Budgeting prototype

[David Ayers]

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 01:07:30 -0700
Derek Neighbors <derek at gnue.org> wrote:

> Why?  To a degree financial software is different.  It isn't a window
> manager.  Letting people get "creative" with accounting isn't
> necessarily a good thing.  For example maybe I'm odd and like to
> change every other entry into a negative number eventhough I enter a
> positive number.  Not exactly the best function for an accounting
> system.  Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.

I think we need to read this carefully. It's why I am sort of pushing
for a bare-bones budgeting capability that reflects the existing chart
of accounts, starting at the top and filtering down to a given budgeting
level. And then stops. And once the new year starts is frozen. 

I know myself all too well. Give me a way to "tinker" with my budget
during the year when the inevitable surprises occur and I'll likely do
it -- and end up with no budget baseline at the end of the year.

I need the grim reminder at the end of the year of what I wanted to
happen, but didn't. <sigh>

Dave

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