[GNC] Info about getting started

[Michael or Penny Novack]

a) There is no cost. Download, install, and use.

b) What do you mean by "transferring data"?  If you mean simply CLOSING 
your books under QuickBooks (closing all Income and Expense accounts to 
equity), then running a Balance Sheet and using that balance sheet to 
provide the opening values for your new books under gnucash. With all 
NEW transactions entered using gnucash, well that's one thing.
<< this is what I did post fire for the organization that had been using 
QuickBooks .back then not subscription, owned a right to install on the 
organization's computer >>
BUT -- if you mean something else, having all your old transactions, 
that's another kettle of fish.

c) I am confused when you say only one checking account. If under 
Assets;Current Assets: you create a child named xyz, HOW does Intuit 
know whether the thing associated with xyz is a checking account, a 
savings account, or a piggybank? You MIGHT be meaning something like "an 
account which they allow to be linked a checking account where feeds 
from the bank generate transactions (automated). THAT they could 
control/limit to one. Mind when I learned bookkeeping it was pen and ink 
on paper, NOTHING was automated. So to me natural to see how I could 
manage without this or that automated feature.

Michael D Novack




On 5/20/2025 3:43 PM, Arlene Frankos via gnucash-user wrote:
> I have been a Quickbook customer for over twenty five years.
>
> The cost has gone up and they now only allow one checkbook per subscription at over $800 each per year.
>
> I have two personal checkbooks and one for a very small rental property.
>
> How do I get started and how do I transfer the data from Intuit Quickbooks?
>
> How much is the cost
>
> I am interested in getting started as soon as possible.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Arlene Frankos.  (216) 225-1376
> Arleneandsonny at aol.com
>
> 18018 Nottingham Road
> Cleveland, Ohio 44119
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