If it's a single-creditor liability account, you could try adding the Display/Running Balance. However it doesn't quite give you the 'balance brought forward' prior to the first printed transaction.
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 at 19:55, Paul Kroitor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, and happy New Year to all of you using whatever the name is for the > calendar that just started the year 2020! > > I am trying to produce an annual statement for a counter-party with whom > we have a current account. It's set up in GnuCash as a liability account, > as generally the balance is in their favour. > > In 2018, which was the first year the account was open, it was easy: I > made a simple report - a modified Transaction Report - that listed all the > transactions, and a total. But for 2019, I am having a problem creating it, > because it should start with the opening balance (the total at the end of > the 2018 report) and then run forward from there. The only way I can see to > have the prior balance is to include all historical transactions (or as per > the Ps. below). > > In Quicken (for example), a register report will always have an "Opening > Balance" line which will be the total of all the transactions prior to the > start date of the report. But I cannot find any way to achieve the same > result in GnuCash. Am I missing something? > > Thanks as always for all thoughts, > Paul > > [PS: I know I could move the total liability to somewhere else on Dec > 31st, and then move it back on Jan 1st - a sort of a manual book closing, > but for a liability rather than income / expenses - but these seems tedious > and error-prone. However, I'll use this work-around if there's no way to > achieve it programmatically.] > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
