[GNC] Thank you

[Christopher Lam]

FWIW in the 4.x series it is planned to allow a book-specific
accounting-period, so, one can select (e.g. 30-June for Australia, 5-April
for UK, or another arbitrary date) an eofy date, and reports should be able
to pick 'current-FY' or 'previous-FY' as report dates...

On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 13:56, Doug <lemans4 at internode.on.net> wrote:

> Adrien,
>  one thing that would help in Australia is in the setup to be able to set
> the year start as 1 July, & end as 30 June.
> Currently the only options are the beginning of the year, monthly,
> quarterly, or absolute.
>  I usually use absolute, resetting each year.
>
> regards, Doug
>
>
> On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 23:09:55 +1000
> Doug <lemans4 at internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Adrien. Every year I need to send my data to my accountant who
> does not (yet) use Gnucash. I did not have any success exporting to .qif
> files: not sure why. (Would not read into Quickbooks)
> > I thought a spreadsheet might be better way to go.
> >
> >  This is a new accountant because my last accountant retired (at 85! &
> still runs a farm: tough people these rural folk). Previously I supplied
> hard copy reports because they were old-school.
> > The new accountant is quite happy for electronic version, but last year
> I had no success with her reading my files.
> > Basically, I have always prepared a report on each account for the 12
> months which detail my tax deductible transactions.
> > I am no accountant, & even tho I have used Gnucash for years, I still
> have issues every tax year but usually bumble through.
> >
> > regards, Doug
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:14:05 -0500
> > Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Regarding the export,
> > >
> > > What is the purpose of the export and what data are you trying to get
> out? (there might be a way to craft a report in GnuCash that shows the same
> info)
> > >
> > > What are the steps you are currently taking to do the export?
> (copy/paste/save report results or export -> CSV)
> > >
> > > Finally, what spreadsheet app are you using to read the exported data?
> (Libreoffice Calc, Gnumeric, something else?)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Adrien
> > >
> > > > On Sep 3, 2019 w36d246, at 7:26 AM, Doug <lemans4 at internode.on.net>
> wrote:
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > I have had little success exporting successfully to a spreadsheet,
> but that is probably my lack of skills. One advantage of the full history
> of the accounts is when a property is sold: all the old figures are at your
> fingertips which is much easier than the other well known commercial
> products (which do not easily run on Linux anyway). I am a PCLinuxOS user,
> also for many years (Easy to use & recommended too).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I also would like to thank the developers. I have seen the
> advancements over the years. The program is now far more polished than the
> early versions. I have had hiccups, but never lost any data in 25 years!
> > > >
> > > > regards, Doug (Nth Coast, NSW, Australia, near Byron Bay. Someone
> has to put up with this lifestyle: sunny one day & perfect the next!)
> > >
> > >
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