Starting a new set of accounts from an old one

[David Muir]

I just make a backup copy, then Tools->Close Book.
Not sure if that's what you're wanting though, as it'll keep all the
history.

David


On 23/03/11 18:14, David Sumbler wrote:
> Thanks for that information.
>
> I have tried your suggestion and it's straightforward enough, though not
> as simple as I thought it might be: I had assumed there was probably
> some way of acheiving it with GnuCash doing all the work of transferring
> the old asset and liability balances to the new accounts.  It seems such
> a fundamental thing to want to do that I thought GnuCash would have an
> option to do it in one click or so!
>
> David
>
> On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 11:28 -0700, David T. wrote:
>> --- On Tue, 3/22/11, David Sumbler <david at aeolia.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> From: David Sumbler <david at aeolia.co.uk>
>>> Subject: Starting a new set of accounts from an old one
>>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>> Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 6:54 AM
>>> At the end of my 2010-11 accounting
>>> year I shall want to start a new set
>>> of GNUcash files for the year 2011-12, using the same
>>> account hierarchy
>>> as my 2010-11 accounts, and with opening balances equal to
>>> the closing
>>> balances of the earlier accounts.
>>>
>>> I am sure there must be an easy way to do this, but I can't
>>> find it.
>>> Can somebody point me in the right direction, please?
>>>
>> As I understand it (I don't close my own books, so my understanding is based on what I've read), your path is:
>>
>> 1) Use the File->Export->Export Accounts option to export an empty Chart of Accounts to a new file
>> 2) Generate a report of current balances
>> 3) Open new file and enter the opening balances.
>>
>> HTH,
>> David
>>
>>
>>> David
>>>
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