Can't delete Imbalance account

[Michael Hendry]

> On 17 Dec 2015, at 13:45, Mike or Penny Novack <mpnovack at mtdata.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/17/2015 2:02 AM, Dave H wrote:
>> I also delete these any time they pop up - indicates I've stuffed something
>> up when they suddenly show up - not obsessional at all though I do have a
>> tidy mind :-)
>> 
>> Cheers Dave H.
>> 
> Can do it either way (look for presence of account or non-zero balance of account) and which you use might depend on whether you ALWAYS can fix the problem immediately.
> 
> I would normally use the latter method (leave accounts, note any balance) because in the case of organizational books I might not be in a position to IMMEDIATELY fix the problem. Might be needing to send an email to the rest of the executive committee or even the entire board of directors to see how folks want this handled.

Isn’t the conventional way of dealing with this to set up an account called Expenses:Suspense?

To me, the implication of an Orphaned or Imbalanced entry is that there’s been an error in the entry of data, rather than a deferred decision on the proper account for the posting of a transaction.

Michael (another one!).

> 
> Example: A transaction has appeared which indicates a new account should be added to the CoA rather than a miscellaneous expense, can see that this is just the first transaction of many future ones for this new category. But where in the CoA do they want this to appear? Sometimes that is obvious, I'd just make the decision (temporarily) on my own expecting my choice to be approved next meeting. But sometimes far from obvious.
> 
> Personal books or small business books? You might be wanting to call or send an email to your accountant or tax advisor to find out what to do. Note that people are sometimes sending messages to this list asking "what do I do with?". Meantime in Imbalance, yes?
> 
> Michael
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