To give R their due, they did say: > I think GnuCash may use different labels for the columns (if you are not > using formal accounting terms of "debit" and "credit") >
Which is a less than definitive answer, but is on the right track. Ross On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 6:41 PM Chris Miller via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Hi R, > > >> >> Isn't that just a bit like stating that "your brother is a person, > and your > >> >> wife is a person, so what's the difference? They are all persons?" I > would > >> >> suggest that there is a difference <grin>. > > >> Yes. Exactly. What is it? -- not your biology ridicule, but the original > >> question I asked. Does GnuCash treat "Cash", "Bank", and "Asset" > differently, > >> or are these just "shortcuts" for users that don't realize that, as far > as > >> accounting is concerned, assets are assets? > > > My point is that your brother and your wife are a sub-category of the > higher > > class "person" (or "human"). > > ... and Klaatu lands his ship and asks, "What is reason for the > difference? They are both human.". > > "Cash", Bank" and "Asset" are all assets and I don't know why it is > worthwhile to make that distinction among different "sexes" of assets, so I > asked. The question is less ridiculous than your response. > > > What do you mean by "differently"? Just by having different sub-classes, > they > > are treated "differently"? > > If I wasn't clear, the question was, "Cash is an asset. What makes it a > special kind of asset, justifying a special type of account?" The answer > is, "Nothing". It is not a special type of account; it is a special case of > user presentation. > > > As I noted, the column headings are different (if you are not using > formal > > accounting labels) and the list of types are different -- those are > > "differences", but perhaps not quite what you're looking for. > > Where did you note this? My first encounter was from Ross Reedstrom, and > it is actually the answer to my question. They are treated differently to > compensate for users with little or no accounting sophistication > -- > Chris. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
