cash: avoid "double count"

[Uwe Brauer]

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> writes:

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   > That would be a symptom of a much more fundamental problem
   > (unfamiliarity) with GnuCash.

Well I just started to use it (for a month). I am aware of course that I
can create accounts and subaccounts

   > There is NOTHING sacred about the built in accounts (typical accounts)
   > that GnuCash supplies. You can create whatever accounts you find
   > useful to YOUR needs. Just use the appropriate "type" of account and
   > place your new accounts in the proper place in the chart (under the
   > correct "parent"). The built ins are just to get you started and
   > especially helpful for those entirely new to bookkeeping. But they
   > can't cover everything.

That is the issue: in order to create the appropriate (petty cash)
account I need to know which type it should be and "where" I have to
place it asset/liability  account/subaccount etc

Uwe