How do I create a calendar year expense report?

[Katie Eldridge]

hi Mike,
I'm quite new to Gnucash, so you might get a better answer later, but I 
think that the 'cash flow' report is not the one you want for this:  try 
Reports->Income & Expense->Profit & Loss.

Hope that helps,
Katie

On 25/01/16 01:44, Michael Wagner wrote:
> I tracked all of my personal income/expenses this year in gnucash, 
> with the goal of being able to answer questions like, "How much did I 
> spend on gas this year?"
>
> I am trying to figure out how to create a report of all of my income 
> for the year. I assume that this is a simple task that a lot of people 
> want to do, but  I can't figure out how to do it.
>
> I tried generating a, "Income &  Expense" Cash Flow report, with dates 
> 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015, but many of the numbers are wrong. For 
> example, the Cash Flow report days that I spent $3.64 on Auto:Gas, but 
> the account (correctly) says I spent $3638.40.
>
> How do I generate a report of all my expenses for a calendar year in 
> gnucash?
>
> Don't accountants generally want to do this? Am I thinking of question 
> in the wrong way?
>
>
> Mike
>
>
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