Spliting an Account

[Ivan Burroughs]

I finally got a chance to try that and although it isn't exactly what I
wanted I will do that for now then next year I will start a new set of
accounts.

Thanks

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Cam Ellison <cam at ellisonet.ca> wrote:

> Ivan Burroughs wrote:
>
>> The main reason is the file is very large and since I just switched from
>> Windows XP to Linux I wanted to make a clean break. I'm
>> just essentially categorizing (I'm aware that GnuCash is double entry ect)
>> expenditures for income tax filing so I'm not so concerned with the finer
>> points of accounting.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I think maybe what you should do is Close Books, using Dec 31, 2008 as your
> cutoff.  That at least will show only the current year's totals in the
> Chart.  Also, set your fiscal year (Edit->Preferences->Accounting Period),
> to 2009, or in the reports specify Previous Year Start and End.
> HTH
>
> Cam
>
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