[GNC] Changing from one year to the next

[R Losey]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 12:41 PM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <
stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On 2026-01-19 10:18, R Losey wrote:
> > There is a end-of-year closeout in which income and expense accounts are
> > zeroed (by rolling them into Equity). This is not necessary to do for
> > GnuCash to work, but some people like doing it (I am one that does - it
> > makes Income and Expense account totals reflect only the current year).
>
> Like you, I zero out income and expense accounts every year. But it's
> not necessary to do that to see the totals for the current year. That's
> always possible on the Accounts pane, assuming you've set your
> accounting period to start and end with the start and end of this year.
> (That's in Edit » Preferences » Accounting Period.)
>
> To show the current period income and expenses in the Accounts pane,
> clock the triangle at the extreme right of the headings and tick "Total
> (Period)".
>
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com
>

True, Stan. I do have it set for current year, and that does work for
income/expense... but not for categories under Assets or Liabilities.

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