I note the Bar Associations in various states in the USA permit Gnucash for trust accounting by lawyers. Not so in Australia. The reason being that software to be used by Lawyers in Australia must not be capable of accepting a transaction that would result in a debit balance to any trust account and must not be capable of amending a transaction already recorded otherwise than by journal entry. As an Australian lawyer I would welcome an option to permanently disable editing other than by journal entry. Would it be possible to also include an option to prevent acceptance of transactions in a trust account that would result in a debit balance? I believe Gnucash would be widely used by lawyers in Australia (and probably other jurisdictions) if these matters could be addressed.
I note the Bar Associations in various states in the USA permit Gnucash for trust accounting by lawyers. Not so in Australia. The reason being that software to be used by Lawyers in Australia must not be capable of accepting a transaction that would result in a debit balance to any trust account and must not be capable of amending a transaction already recorded otherwise than by journal entry. As an Australian lawyer I would welcome an option to permanently disable editing other than by journal entry. Would it be possible to also include an option to prevent acceptance of transactions in a trust account that would result in a debit balance? I believe Gnucash would be widely used by lawyers in Australia (and probably other jurisdictions) if these matters could be addressed.
Regards
Rodney Griffiths
Perth
Western Australia