G'day All: I recently volunteered to do some very basic customisation of XML default account files to suit Australian conditions.
Before I proceed with contributing to the GnuCash project, I would like to determine if there is any likelihood of modules or whatever being developed to handle GST/VAT type taxes in a straight forward manner (no splits, etc). Is anyone working on this area at the moment? Otherwise, GnuCash simply can't satisfy the needs of 99% of Australian small business users, most of whom are neither accountants nor hackers. I am really keen to include GST-friendly accounting in a Linux desktop package for small business - it is the ONLY critical thing at this stage preventing many small businesses from adopting Linux desktops. I would like a solution within say six months ... if I could write C and Scheme i would start myself today. I would certainly be willing to help in whatever way possible on such a project. However, I CAN program in a web environment (PHP,Perl,Python). So it seems to me that I may be best off putting my effort into customising SQL-Ledger, which already handles GST to some extent. It would of course have to run on a web server, but there are as many advantages as disadvantages in that approach. I would appreciate any comments re where GnuCash is going with GST, because other than its lack of direct support for GST, GnuCash is a great product. It's funny, I have consistently avoided anything related to finance and accounting all my life, but now see it as the number one priority to advance the uptake of Linux in small business and the wider community. Mick ------------------------------------------ Ninti Systems: Linux Solutions and Support Michael Hall Mobile: 0429 095 392 Ph/Fax: 08 8953 1442 Email: office at ninti dot com Web: http://ninti.com ------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
