GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

[Mike or Penny Novack]

On 1/19/2016 1:32 AM, Pedro Albuquerque wrote:
> Ter, 2016-01-19 às 07:46 +1100, Liz escreveu:
>
> Anyway, about the topic, here business softwares have to be online 
> with the tax authority. Almost everything done is automatically 
> registered in their machines. So, GC is extremely useful to keep our 
> own private records, but can't be officially used. Regards, Pedro.

THAT would be a proper example of "cannot be altered"  << no access to 
the programs or data >> THAT is the sort of thing it takes.

It is of course possible (likely even) that the Swedish legislators 
meant just "can't be altered by the end user". The problem with that, of 
course, is depends entirely on the skill and knowledge limitations of 
the end user. We can be wearing multiple hats. For example, were I in 
Sweden, and having a business to report for tax purposes, I would be for 
that purpose an "end user", so supposedly required to use a software 
program such that I could not alter the data. But I also happen to be a 
person who has the necessary skills.

Might take a bit of research on the part of our Swedish users. Could 
they look up a few businesses that are "software consultants" and ask 
what accounting software THEY are allowed to use  since although end 
users, also people with the necessary skills to get around any 
alteration prevention. Of course possibly the legislation is interpreted 
in such a way as to mean "you exceptions to the concept will be trusted 
not to do that" << use software with protection against alteration by 
ordinary users and not use your abilities to get around that >>

Michael