[Fwd: [Fwd: Features for gnucash-1.6?]]

[Chris Shenton]

Carol Champagne <carol@gnumatic.com> writes:

> One more feature that I'd like is an "Opening Balance" entry option in the
> Account setup dialog.  That way, the user doesn't have to worry about setting
> up an equity account for this and entering a separate transaction.
> 
> Just provide an equity account called "Opening Balances" as the default
> transfer account. Let the user select another transfer account from the list
> if he/she wishes.  GnuCash should then enter the opening balance transaction
> based on the amount and transfer account entered by the user.  I think this
> would avoid a lot of confusion.

Yes please! This would be a big win for new users, especially those
like me who didn't quite get the double-entry and how you could create
money for the initial balances.

Thanks.