[Fwd: Re: Tutorial and concept guide chapter 9]

[Eric Morey]

I think that this was meant for the list...

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> From: Tony <penury at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: penury at gmail.com
> To: Eric Morey <eric at glodime.com>
> Subject: Re: Tutorial and concept guide chapter 9
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 18:58:43 -0400
> 
> On Mon, 16 May 2011 16:08:57 -0400, Eric Morey <eric at glodime.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, but "Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account" makes no sense on its
> > face. If you have "Savings Account" under "Fixed Assets" you are doing
> > something wrong or at the very least unorthodox. I haven't read the
> > Tutorial, but there is clearly some inconstancy, poor wording or a
> > mistake in the quoted section.
> 
> I would agree with this statement.
> 
> I think the original poster should generally be aware of two things:
> 
> (1) The GnuCash documentation appears to be something of a low priority
> (for some pretty reasonable human reasons), and thus overall clarity,
> consistency, and currentness are somewhat lacking.  He would need to bring
> other sources of information to bear.
> 
> (2) Accounting is really just a categorization scheme, so the selection of
> categories should derive at least partially from the objectives one has in
> starting the project.  So, the differentiation of Current Assets from Fixed
> Assets might make sense from a corporate perspective (among others) but
> might not make sense from a personal perspective.  My advice to the
> original poster would be to not sweat this so much (unless, of course, he
> was just pointing out the inconsistent sections).
> 
> T