[GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

[Christopher Lam]

Discussions are useful; but would anyone have an idealised template, or
sample output that the balance sheet should produce? Idealy with the
'account-has-children-and-amounts' peculiarity?
The balsheet in development will, ideally, replace the current (non-eguile)
one.
The existing one has amounts in the wrong columns, inflexible accountnames,
no multiple date points reporting, no linkage with other reports.
C

On 2 July 2018 at 03:18, Christian Kluge <frakturfreak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Am 01.07.2018 um 01:57 schrieb DaveC49:
> > Stephen John, Geert
> >
> > In accounting terms there are really only 3 basic account types:
> >   Asset
> >   Liability
> >   Equity
> >
> > These all *must *satisfy the basic accounting equation Assets=Liabilities
> > +Equity.
> >
> > The two sides of this equation are what the German /European system
> defines
> > as Activa and Passiva but these groupings are primarily reporting
> > requirements not account heirarchy. Is there really a need to have an
> > additional placeholder category as the reporting grouping can be readily
> > defined from the existing basic account heirarchy structure?
> >
>
> In the German system active and passive are seen as the fundamental
> account types. In the end it leads to the same result, but I get your
> point of view.
>
> Hovever I would suggest make changes to the balance sheet report to be
> able to produce European reports.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Christian Kluge
>
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