> On May 17, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Aaron Laws <dartm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a need for a report that I don't see in GNUCash: Net Current Assets. > Show all current assets and current liabilities (selected by user), and > subtract them. (If this exists, please show me.) I think I could hobble > something together by (ab)using the profit & loss report on assets and > liabilities. > > When I was considering what would be required to create this report in > code, being a programmer, I thought of the problem abstractly. Abstractly, > the report I want resembles a syntax tree. I simply want to be able to take > values, perform operations on them, and add labels. The syntax tree for my > report would look like this: http://i.imgur.com/9hyMHfx.png. Headings are > automatically generated from account names, and the user must give headings > to the aggregators to signify their meaning. One can image what the balance > sheet and Profit & Loss reports might look like from this perspective. > > I've seen a number of requests for this report or that, and the outlook > isn't usually positive. With general functionality such as that described > above, it would be at least technically possible to create many of the > reports requested. > > Anyway, I post here to find out if there is functionality like this > anywhere in GNUCash, or if it would be appreciated as a contribution.
The Balance Sheet report shows you net worth. You probably didn't recognize it because the accounting word for it is "equity". Recall that the accounting equation is Assets = Liabilities + Equity*, so by associativity Equity = Assets - Liabilities. Regards, John Ralls * Before anyone asks about Payables and Receivables, they're either special sorts of liabilities and assets that are sometimes broken out separately in the accounting equation so it's Assets + Accounts Receivable = Liabilities + Accounts Payable + Equity or special sorts of equity in which case the equation is Assets = Liabilities + Equity + (Accounts Payable - Accounts Receivable). All arithmetically the same thing. _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
