[GNC] Are accountants happy with CVS exports?

[R. Victor Klassen]

I do my own taxes (by hand).

> On Jan 4, 2023, at 8:33 PM, Dr. David Kirkby <drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:
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> On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 at 22:29, R. Victor Klassen <rvklassen at gmail.com <mailto:rvklassen at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I generally export a transaction report with all (relevant) accounts selected.  I generally do a select-all from the open report window and then paste it into OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc. 
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> That I can sort on any key I like - normally date within (sub)account, and run subtotals and look for anomalies.
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> If I find any I fix them and then re-export.
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> There may well be a pass to and from .csv after it’s pasted into the spreadsheet.
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> But after you fix the anomalies and reexport, do you pass the exported files to your accountant? 
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> I am quite tempted to give my accountant the files exported by GnuCash, but offer to put them in a different format if he wants. If nothing else it will make him aware of the program. 
> 
> Dave 
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