[GNC] Payroll Report

[Aaron Laws]

On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 11:11 AM Michael or Penny Novack <
stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 5/2/2020 11:40 PM, D. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > Since each of the lines has its own account, that should be eminently
> possible with a transaction report. I have something just like this to
> track my personal wage situation--a W-2 in US tax parlance. It's just a
> simple transaction report for the proper time period, using only the
> accounts in question, showing totals only.
> >
> > I can forward a sample if you need more detail.
> >
> > David T.
>
> THAT is the key matter. Is the DATA for a report in the format shown
> available from gnucash.
>
> It would be possible for us programmer types to create a report from
> within gnucash to do this. But as I have pointed out many times, when I
> began with gnucash was advised "don't bother". Just export the DATA out
> of gnucash and use a favorite full power editor to create the pretty
> printed finished report as requested.
>
> The reason is that there will always be another special report wanted*.
> No end to the possibilities, which is why I was advised not to bother
> trying.
>
> Michael D Novack
>
> * Mind, in my working days, creating special reports wanted by a client
> was one of my specialties. This is not quite the same situation. There
> it was saving client time doing REPEATED work for the SAME report wanted
> over and over. The problem here is that would NOT be the same finished
> report. You have shown us how YOUR accountant wants it formatted (the
> final pretty printed report) . That won't be the same format somebody
> else's accountant wants it.
>


Thank you, Michael, Chris, and David. These are all helpful thoughts. I'll
kick these around a bit and see what comes.