Starting a new year

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Feb 3 11:04:44 EST 2017


Hi Rich,

Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> writes:

> On Thu, 2 Feb 2017, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>> PS: This is one reason why many people don't start new files. There's no
>> need to do so, and it causes issues like this.
>
> Derek,
>
>   Caveat: I've not searched the help or guide docs for this question.
>
>   Does GnuCash have a year end closing function (particularly useful for
> business accounts) that automagically transfer last year's closing balances
> to this year's initial balances then lock editing of the previous year's
> accounts?

There is a "Close Books" function (in the Tools menu) which will roll up
all the Income/Expense transactions up to the closing date into Equity.
However, this will not create a new set of books, and it wont "lock"
anything because there is no such thing as "locking" in GnuCash.

> Regards,
>
> Rich

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-derek

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