losing data

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Chris Bester" <chrisbester at cybersmart.co.za> writes:

> Hi Colin
>
> I have to disagree, every bank statement has a new opening balance
> which is the closing balance from the previous period.  The Gnucash
> balance sheet starts with the original opening balance and keeps on
> carrying that same balance forward.  I fail to see how you can say a
> balance sheet is not relative to a particular time.  It is exactly
> that, my balance sheet, at the end of my financial year, should have
> the balances that the year was started with, the activities in my
> accounts during the year and the balance that I end with.  Or
> somewhere we are talking past each other or using different
> terminology.
>
> Hope you can enlighten me
>
> Chris

A balance sheet is not an account statement.

It sounds like you want an account statement.

GnuCash has no such report, but you can create one by creating two
Balance Sheets and massaging them together.

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-derek

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