Monthly Income/Expense Reports

[Mike or Penny Novack]

Tony wrote:

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>Without reviewing the prior discussion, I think I recall this being about
>comparative, side-by-side statements for some relevant period (mostly
>likely, monthly).
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If it is of any use in this discussion -- the side by side presentation 
of two consecutive fiscal periods is the approved way for non-profits to 
present their reports so this wouldn't be something just for "personal use".

However as described would still need to be exported into some editable 
format. For the personal use Tony envisions for purposes of more 
analysis and for the reports used by non-profits, insertion of any 
annotation that might be required to explain unusual items.

Precisely what I was told NOT to bother doing (why I have not created 
such a custom report). Obviously can run within gnucash and export the 
four parts of this (two income statements and two balance sheets) and 
then do the combining and further editing in the editor application of 
the accountant's choice. In effect I was told any accountant would have 
a very strong personal preference in the way of editors so just give 
them the raw reports.

Michael D Novack, FLMI

PS: If you want to tackle this keep in mind that best to first decide 
how you will handle all the "interesting" situations. For example, the 
account trees might not be identical for the two periods (some accounts 
might have been added or moved in the tree). You mustn't assume that 
there will be corresponding entries for the side by side.