[GNC] Need advice I use Quickbooks and only for personal use. All I do is bank accounts entries & credit cards, just use P&L & Balance Sheet reports

[Brad Morrison]

Hi Gregory/Susan/Richard/all,

I think that it is important to remember that GnuCash is an all 
volunteer project and not an accounting system suitable for almost any 
type of organization, other than a very simple one:

https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1623#issuecomment-1583966278 - 
"But GnuCash isn't suitable for large, or even small, enterprises and 
never will be. GnuCash is for tiny and simple enterprises; we often say 
individuals and sole proprietorships. Even having employees makes using 
GnuCash a dubious proposition (no payroll module), as does carrying more 
than a very few line items of inventory (no inventory module) or 
performing any sort of manufacturing (no bill of materials or cost 
accounting modules).

Adding those modules is a non-starter: Consider that it's been 10 years 
since we began working on separating libgnucash from the application, 
converting from GObject to C++, and changing from a program that can 
load its data from a SQL database and put it back to one that is built 
around SQL queries. We haven't gotten very far.

Those seeking a F/LOSS accounting solution for larger enterprises should 
look to Odoo." (https://www.odoo.com/ & 
https://www.odoo.com/accounting-firms)

I include that last part just to make any expectations you might have 
more grounded in the reality of GnuCash's current capabilities.

If anyone is interested in expanding GnuCash's capabilities, feel free 
to donate to the project here (https://www.gnucash.org/donate.phtml), 
just be aware that for US based taxpayers, GnuCash is not a 501c3 
registered nonprofit and does not have a fiscal sponsor like some other 
open source projects (https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/ or 
https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/), so those donations may not be tax 
deductible if the taxpayer itemizes their deductions 
(https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc506).

Good luck!

Brad


On 8/8/23 12:10, R Losey wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 6:40 AM Gregory Robertson<gregr2014 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm use to QuickBooks Pro but as I mentioned I only use a few of the
>> features. Is this a good software for me to do just the basics. Also, I
>> just want to do on desktop, no online. I am not use to your format. Could
>> you please send me an answer tomswrink at gmail.com<mailto:mswrink at gmail.com>.
>> Thank you, Susan
>> _______________________________________________
>>
> I used Quicken for about 20 years and then changed to GnuCash... I also
> only used it for checking, credit cards, and some investments.
>
> I did not import anything; I just started afresh some years ago with
> GnuCash (I figured that if I had to go back to Quicken, I could, but as the
> years pass, this is less and less likely to be needed).
>
> I have enjoyed GnuCash very much. I especially enjoy the fact that I can
> run it on iMac, Windows, or Linux.
>
> The one warning I'd give is that the reports in GnuCash are nowhere near as
> ready-to-go as they were in Quicken. I struggled to get the reports to
> report how and what I wanted.
>
> But, on the other hand, people in this list are very helpful.
>
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