Some questions (i.e. temporary entries)

[Paul Schwartz]

--- On Mon, 10/18/10, Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> wrote:

> From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com>
> Subject: Re: Some questions (i.e. temporary entries)
> To: "Paul Schwartz" <pmjs1115 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org, "Harry" <hvb.box at gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 2:32 PM
> 
> > Gnucash is a great program for personal use. It is
> pretty easy to use, but it is not for people worried about
> controls and audits. It just doesn't have any control/audit
> features that traditional accounting/bookkeeping has.
> > 
> > HTH
> > 
> > Paul
> >  
> Easy to fix runs counter to "good practice" in bookkeeping.
> So yes, you can edit entries, but "proper practice" is to
> offset them by a correction entry so that an audit trail
> remains.
> 
> If using GnuCash for more formal purposes you can get some
> of the "can't change" effect by burning copies of the file
> (and a copy could be handed off out of your personal
> control). That's what I do for the organizations for which I
> am using GnuCash to keep their books.
> 
> Michael
> 
I agree with you. It's just so easy to make changes without good practice, it eventually "sucks you in". Also, I think that the lack of "Journal Entry" report makes it very difficult to keep track of what has been done.

Paul