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The type of accounts are already described in the Tutorial & Concept Guide.
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‎C/manual/ch_Account-Actions.xml

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an Account is used as the basic tool to organize the recording of where money comes from and
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goes to. &app; also extends the concept of real world accounts such as a bank account or loan
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account to grouping income and expense accounts. This allows you to quickly see where you spent
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your money and what your major income and expenses are. &app; sets Account Types (as described
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in the next section) to help in organizing and grouping accounts. Account Types can be used to
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create a Chart of Accounts.
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your money and what your major income and expenses are. &app; sets Account Types to help in
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organizing and grouping accounts. Account Types can be used to create a Chart of Accounts.
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<sect1 id="acct-types">
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<title>Types of &app; Accounts</title>
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<para>&app; supports a number of different account types. It is recommended to choose an appropriate
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account type based on the list of account types described below.
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</para>
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<warning>
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<para>The Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable types are used internally by &app;&rsquo;s business
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features. Transactions involving these accounts should not be added, changed or deleted in
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any way other than by using<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>post/unpost bill/invoice/voucher or
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>process payment
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</para>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</warning>
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<table frame="topbot" id="TypeAccounts">
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<title>Types of &app; Accounts.</title>
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Account Type
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Description
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</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Accounts Payable
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Accounts Payable are used by businesses to record amounts that must be paid. Example: The business
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has bought something, but the business has not paid the bill until later.
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</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Accounts Receivable
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Accounts Receivable records amounts for which money has not yet been received. Example: A business
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has sold something and issued a bill, but the client has not payed until later.
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</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Asset
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Asset accounts are used for tracking things that are of value and can be used or sold to pay debts.
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(Normally a placeholder account)
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Bank
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>The Bank account type denotes savings or checking accounts held at a bank or other financial
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institution. Some of these accounts may bear interest. This is also the appropriate
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account type for check (debit) cards, which directly withdraw payments from a
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checking account.
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</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Cash
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>The Cash account type is used to denote the cash that you store in your wallet, shoe box, piggyback,
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or mattress.
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Credit Card
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>The Credit Card account type is used to denote credit card accounts, both for cards that allow
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floating lines of credit (e.g. VISA, MasterCard, or Discover) and with cards that do
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not permit continuing balances (e.g. American Express)
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</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Currency
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Currency Accounts were used for trading currencies, but have been replaced by the Currency Transfer
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pane on the Transfer Funds Window (<xref linkend="trans-win-enter"></xref>).
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Equity
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<entry>
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<para>Equity accounts are used to store the opening balances when you first start using &app; or start a
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new accounting period.
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Expense
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<entry>
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<para>Any expense such as food, clothing, taxes, etc. This type is called a category in Quicken.
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Income
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<entry>
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<para>Any income received from sources such as salary, interest, dividends, etc. This type is called a
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category in Quicken.
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Liability
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<para>Liability accounts are used for tracking debts or financial obligations. (Normally a placeholder
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account)
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<para>Mutual Fund
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<para>A professionally managed portfolio of stocks and bonds or other investments divided up into shares.
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<para>Stock
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<para>A share of ownership in a corporation, which entitles its owner to all the risks and rewards that go
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<para>The <emphasis role="bold">New Account Hierarchy Setup</emphasis> assistant described in the first
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section of this help is a convenient way of setting up a set of accounts to use as a framework
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of account types.
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<para>When new accounts are created the available choices of account types are grayed out according to
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<para>Accounts Payable: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
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<para>Accounts Receivable: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
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<para>Asset: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
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<para>Bank: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
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<para>Credit Card: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
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<para>Currency: All accounts except Equity, Expense and Income can be child accounts.
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<para>Equity: Only Equity accounts can be child accounts.
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<para>Expense: Only Expense or Income accounts can be child accounts.
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<para>Income: Only Expense or Income accounts can be child accounts.
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<para>Editing the Chart of Accounts is done within the <guilabel>Parent Account</guilabel> pane of the
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<guilabel>Edit Account</guilabel> dialog. It is possible to move an account to any part of the
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Chart of Accounts. It is recommended to keep accounts generally under the related types of
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accounts as described in <ulink url="&url-docs-C;guide/accts-types1.html">&app; Accounts</ulink>. This helps to preserve the Chart of
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<para>The next pane contains an account tree to choose a <guilabel>Parent Account</guilabel>. To create a

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<para><guilabel>Income &amp; Expense</guilabel> assigns a positive credit balance to income account balances and a negative debit balance to expense account balances.
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See <xref linkend="acct-types"></xref> for more information on these account types.
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See <ulink url="&url-docs-C;guide/accts-types1.html">&app; Accounts</ulink> for more information on these account types.
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See <ulink url="&url-docs-C;guide/accts-types1.html">&app; Accounts</ulink> for more information on these account types.
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