Labelling issues aside, is there anyone who would be willing to beta test? On Tue, 28 Apr 2020, 2:59 am Adrien Monteleone, < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> Thanks Phil, so I’m not completely insane then. > > I too try to remember to factor in signs because GnuCash works that way. I > was just throwing in my 2¢ for taking a step back for perspective that > maybe can be considered in a future release. (5.0 maybe?) > > As for danger in generating confusion, the app already throws people at > least in the middle of the pool of accounting. Being consistent with > accounting text resources might reduce confusion. (in my humble opinion) If > texts don’t refer to credit accounts as ’normally negative’, or don’t > address or present ’sign’ at all, then people learning on their own would > come to GnuCash and see a similar approach. > > I presently have my reversed balance accounts setting to ‘Credit accounts’ > because that way, negative values tell me I have a contra-account balance. > Short of seeing the balance as Dr. or Cr., that’s the best I can get at the > moment. > > Christopher, > > I’ll add a big ’Thank You’ for tackling this. I understand you have > program constraints to work in and can’t re-build the house for the kitchen > sink. Even if it isn't the optimum, if it is at least consistent and works > properly, that is better than not. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Apr 27, 2020 w18d118, at 1:43 PM, Phil Longstaff < > phil.longst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I agree with what you say about positive and negative with respect to > > budgeting assets and liabilities. However, if I have a transaction which > > pays down a loan, and then add that loan to the budget report, the actual > > value is displayed as negative. That is why I budget paying down a loan > > with a negative value. > > > > I understand what you are saying about budget outlays always being > > positive. That also makes sense. However, it doesn't match what gnucash > > currently does. > > > > Yes, it would be more straightforward to budget either a CR or a DB, and > > then "amount left to budget" would be sum(DB) - sum(CR). However, that > > would make it more confusing for non-accountants. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
