[GNC] Order of accounts when closing the book

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 6/10/2025 12:36 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote:
> The Close the Book tool generates two transactions, one for all income
> accounts and the other for all expense accounts. The accounts are not in
> alphabetical order in either transaction, nor are they in Account Code
> order, nor arranged by the values of the splits.
>
> They _seem_ random, but I can't imagine they really are. Can anyone tell
> me (a) how they're actually sorted, and (b) how I can get them in
> Account Code order?

If you are really doing a "close the books" << close the "temporary* 
accounts of types income and expense" into equity it could be done three 
ways:

a) In a single transaction.

b) In two transactions, one for the income accounts and one for the 
expense accounts.

c) Separate transactions for each income and expense account.

These are logical equivalents. So you appear to be asking, "were I using 
method "c" am I forced to do them in some specified work flow order?" 
You are of course asking about "b" but what meaning are you attaching to 
order?

Michael D Novack


* Both Income and Expense are "deferred entry into equity". In other 
words, their fundamental type IS equity << it is where the are on the 
Balance Sheet, well their NET appears there >>

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