How do I create an Expense sub-account?

[Larry Evans]

On 04/22/2016 06:01 AM, Wm wrote:
> In article <3177829.xAqeKoqjjn at calufrax.nottingham.standbyevents.co.uk>
> "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Wednesday, 20 April 2016 07:59:05 BST Larry Evans wrote:
>>
>>> Maf, I tried creating a Equity account called Parent1.  Then I tried to
>>> create a subaccount to that one, but GC only let the subaccount be
>>> another Equity account.  IOW it wouldn't allow Asset or Liability or
>>> Income or Expense as the type of the subaccount of Parent1.
>>>
>>> :(
>>
>> Ah, just a dim memory, sorry for the noise.
>
> It can work from an acounting POV in that all the accounts under
> equity are just T-accounts in effect and Income and Expenses are a

Wm, would you please supply some definition of what a T-account is?

> kind of Equity account anyway.  So if you have small
> unconventionally nested account structures Equity is the place to
> put them.  Anything more substantial and you probably wouldn't
> bother as you don't have the convenience of GnuCash knowing about
> an accounts special treatment for reporting.
>

I've tried to do as you describe in the following .gnucash file:

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public?preview=family.AllEquityType.gnucash

Is that about what you had in mind Wm?

-regards,
Larry