Extracting useful information for tax returns

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Sat Apr 4 11:20:39 EDT 2009


> I simply set my accounts up with the Tax Option settings and then run the TXF report. That report defaults to the last calendar year.
>
> You can always take any report and modify its settings so that it includes the accounts you want and the date ranges you need. The Gnucash Way is that you first open the report, and then you change the options from the button on the toolbar.
>
> If you have a report you're really attached to, change its name, and you can then save it as a custom report.
>
> HTH,
> David

Thanks David, I will fill out that Tax Option info.

With the report dates, it only asks me for an ending date, and I can
see that the totals it gives me are calculated from the beginning of
the accounts.  How do you enter a starting date for a report?

- Grant


>> My gnucash file includes a few years worth of transactions,
>> and I
>> can't find a way to get only 2008 information so I can
>> use it to file
>> my taxes.  How are people doing this?
>>
>> - Grant


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