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added notes abut accounting periods

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Linas Vepstas 2000-05-19 07:12:19 +00:00
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@ -7,16 +7,17 @@ of the changes that will come soon to the interfaces.
Accounting Periods Accounting Periods
------------------ ------------------
Acconting periods are implemented by creating a structure that Acconting periods are implemented by creating an object that
describes the accounting period, and then assigning every traansaction to describes the accounting period, and then assigning every
at least one period. transaction to at least one period.
typedef struct _accountingPeriod { typedef struct _accountingPeriod {
GUID guid; // id GUID guid; // id
char *name; // user-selectable name char *name; // user-selectable name
int kind; // enum {none, week, month, quarter, year } int kind; // enum {none, week, month, quarter, year }
start_date; // Timespec * start_date; //
end_date; Timespec * end_date;
AccountGroup *topgrp; // chart of accounts for this period.
} AccountingPeriod; } AccountingPeriod;
The Transaction struct has to be extended with a period guid. The Transaction struct has to be extended with a period guid.
@ -29,6 +30,17 @@ closed books. Basically, a new chart of accounts needs to be written
out/read from the engine for each new accounting period. out/read from the engine for each new accounting period.
The xaccPeriodClose() subroutine performs the following:
-- crawl over all transactions and mark them as being part of this
accounting period (actually, new transactions should by default be
getting put into the currently open period...)
-- find the equity account (what if there is more than one equity account
?? what if equity has sub-accounts ?? )
-- transfer all income/expense to equity (shouldn't the equity account
match the income/expense heirarchy?)
-- return a new account group with new opening balances ...
Changes to Transaction Structure Changes to Transaction Structure
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