Possibly needs crossreferences in the glossary. Accounting period is really a general term which can be any of weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi annual, annual, financial year, fiscal year as required by external and internal reporting requirements for an entity (person, business, company etc). The external requirements are often defined by legislation nd regulations in specific legal jurisdictions and the internal requirements by specific manangement practice.
David Cousens On Tue, 2021-09-07 at 20:53 +1000, flywire wrote: > > ...if I'm going to talk to a doctor (especially over the phone these days), > > I'll take 10 minutes on the Internet so I can say that the pain is "along my > > lymph nodes on the right side of my neck" than "the bumps next to my > > throat." > > I wouldn't after 4 years of animal science (humans plus) plus a lot of home > butchery. Look up the Dunning-Kruger Effect, two blokes got a nobel prize > for saying you're full of shit. Your GP knows bugger all about lymph nodes > anyway. > > If you know your stuff you should be able to explain it in simple terms but > communication skills are often more of a challenge for people with a maths > focus. Use plain English minimising technical terms to where they are > needed but assume nobody knows what they mean. Credit/debit are a special > case because the community *know* what they mean, and it's exactly opposite > to the accounting definition, so I agree deposit/withdrawal are better > terms. > > I checked the docs and only found Fiscal Year referenced twice, both in the > Guide [better in wiki faq]. Interestingly the accounting period definition > in the glossary meant nothing to me but the depreciation section has > "accounting period (IE: fiscal year)" so I Googled fiscal year, found > financial year then understood it. > _______________________________________________ > 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
