The answer to subject. I found a solution in the transaction journal. As I already mentioned I have made a new head for job-related expenses named "COGS". From now on, I started to put job numbers in the memo when posting bills. In the transaction report I select all COGS accounts and in the filter, I put job number and it worked for me. So I can check total expenses on any job as well as to check if I forget to post any bill or expense.
Reply to doncram I am a mold tool manufacturer and I am using GNUCash for some years. I felt this shortcoming for years. Otherwise, GNUCash is good enough for me. Job costing is not so important but tracking job expenses is crucial. As I have to do all work by myself due to the small size of my business, sometimes I miss some bills to post and sometimes post it twice. <http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t379093/gnu1.jpg> doncram wrote > Job costing, as covered in accounting textbooks and as implemented in some > software versions including desktop Quickbooks Pro (but not in some other > versions of Quickbooks), is not available in GnuCash. Job costing allows > a > construction business, say, to track expenses associated with each > separate > building project. I participated in a recent thread about that, and I > have > asserted it is an important feature to support if possible, in my opinion > in top 5 needs. A work-around to cover just one job, say, is to set up > additional permanent accounts in the chart of accounts for expenses of > that > one job. But if you need tracking for hundreds of jobs that is not > workable. > > If you don't mind, could you possibly please share roughly what your > interest is, what your kind of business or your client's business is, what > would a job be, approximately how many jobs might you want to track > separately? Are you already using GnuCash and does it otherwise seem to > meet your needs? Is traditional job costing crucial for you to use > GnuCash? > > Don -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ 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.
