[GNC] Cash flow basis (vs accrual basis) reporting

[Chris Green]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 07:46:26PM -0700, John Ralls wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Mar 10, 2025, at 16:03, Todd Gould <gnucash at abilsoft.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I have noticed various older historic discussions regarding the lack of the
> > ability to perform Cash Basis reporting - especially for small business
> > purposes.
> > 
> > Is this feature on the development radar anywhere?  How can we get it
> > prioritized more highly please?
> > 
> > In the meantime, as it seems to have not progressed for many years so far,
> > are there any well-known/documented workarounds for this in the meantime?
> > The lack of this is a key blocker for US based businesses that may be
> > considering using this come tax filing and payroll accounting time.
> 
> GnuCash is Free software developed by volunteers who work on things they 
> want to work on. As far as I know none of the (very small) core group has 
> any interest in rewriting the business code to make cash-basis accounting 
> easier. 
> 
> To get it prioritized, develop it yourself or find someone to develop it 
> for you. You or they may submit it back to the GnuCash project via a Github 
> PR if you’re so inclined. If not but you want to make it available for 
> others be mindful of the terms of the GNU General Public License version 
> 2 or later. 
> 
> With all of that out of the way, it’s not terribly hard to use the GnuCash 
> business module for cash-basis accounting: Just don’t post your bills and 
> invoices until you pay or are paid. 
> 
Exactly!  I've been using GnuCash for Cash Basis accounting for
several years now and haven't really noticed any problems related to
using it that way.  I basically drive it from the bank statements,
what it then provides is a any easy way to analyse things into various
accounts so one can see where money comes from and goes to.

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Chris Green