[GNC] Multiple Fiscal Years

[Jay McSkimming]

Thanks Stan, that was pretty much my conclusion (and diagnosis).

Perhaps would be a useful enhancement to move accounting periods to the accounts file level rather than within system preferences.  Sadly out of my capabilities though.



On 4 Feb 2024, at 11:56 am, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:

On 2024-02-03 16:13, Jay McSkimming wrote:
> Is there any solution (other than repeated manual system-wide changes) to allow for multiple fiscal years for different sets of accounts arising from different country tax years?
> 
> Are there any add-ons or means to allow this?

I'd be delighted to be proved wrong, because I had a similar need a few
months ago, but I'm pretty sure the answer is "no" -- you have to change
the accounting period manually when switching between books that have
different accounting periods ("tax years").

The issue is that accounting period is a per-user preference, not a
File » Properties preference. I suppose you _could_ create additional
user accounts, and have a different accounting period ("tax year") in
each, but then there's no automated way to synchronize all the other
preferences, report layouts, and so forth among those separate accounts.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com