Close Book regression

[Derek Atkins]

Please file a bug report.

-derek

Amish <anon.amish at gmail.com> writes:

> Yes i had noticed the same too. What i did is moved 1 or 2 transactions
> which fall on closing date to one day earlier.
>
> Amish
>
> On 28-Oct-2017 4:19 PM, "Yves-Eric Martin" <
> yem_lists.gnucash.org at filter.yve.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> Version: GnuCash 2.6.18 (built from rev 3a9fbb8+ on 2017-09-22)
>
>
> I think I found a regression in the Close Book tool: until last year (not
> sure which version unfortunately), the transactions on the closure date
> were included in the calculations, resetting all income and expense
> balances to zero. But now, it seems these closure date transactions are not
> included anymore, leaving accounts with non-zero balances.
>
> Steps to reproduce (on a new file with the default common accounts, no
> transactions):
>
> 1) create a transaction in Expenses:Supplies on 2017-09-29 for the purchase
> of goods for 1,000 (credit to Cash in Wallet)
> 2) create a transaction in Expenses:Supplies on 2017-09-30 for the purchase
> of goods for 200 (credit to Cash in Wallet)
> 3) use the Close Book tool with:
>   - Closing date: 2017-09-30
>   - Income total: Equity:Opening Balances
>   - Expenses total: Equity:Opening Balances
>   - Description: Closing Entries
>
> Current behavior: The Expenses:Supplies account shows a balance of 200
>
> Expected behavior: The Expenses:Supplies account shows a balance of 0
>
> Workaround: a temporary workaround is to run the Close Book tool using
> "date + 1", then manually edit the two closing transactions and move them
> back 1 day.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
> Yves-Eric
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