[GNC] General Ledger

[Adrien Monteleone]

There are no specific ‘ending balances’ except the balance as of the last transaction in any account.

The details between that and the opening balances are simply every transaction in that account. There is no other ‘detail’ or ’summary’ that is relevant or even available in *any* software.

In GnuCash, you can view that by viewing an account register.

If you want a printable report format, open said account, and run an Account Report.

Otherwise, maybe what you are looking for is called the Trial Balance Report.

You can also run a Transaction Report showing all transactions between certain dates (presumably opening date and whatever you want your closing date to be) for any, all, or certain accounts - all in one report, sorted as needed. (by date, or account, or both, one before the other, as desired)

Barring that, the Balance Sheet report itself will show you the ‘ending’ balances of all accounts. (save that Income and Expense accounts will be summarized with a single line in the report called ‘Retained Earnings’ or ‘Retained Losses’)

Regards,
Adrien

> On Mar 16, 2020 w12d76, at 11:29 PM, Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Try the customer report in the experimental menu.
> 
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2020, 12:18 pm Adrian Yong, <adrianyong.88park at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Adrien,
>> 
>> In other accounting software, the General Ledger gives the ending balances
>> for each of the accounts which are then posted to the Balance Sheet..
>> 
>> For example, the General Ledger would give details of all transactions
>> between the opening balance and the ending balance for a particular
>> customer...
>> 
>> Otherwise, how would one audit the transactions for a particular customer ?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adrian
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 17 Mar. 2020, 11:33 Adrien Monteleone, <
>> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Is this a duplicate question?
>>> 
>>> Something very similar appeared on this list just a few days ago.
>>> 
>>> GnuCash *is* the ‘general ledger’.
>>> 
>>> Certainly, you can run a transaction report showing whatever you need.
>>> (among many other reports)
>>> 
>>> Opening balance transactions are common for people with pre-existing
>>> accounts.
>>> 
>>> Closing balance transactions are not necessarily required by GnuCash.
>>> (unlike other software)
>>> 
>>> Such a report isn’t *usual* for normal accounting practice.
>>> 
>>> May I ask, “Why you are interested in such info in this exact form?" It
>>> seems to be an odd request.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Adrien
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 16, 2020 w12d76, at 9:54 PM, Adrian Yong <
>>> adrianyong.88park at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I am trying to generate a General Ledger which lists all the
>> transactions
>>>> for the period, opening balance and closing balance for each account
>> and
>>> or
>>>> subaccount.
>>>> 
>>>> Can someone guide me through the General Ledger process to achieve
>> this,
>>>> please ?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Adrian