A BASH script to help get tax-related data from gnucash

[David Carlson]

Could this script be referenced somewhere in the GnuCash WIKI?

David C

On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 3:44 AM, David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> I’m sorry. Your original characterization was vague, and I didn’t
> understand what your issue with that report was. I see what you are noting,
> although it’s not something that bothers me. FWIW, I would probably dump
> the report into a spreadsheet and munge the data there if the redundancies
> were an issue.
>
> Nevertheless, thanks for sharing your script; perhaps it will help others
> out!
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> > On Dec 15, 2017, at 8:22 PM, azalea4va <common17.nabble at azalea.name>
> wrote:
> >
> > GnuCash - User mailing list wrote
> >> If you have set the accounts as tax-related, why wouldn't you use the
> Tax
> >> Schedule Report?
> >
> > I thought I addressed that in my post when I said "I find the provided
> "Tax
> > Schedule Report" as being les than ideal in its presentation of the
> > information I seek."
> >
> > Look at the attached screenshot where I have side-by-side the portions of
> > the two reports information about "Tax Prep" expenses,  tax-prep.png
> > <http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t377531/tax-prep.png>  .
> The Tax
> > Schedule report has 4 lines vs 1 in the Income Statement and the Tax
> > Schedule is almost twice as wide.  They convey the same USEFUL
> information
> > but the Tax Schedule takes almost 8 times the space.  Additionally,
> there is
> > the "noise" of other info on the Tax Schedule that intereferes with
> easily
> > accessing the info I want.  Please understand that this example is just
> > showing one data item, so the "noise" is not a major issue.  But when one
> > looks at the entire report with hundreds of lines of output (most of it
> > noise), then the noise really gets in the way. Yes the tax Schedule also
> > gives the line number on the tax form.  But that is useless info for
> me.  I
> > use tax prep software so I am not dealing with line numbers in forms.
> But
> > also, it is not a number I can rely on as depending on the version of
> > gnucash and the tax year, that number will not always be accurate.
> >
> > In addition, because of the lack of noise in the Income Statement, it is
> > easy to copy/paste the tax-related data into a spreadsheet (or whatever).
> > Yes, getting info out of gnucash for use in other things is something of
> > value to me. For example, in a spreadsheet where I have an added column
> that
> > tracks if a data item will have a tax form being sent to me and if that
> form
> > has been received or not. The spreadsheet makes it easy to keep track of
> > cross checking received form data with data in gnucash and data entered
> into
> > the tax return itself.
> >
> > So for those reasons, I find the Income Statement format more useful.  I
> am
> > not saying the Income Statement is "better" for everyone, just that I
> find
> > it a useful alternative. Your mileage may vary.  I offer the tool for
> anyone
> > who finds it of value.
> >
> >
> >
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