Intuit really has 2 problems:

1) NO ACCOUNTANTS on their design team. There really is a reason they do this which leads to,

2) Their real objective is to try and sell their product, not to accountants, but to SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS (bigger market!) with little or no accounting knowledge. See other items in this discussion, most particularly the elimination of Debits and Credits.

All of these features should be switchable (on if you want them, off if you don't).

Honestly, QB is certified crap.