gnu cash v 2.6.19 on Mac OS X 10.13.3

[Adrien Monteleone]

Dan,


You’re seeing that for the following reason:

The account you currently have highlighted is NOT an income/expense account.

Gnucash defaults to creating a new account as a sub account of the one which is currently selected.

Select either the main expense account, or a sub-account of expenses and you’ll see Income & Expense as the only options.

If you do this with other account types, you won’t see Income or Expense listed.


Regards,
Adrien

> On Feb 22, 2018, at 3:05 PM, Dan Carpenter <danpcarpenter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Dave H. for your quick response.
> 
> The Account Type display box shows only:  Bank, Cash, Asset, Credit Card, Liability, Stock, Mutual Fund, A/Receivable and A/Payable.  
> 
> “Expense" and “Income" are NOT showing up in the Account Type box.  That is my question.  How do I fix that?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> kind regards, Dan
> 
> On Feb 22, 2018, at 3:44 PM, Dave H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Click on Accounts tab if not already the focus, click New icon (Create a New Account), select "New top level account" in Parent Account listbox, select "Expense" in Account Type listbox and click OK to create a top level expense account, Then create your expense accounts under the top level expense account just created.  Same holds good for Income Accounts.
> 
> Easier to start with one of the pre-defined COA's and adjust to suit perhaps :-)
> 
> Cheers Dave H.
> 
> On 23 February 2018 at 06:34, Dan Carpenter <dancarpenter at amtelecom.net <mailto:dancarpenter at amtelecom.net>> wrote:
> Hello,
> While attempting to set up a chart of accounts, account type does not include Income or Expense.  Is there a fix or a table I can update?
> 
> Thank you.  I am testing this system for simple accounting/bookkeeping for a friend’s small business.
> 
> Dan
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