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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Account Types</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#eeeeee>
<h1>Account Types</h1>
<dl>
<dt><b>Bank</b>
<dd>The bank account type denotes a savings or checking account
held at a bank. Often interest bearing.
<dt><b>Cash</b>
<dd>The cash account type is used to denote a shoe-box or pillowcase
stuffed with cash.
<dt><b>Credit</b>
<dd>The Credit card account is used to denote credit (e.g. amex) and
debit (e.g. visa, mastercard) card accounts.
<dt><b>Asset, Liability</b>
<dd>Asset and liability accounts indicate generic, generalized accounts
that are none of the above.
<dt><b>Stock, Mutual Fund</b>
<dd>Stock and Mutual Fund accounts will typically be shown in registers
which show three columns: price, number of shares, and value.
<dt><b>Income, Expense</b>
<dd>Income and expense accounts are used to denote income and expenses.
Thus, when data in these accounts are displayed, the sign of the
entries is reversed from its usual meaning.
<dt><b>Equity</b>
<dd>Equity account is used to balance the balance sheet.
</dl>
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<h1>New Account Window</h1>
<ul>
<li>Bank, Cash, Portfolio, Mutual Fund and Asset accounts are considered to be "assets"
<li>Credit Card and Liability accounts are considered to be "liabilities"
</ul>
<p>
A "typical" chart of accounts is shown below. It is a combination of
A "typical" chart of accounts is shown below. Each account
is of a given <a href="xacc-acctypes.html">account type</a>.
It is a combination of
some typical business and personal accounts.
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For help on a specific topic:
<ul>
<li><a href="xacc-about.html">About X-Accountant</a>
<li><a href="xacc-accwin.html">Account Types</a>
<li><a href="xacc-acctype.html">Account Types</a>
<li><a href="xacc-accwin.html">New Account Window & Chart of Accounts</a>
<li><a href="xacc-group.html">Account Groups and Account Numbering</a>
<li><a href="xacc-apar.html">Accounts Payable &amp; Accounts Receivable</a>
<li><a href="xacc-quicken.html">Categories</a>