Periods

[Derek Atkins]

Adrian Speich <adrian at realmdigital.co.za> writes:

> Hi
>
> I am completely new to using any kind accounting software, does gnucash
> work as a sort of running total, by that I mean we don't allocate
> transactions to particular period we just have accounts with have
> transactions covering months/years? Or is there a way of allocating
> transactions to periods. Hope I'm not being too unclear.

GnuCash does not have explicit period support.  Transactions are
dated, they are not assigned to a period.  There is no "13th month".

I hope this answers your question.

-derek
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