Adrien, one thing that would help in Australia is in the setup to be able to set the year start as 1 July, & end as 30 June. Currently the only options are the beginning of the year, monthly, quarterly, or absolute. I usually use absolute, resetting each year.
regards, Doug On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 23:09:55 +1000 Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Adrien. Every year I need to send my data to my accountant who does > not (yet) use Gnucash. I did not have any success exporting to .qif files: > not sure why. (Would not read into Quickbooks) > I thought a spreadsheet might be better way to go. > > This is a new accountant because my last accountant retired (at 85! & still > runs a farm: tough people these rural folk). Previously I supplied hard copy > reports because they were old-school. > The new accountant is quite happy for electronic version, but last year I had > no success with her reading my files. > Basically, I have always prepared a report on each account for the 12 months > which detail my tax deductible transactions. > I am no accountant, & even tho I have used Gnucash for years, I still have > issues every tax year but usually bumble through. > > regards, Doug > > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:14:05 -0500 > Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Regarding the export, > > > > What is the purpose of the export and what data are you trying to get out? > > (there might be a way to craft a report in GnuCash that shows the same info) > > > > What are the steps you are currently taking to do the export? > > (copy/paste/save report results or export -> CSV) > > > > Finally, what spreadsheet app are you using to read the exported data? > > (Libreoffice Calc, Gnumeric, something else?) > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > > On Sep 3, 2019 w36d246, at 7:26 AM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > I have had little success exporting successfully to a spreadsheet, but > > > that is probably my lack of skills. One advantage of the full history of > > > the accounts is when a property is sold: all the old figures are at your > > > fingertips which is much easier than the other well known commercial > > > products (which do not easily run on Linux anyway). I am a PCLinuxOS > > > user, also for many years (Easy to use & recommended too). > > > > > > > > > I also would like to thank the developers. I have seen the advancements > > > over the years. The program is now far more polished than the early > > > versions. I have had hiccups, but never lost any data in 25 years! > > > > > > regards, Doug (Nth Coast, NSW, Australia, near Byron Bay. Someone has to > > > put up with this lifestyle: sunny one day & perfect the next!) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > -- > Doug <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- Doug <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
