think it is gnc not me

Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
Sun Feb 10 04:14:01 EST 2019


Op zondag 10 februari 2019 09:56:51 CET schreef Adrien Monteleone:
> I’m in agreement on that note. I understand why someone who doesn’t close
> books would like a report that shows a current position. But the Trial
> Balance report is really only useful for the close books crowd. It should
> only reflect actual transactions in the various registers. In the case of
> assets then, it shouldn’t be estimating based on any user choice of
> average, nearest date or such, it should be taking actual purchase price
> just like you would if you did it on paper.

In Belgium you have the choice (or at least used to have - I haven't checked 
lately):
We can/could report the balance using purchase values or using current values, 
with current values meaning current at the report date.

Regards,

Geert




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