[GNC-dev] About budgets in 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10

[Christopher Lam]

Labelling issues aside, is there anyone who would be willing to beta test?

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020, 2:59 am Adrien Monteleone, <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> Thanks Phil, so I’m not completely insane then.
>
> I too try to remember to factor in signs because GnuCash works that way. I
> was just throwing in my 2¢ for taking a step back for perspective that
> maybe can be considered in a future release. (5.0 maybe?)
>
> As for danger in generating confusion, the app already throws people at
> least in the middle of the pool of accounting. Being consistent with
> accounting text resources might reduce confusion. (in my humble opinion) If
> texts don’t refer to credit accounts as ’normally negative’, or don’t
> address or present ’sign’ at all, then people learning on their own would
> come to GnuCash and see a similar approach.
>
> I presently have my reversed balance accounts setting to ‘Credit accounts’
> because that way, negative values tell me I have a contra-account balance.
> Short of seeing the balance as Dr. or Cr., that’s the best I can get at the
> moment.
>
> Christopher,
>
> I’ll add a big ’Thank You’ for tackling this. I understand you have
> program constraints to work in and can’t re-build the house for the kitchen
> sink. Even if it isn't the optimum, if it is at least consistent and works
> properly, that is better than not.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On Apr 27, 2020 w18d118, at 1:43 PM, Phil Longstaff <
> phil.longstaff at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with what you say about positive and negative with respect to
> > budgeting assets and liabilities. However, if I have a transaction which
> > pays down a loan, and then add that loan to the budget report, the actual
> > value is displayed as negative. That is why I budget paying down a loan
> > with a negative value.
> >
> > I understand what you are saying about budget outlays always being
> > positive. That also makes sense. However, it doesn't match what gnucash
> > currently does.
> >
> > Yes, it would be more straightforward to budget either a CR or a DB, and
> > then "amount left to budget" would be sum(DB) - sum(CR). However, that
> > would make it more confusing for non-accountants.
>
>
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