How to move from Quickbooks to Gnucash?

[Gregory Forster]

I'm currently in the transition of changing from Peachtree Complete 
Accounting (including payroll) to GNUcash.  Without any import/export 
function, even from Quickbooks, transition can be done.  It's easiest if 
the transition is started after year end closing (Peachtree) and 
starting GNUcash on January 1st.  I'm keeping parallel books as a check 
(both Peachtree and GNUcash).  Peachtree, as with Quickbooks, rely very 
heavily on their GUI input.  I prefer GNUcash because of it's stronger 
direct gaap input.  (I guess I'm more of an accounting geek).

The real challenge is doing payroll.  All the expense and liability 
accounts can be utilized in GNUcash.  However, the actual payroll 
calculations have to be done in a spreadsheet (I use LibreOffice).  
Automation is constantly challenging.   I would love to see how a cell 
content from a spreadsheet can automatically input into a debit, or 
credit into GNUcash.

Greg

On 3/4/2012 6:43 PM, David Gillam wrote:
> David
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> On Mar 4, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Johannes Kapune wrote:
>
>> Am 04.03.2012 19:32, schrieb David Gillam:
>>> This sounds like a couple of RFEs for the developers... Add Quickbooks IIF import/export.
>> Isn't there the possibility to export to QIF out of Quickbooks?
> Unfortunately, no.
>
>>> I have a customer who would like to try out Gnucash, but to do so, needs to get his Quickbooks data into it.  This way, he can do a direct comparison.  As a safety net, he also wants to ensure he can get back to Quickbooks with the new transactions, etc. made in Gnucash.
>>>
>>> Without easy import/export with Quickbooks, I suspect many potential users will not even try Gnucash.
>>>
>> Best way is to use both programs quite a time parallel, so you keep your data in Quickbooks and see what's different in GnuCash. After a while you decide to one of them.
> Good idea.
>
>>
>> Johannes
>>
>>
>>> Thank You,
>>>
>>> David
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 4, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Eric Morey wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 08:28 -0600, David Gillam wrote:
>>>>> I see the import options for Gnuscash 2.4.10 list various Intuit
>>>>> formats, but not "IIF"--which is what Quickbooks uses, apparently.
>>>>> How do I move quickbooks data to Gnucash?
>>>>>
>>>> It seems that there is no easy way. Gnucash does not support direct
>>>> import of IIF. IIF is allegedly able to be opened with a spreadsheet
>>>> program and saved to CSV or XLS. The CSV or XLS file can in turn be
>>>> converted to QIF. The QIF can be imported to GnuCash. However, there is
>>>> apparently no way to import your customer/vendor
>>>> database or Invoice/Bill lists.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Secondarily, how would one move Gnucash data to Quickbooks/Quicken?
>>>>> The only export option I see is XML.  There is no QIF, QXF, IIF, etc.
>>>>> export option.
>>>>>
>>>> There seems to be even less information for converting back to
>>>> Quickbooks or quicken.
>>>>
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