[SPAM] Re: How can I create a report the way I need it?"

[Jonathon Exley]

On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 08:39 -0500, Mike or Penny Novack wrote:

> Yes and no (about "clunky").
> 
> I'm retired from many decades in the cypher mines so when the question 
> came up whether I should code to produce the reports in the format 
> required for a 501(c)3 of which I am treasurer the accountant person 
> said "don't bother; just give me the data (raw reports) and I'll use my 
> favorite editor to combine into a proper GAAP report. WHY? Because there 
> is one heck of a lot more work (possibly) involved, work that more or 
> less calls for the capabilities of an editor. Not only a fair amount of 
> fixed text (the "accounting principles/rules" being used) but there can 
> be notes attached to any unusual items/amounts referring to footnote 
> explanations. For things like "the annual meeting expense is unusually 
> high because we are on a cash basis and one large invoice from the 
> previous year wasn't submitted till this year".
> 
> To have that much editing capability more or less reinventing the wheel 
> and a major project. So export and use some existing editor.
> 
> Michael

It is probably easier for me to hand craft the report once a year for
the auditor, but I do like Gnucash and would like to see it improve and
be better. So I'll keep chipping away slowly and maybe one day I'll
understand how the reports work.

Jonathon.