Extracting useful information for tax returns

[Grant]

> I haven't seen that anywhere. Every report options tab I see has both start and end dates under the General options tab. What report are you running?
>
> David

I was looking at the Account Summary report.  It looks like the Tax
Report lets you choose start and end dates though.

Thanks,
Grant


>> > 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