missing account category

[David T.]

Maf--

The OP was looking to assign an account to a particular tax line in the US Tax options. Your solution doesn't address that, although I do see that the way they wrote it originally might lead to your conclusion...

David

--- On Sat, 8/7/10, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:

> From: Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net>
> Subject: Re: missing account category
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Cc: "J. Alex Aycinena" <alex.aycinena at gmail.com>, "drivel" <dtv.shopping at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 1:12 AM
> 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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> > >314460.html Sent from the GnuCash - User mailing
> list archive at
> > > Nabble.com.
> >
> > 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.
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