Are Small Business TXF Categories Available in Mac Gnucash?

[John Ralls]

On Apr 17, 2010, at 5:40 PM, Gnutopia wrote:

> 
> I'm running Gnucash 2.2.9 on Snow Leopard. 
> 
> I am trying to set it up for a small business in the US. When I try to
> assign accounts to relevant TXF categories, I only see categories suitable
> for a US individual tax return. Are small business TXF categories available?
> 
> Gnucash.org implies that there are TXF categories for other types of
> returns:
> http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/help/set-tax-options.html
> 
> I'll quote the relevant link text here:
> 
> Begin Quote:
> "The Income Tax Identity must be set in order to assign codes to individual
> accounts. Click 'Edit' to set the identity. The Tax Name is optional. If
> entered, it will be printed at the top of the report. A 'type' must be
> selected in order to activate the tax category selections. The choices are:
> 
> *Individual, Joint, etc. - Files US Form 1040 Tax Return
> *Partnership - Files US Form 1065 Tax Return
> *Corporation - Files US Form 1120 Tax Return
> *S Corporation - Files US Form 1120S Tax Return
> *None - No Income Tax Options Provided"
> End Quote
> 
> Where do you set the "Income Tax Identity" of your corporation in Gnucash?
> It's not under Properties, Preferences, the "Edit > Tax Options" or "Edit >
> Account" screen.
> 

I don't think this is actually supported in Gnucash, regardless of platform. Even the txf support for personal taxes is a bit limited.

Derek?

Regards,
John Ralls