missing account category

[J. Alex Aycinena]

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> On Friday 06 August 2010 20:21:04 J. Alex Aycinena wrote:
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: drivel <dtv.shopping at sbcglobal.net>
>> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> > Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 22:49:05 -0700 (PDT)
>> > Subject: missing account category
>> >
>> > For simplicity I would like my business expense accounts to be the same
>> > as those on a 1040 Schedule C.  However, one of the Schedule C items is
>> > missing from gnucash, "contract labor".  I have a lot of contract labor
>> > expenses. Why is this item missing from gnucash's list of tax related
>> > accounts?
>> >
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>> The US Tax categories have been updated (which includes your item
>> above) in the development version and will appear in version 2.4
>> which, hopefully, will be released in a month or two. You don't say
>> but presumably you are using version 2.2.9? You have three options: 1.
>> wait until the new release. 2. use the development version
>> (discouraged) which has the update, bearing in mind that it is
>> considered unstable and therefore risky prior to official release. 3.
>> if you are comfortable with programming in general, add that
>> particular item to your installed version by modifying the file
>> 'txf.scm', using other entries as a guide, and code value 'N685'.
>>
>> Alex
>
> The 4th option is just to add it to your chart of accounts manually - I'm not
> familiar with the default tree for the USA, but in general highlight what you
> want to be the parent account, and hit the "New" toolbar button.
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>

I don't think he was having problems with adding an account but rather
with giving it the required tax code which doesn't show up on the list
in Edit->Tax Options.

Alex