Mike or Penny Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>There are two approaches to book closing: >> >> > Maybe stop right there. As soon as there appear to be difficulties with the > "only" approaches step back one level of the process and maybe more > alternatives will appear.
I wasn't really saying there were "difficulties" with either. Or, really, that those were the "only" approaches, though I did use the definite article. Of course, looking at the idealized solution is a good idea... > In other words, what must "close the books" DO. Let's consider what an [...] > OK -- accountants reading this, what have I left out of the "close the books" > process? (I am not an accountant). Consider all the "options" which would be This is closer to what I outlined as the first option, and what I believe we think of as the "right" way to do it. I mention the second option because it's far simpler to implement, and still solves a valid use-case for many people: keeping tidy, small files for the current accounting period, allowing that historical information would be in a separate datafile. -- ...jsled http://asynchronous.org/ - a=jsled; b=asynchronous.org; echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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