account organization

[Bill Wohler]

Andrew Pimlott <gnucash-user at andrew.pimlott.net> writes:

> On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:00:02AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote:
>> My Assets account is subdivided into four subaccounts: Accounts
>> Receivable (loans to others, work expenses)
>
> I thought about how to file loans to others, and decided to make
> them a separate top-level account ("Petty loans"), since I might
> loan to or borrow from friends, so neither assets nor liabilities is
> really right.  Not that this is important.

Use a separate Liabilities:Accounts Payable for the loans *from* friends
;-).

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