Accounting period and Trial Balance

[Maf King]

On Wednesday 15 Feb 2012 00:05:31 David Love wrote:
> I have recently started to use GnuCash and Imported a .qif account
> from another program.  This was successfully and shows my accounts
> from 01.04.2007 to the present date.
> 
> However,two questions:
> 
> (1)  How do I set the beginning/end of the financial year.  In my case
> it is from 01 April  to 31 Mar the following year.  The Preference
> menu does not appear to cover for this type of entry.

Hi David,

Welcome to GC and the list.  

I set the accounting start & end to "absolute"  and then enter the relevant 
dates.

> 
> (2)  Any Trial Balance I generate includes the TOTAL accounts (from
> 01/04/2007 to 13/02/2012.  How do I generate a Trial Balance for one
> specific year, e.g. 01/04/2010  to 31/03/2011?

I think that you can set a start date in the Trial Balance report - run the 
report, then click "Options" and go to the "General" tab

HTH,
Maf.