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an Account is used as the basic tool to organize the recording of where money comes from and
goes to. &app; also extends the concept of real world accounts such as a bank account or loan
account to grouping income and expense accounts. This allows you to quickly see where you spent
your money and what your major income and expenses are. &app; sets Account Types (as described
in the next section) to help in organizing and grouping accounts. Account Types can be used to
create a Chart of Accounts.
your money and what your major income and expenses are. &app; sets Account Types to help in
organizing and grouping accounts. Account Types can be used to create a Chart of Accounts.
</para>

<sect1 id="acct-types">
<title>Types of &app; Accounts</title>

<para>&app; supports a number of different account types. It is recommended to choose an appropriate
account type based on the list of account types described below.
</para>

<warning>
<para>The Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable types are used internally by &app;&rsquo;s business
features. Transactions involving these accounts should not be added, changed or deleted in
any way other than by using
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>post/unpost bill/invoice/voucher or
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>process payment
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</warning>

<table frame="topbot" id="TypeAccounts">
<title>Types of &app; Accounts.</title>

<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>
<para>Account Type
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Description
</para>
</entry>
</row>
</thead>

<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
<para>Accounts Payable
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Accounts Payable are used by businesses to record amounts that must be paid. Example: The business
has bought something, but the business has not paid the bill until later.
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Accounts Receivable
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Accounts Receivable records amounts for which money has not yet been received. Example: A business
has sold something and issued a bill, but the client has not payed until later.
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Asset
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Asset accounts are used for tracking things that are of value and can be used or sold to pay debts.
(Normally a placeholder account)
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Bank
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>The Bank account type denotes savings or checking accounts held at a bank or other financial
institution. Some of these accounts may bear interest. This is also the appropriate
account type for check (debit) cards, which directly withdraw payments from a
checking account.
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Cash
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>The Cash account type is used to denote the cash that you store in your wallet, shoe box, piggyback,
or mattress.
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Credit Card
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>The Credit Card account type is used to denote credit card accounts, both for cards that allow
floating lines of credit (e.g. VISA, MasterCard, or Discover) and with cards that do
not permit continuing balances (e.g. American Express)
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Currency
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Currency Accounts were used for trading currencies, but have been replaced by the Currency Transfer
pane on the Transfer Funds Window (<xref linkend="trans-win-enter"></xref>).
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Equity
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Equity accounts are used to store the opening balances when you first start using &app; or start a
new accounting period.
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Expense
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Any expense such as food, clothing, taxes, etc. This type is called a category in Quicken.
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Income
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Any income received from sources such as salary, interest, dividends, etc. This type is called a
category in Quicken.
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Liability
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>Liability accounts are used for tracking debts or financial obligations. (Normally a placeholder
account)
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Mutual Fund
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>A professionally managed portfolio of stocks and bonds or other investments divided up into shares.
</para>
</entry>
</row>

<row>
<entry>
<para>Stock
</para>
</entry>

<entry>
<para>A share of ownership in a corporation, which entitles its owner to all the risks and rewards that go
with it.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>

<para>The <emphasis role="bold">New Account Hierarchy Setup</emphasis> assistant described in the first
section of this help is a convenient way of setting up a set of accounts to use as a framework
of account types.
</para>

<para>When new accounts are created the available choices of account types are grayed out according to
what type the parent account is. The following list contains the possible choices.
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Accounts Payable: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Accounts Receivable: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Asset: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Bank: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Cash: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Credit Card: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Currency: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Equity: Only Equity accounts can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Expense: Only Expense or Income accounts can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Income: Only Expense or Income accounts can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Liability: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Mutual Fund: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Stock: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="chart-create">
<title>Creating a Chart of Accounts</title>

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<para>Editing the Chart of Accounts is done within the <guilabel>Parent Account</guilabel> pane of the
<guilabel>Edit Account</guilabel> dialog. It is possible to move an account to any part of the
Chart of Accounts. It is recommended to keep accounts generally under the related types of
accounts as described in <xref linkend="acct-types" />. This helps to preserve the Chart of
Accounts structure.
accounts as described in <ulink url="&url-docs-C;guide/accts-types1.html">&app;
Accounts</ulink>. This helps to preserve the Chart of Accounts structure.
</para>

<para>To move the selected account to a different parent account just select the account in the
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</note>

<para>Below these checkboxes is a pane that contains a list of <guilabel>Account Types</guilabel>. Select
a type from the descriptions in <xref linkend="acct-types" />.
a type from the descriptions in <ulink url="&url-docs-C;guide/accts-types1.html">&app;
Accounts</ulink>.
</para>

<para>The next pane contains an account tree to choose a <guilabel>Parent Account</guilabel>. To create a
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<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Income &amp; Expense</guilabel> assigns a positive credit balance to income account
balances and a negative debit balance to expense account balances. See
<xref linkend="acct-types"></xref> for more information on these account types.
<ulink url="&url-docs-C;guide/accts-types1.html">&app; Accounts</ulink> for more
information on these account types.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Credit accounts</guilabel> (default) displays a positive balance for account types that
would normally carry a credit balance (income, credit, liability, equity). See
<xref linkend="acct-types"></xref> for more information on these account types.
<ulink url="&url-docs-C;guide/accts-types1.html">&app; Accounts</ulink> for more
information on these account types.
</para>
</listitem>

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