> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:57:32 -0500 > Subject: Re: [GNC] Help With Configuring US Tax Report Options For Income > Returns & Allowances > Seems like a bug at first glance. I've always seen R&A as a > contra-income account as you have it setup. I've never seen it as an > expense account. > > It is not a bug and can't easily be changed due the way the TXF output expects things.
You could 'trick' the system by setting up two 'dummy' off-setting expense accounts in addition to the contra-income account. The contra-income account shows up in your income statement the way you want and the two off-setting expense accounts have the same value as the contra-income account but with different signs and therefore cancel each other out in the income statement. For the Tax Report, you don't assign a tax code to either the contra-income account or the 'dummy' expense account with the credit balance, so they don't show up on the tax report. You assign the tax code to the 'dummy' expense account with the debit balance so that only it shows up on the Tax Report. If you don't need transaction details in the Tax Report, you can put the amounts in the two 'dummy' off-setting expense accounts just before running the report with one journal entry. If you do want the transaction details on the Tax Report you would enter every transaction that goes into your contra-income account with two additional splits to the two 'dummy' off-setting expense accounts (debit contra-income account, credit one dummy account and debit the other dummy account). > If possible, it should at least not be restricted. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 10/23/25 12:59 PM, Keith Fetterman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am attempting to configure the tax report options for an "Income > > Returns & Allowances" account, which is a sub account of the “Income" > account. I have the "Returns & Allowances” account configured as an Income > type account so the account appears in the income section of an income > statement. > > > > I am unable to select the "Schedule C - Returns and Allowances” TXF > category in the Tax Reporting Options for the "Returns & Allowances" > account because the "Schedule C - Returns and Allowances” TXF category is > only available for Expense type accounts and not Income type accounts. > > > > If I change the "Returns & Allowances” account to an Expense type > account, the account disappears from the income statement. > > > > I appreciate any feedback or ideas on how to configure the "Returns & > Allowances” account is a contra-income account, so it appears in the income > section of the income statement, and I can configure the "Schedule C - > Returns and Allowances” TXF category for income tax reporting purposes. > > Alex _______________________________________________ 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.
