On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 1:40 PM Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnuc...@jdlh.com> wrote:
> On 2024-01-29 06:04, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote: > > > OK, I want to do it properly, but I had an email crash and ..... > > > > So, can someone point me or send me the 'how to' for doing an end of > > year process, where I can 'inherit' the names from the autocomplete > > from the previous years? > > You might want to start with this email thread: "[GNC] Why or why not to > do year-end closing journal entries? (Close Books?)" from December 2023 > < > https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-December/109762.html > >. > > My top lesson about year-end closing books using GnuCash is, you don't > have to do it. And so I don't. My books contain over 10 years of > transactions at this point. > > If you don't close books and start a new book file, then the existing > book file, which you continue to use, will continue to provide > autocomplete from previous years. > > Best regards, > —Jim DeLaHunt > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > I agree with Jim; I have seven full years in my GnuCash file. You could create an end-of-year copy of your main file, but there is nothing that "has" to be done. But I do like the idea of zeroing the Income and Expense categories, so I manually did a "close the books" once the new year started. It was a good experience, and I found some errors in the process, so that's good as well. -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
