[GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

[Mike or Penny Novack]

On 5/7/2018 10:36 AM, John Ralls wrote:
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>> On May 7, 2018, at 6:37 AM, Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at dialup4less.com> wrote:
>> HOWEVER -- you have raised a more general question, perhaps misunderstanding something. The "built in default" accounts that come with gnucash CoA skeletons are just for convenience satisfying the needs of many new users. There is nothing magic about the types of accounts included, either that they would be necessary or sufficient. If you find you need another category of asset accounts (another sub tree under assets) simply add that. Same with liabilities and equity (and thus for income and expense).
> That’s not quite right. The account *types* are hard coded and control program behavior: For example, types STOCK and FUND have a different register display from the rest. There is neither UI nor API for adding types.
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> Regards,
> John Ralls
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Misunderstanding. The term "type" being used to mean different things.

The original question was using "type" in the sense I was answering the 
question. Things like "gift cards", "pre-paid debit cards, bank account 
associated debit cards, etc. are not "types" in the sense you mean 
(STOCK, FUND, etc.)

Assets of type (sense 1) stock, fund, etc. not the same thing as 
accounts of type (sense2) STOCK, FUND. << one could keep books under 
gnucash involving assets of type (sense1) stocks ad funds without using 
the built in (sense2) types. though it might help doing that to have 
learned bookkeeping in the old pen and ink on paper days >>

Michael D Novack

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