At the outset, I must confess that I am a senior who increasingly has difficulties using complicated software products, especially accounting products because I do not have detailed accounting knowledge but I do know the basics. I have worked with my accountant to use GnuCash to assist him in preparing end of year tax returns and he has suggested that I open new books at the beginning of each new year. I mostly use the checkbook register which accepts the check and deposit details and organizes them into appropriate sub accounts. I produce a P & L with expanded details and he works his magic.
I am running version 2.6.7. I have created new GnuCash files in the past, but this year I am stuck. I just cannot remember how I did it in the past. I found a section in the Help materials which seemed to offer a good solution but when I tried it, I was unsuccessful and now I can't even find the precise section I had been using, not even whether it was in the Tutorial materials or the general manual. (Short term memory problems I guess.) Basically I want to create a new GnuCash file for tax year 2023 and export into it the Chart of Accounts used by my 2022 GnuCash file. Not the data, just the Chart of Accounts. I know I could start from scratch and work my way through the Setup Assistant, but I want to avoid the possibility of introducing errors not found in my 2022 file. I came across a statement in the Help materials stating the an easy way to achieve my goal was to go to the file menu and select "Export " and from the three options drop down select "Export Accounts" and in the window which opens I should be able to not only transfer the Chart of Accounts, but create the new GnuCash file I want to create. My attempts have failed because I believe that I am not pushing the right keys at the right time in the right order. I really need detailed instructions. Can any of you help? Jay B _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
