Can I set a start date 25th?

[David Carlson]

On 11/5/2011 11:30 AM, John Ralls wrote:
> 
> On Nov 4, 2011, at 9:59 PM, Liz wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 14:42:54 -0700 (PDT)
>> hoohoo <urisan73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No, I am not talking about a scheduled transaction.
>>>
>>> I talked about "Edit/Preferences/Accounting Period/Start
>>> Date/Relative"
>>>
>>> Now I cannot select 25th day as Start date in Relative, no Absolute.
>>>
>>> It is good that Start date is 25th day every month, because of 25th
>>> is my salary day.
>>>
>>> If someone's salray day is 10th, he want that 10th is Start date. 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The start date is an annual event, prescribed by your government
>> through its taxation arm.
>>
>> In Australia it is 1st July
>> In UK it is 6th April
>> In USA it is 1st October
> 
> In the USA it's 1January for most individuals and companies, though one can elect to change it and file "fiscal year" returns. 1 October is the beginning of the federal government's fiscal year, but that has nothing to do with taxation.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
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Perhaps hoohoo would like periods in certain reports to start on the
25th.  This is available in the settings for reports where it is
meaningful.  Be sure to give your custom report a unique name and save
it to your custom report list.

David
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