Here we go again... diff -u between the old and the new. (the text versions that is) (This time I have not prettyfied the xml file, since I do not know how to do it in Linux. Conglomerate do not seem to work to good in this... crashed all the time)
Also included the new xml file, which is very nice to view in yelp. /Bengt
ch_accts.xml
Description: application/docbook
--- /tmp/ch_accts_svn.txt 2006-04-15 22:33:42.000000000 +0800
+++ /tmp/ch_accts_1.9.txt 2006-04-15 22:31:54.000000000 +0800
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@
a common parent account.
A GnuCash account must have a unique name (that you assign) and one of the
-predefined GnuCash "account types". There are a total of 13 account types in
-GnuCash. These 13 account types are based on the 5 basic accounting types, the
+predefined GnuCash "account types". There are a total of 12 account types in
+GnuCash. These 12 account types are based on the 5 basic accounting types, the
reason there are more GnuCash account types than basic accounting types is that
this allows GnuCash to perform specialized tracking and handling of certain
-accounts. There are 7 asset accounts (Cash, Bank, Stock, Mutual Fund, Currency,
-Accounts Receivable, and Asset ), 3 liability accounts (Credit Card, Accounts
-Payable, and Liability, ), 1 equity account (Equity), 1 income account (Income
-), and 1 expense account (Expense).
+accounts. There are 6 asset accounts (Cash, Bank, Stock, Mutual Fund, Accounts
+Receivable, and Asset ), 3 liability accounts (Credit Card, Accounts Payable,
+and Liability, ), 1 equity account (Equity), 1 income account (Income), and 1
+expense account (Expense).
These GnuCash account types are presented in more detail below.
@@ -123,15 +123,11 @@
variety of investments, and like stocks they do not offer any guaranteed
cash value.
- 5. Currency If you trade other currencies as investments, you can use this
- type of account to keep track of them. The register is similar to the stock
- register, except that you enter exchange rates instead of prices.
-
- 6. Accounts Receivable (A/Receivable) This is typically a business use only
+ 5. Accounts Receivable (A/Receivable) This is typically a business use only
account in which you place outstanding debts owed to you. It is considered
an asset because you should be able to count in these funds arriving.
- 7. Asset For personal finances, use this type of account to track "big-ticket"
+ 6. Asset For personal finances, use this type of account to track "big-ticket"
item purchases that significantly impact your net worth. Generally, you can
think of these as things you insure, such as a house, vehicles, jewelry,
and other expensive belongings.
@@ -216,8 +212,19 @@
When you subtract total expenses from total income for a time period, you get
net income. This net income is then added to the balance sheet as retained
-earnings, which is a type of Equity account. (Insert a chart that shows common
-accounts and recommended account types for these)
+earnings, which is a type of Equity account.
+
+Below are the standard Income and Expense accounts after selecting Common
+Accounts in the Druid for creating a new Account Hierarchy (File -> New -> New
+Account Hierarchy).
+
+Default income accounts
+
+This image shows the standard income accounts
+
+Default expense accounts
+
+This image shows the standard expense accounts
More on Debits and Credits
@@ -288,6 +295,13 @@
1. Account name Assets (account type Assets, parent account New top level
account)
+ Below you will see how the window to create the first Assets account looks
+ like
+
+ Creating an Assets account
+
+ This image shows how the window to create an account looks like
+
2. Account name Liabilities (account type Liabilities, parent account New top
level account)
@@ -300,6 +314,9 @@
5. Account name Expenses (account type Expenses, parent account New top level
account)
+When you have created the toplevel accounts, the main Account page in GnuCash
+should look like below
+
The Basic Top-level Accounts
This image shows the basic top-level accounts.
@@ -340,12 +357,15 @@
13. Account name Starting Balances (account type Equity, parent account Equity)
+After you have created this additional sub-accounts, the end result should look
+like below
+
The Basic Chart of Accounts
This image shows a simple chart of accounts.
-Save this chart of accounts somewhere, as we will continue to use it in the
-later chapters.
+Save this chart of accounts with the name gcashdata_3, as we will continue to
+use it in the later chapters.
You have now created a chart of accounts to track a simple household budget.
With this basic framework in place, we can now begin to populate the accounts
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