Re: advice on software
On 08/11/2017 07:31 PM, Chris Tsuji wrote: >Hi >Hopefully, I did this correct. >I am a treasurer of a not profit orgnization and need to decide on >using quickbooks or gnucash. >The currently use quickbooks but has be be redone. >What is your advice? >thanks in advance. >Chris tsuji It depends on your tax jurisdiction and the exact legal status of your non profit organization. I am treasurer or a Quaker Meeting in New Jersey, USA. We are considered a non-profit organization by both the Internal Revenue Service and the State of New Jersey. We are also considered to be a religious organization. We have no employees. A consequence is that we need file no income tax returns. We do keep books of income and expense because I must write acknowledgement letters to donors so they can claim income tax deductions. We also need to keep good records because some organizations contribute money to us and they need to know aspects of our finances. I do use GnuCash for this. Long ago, I used Quicken and TurboTax for my accounts, but TurboTax did not communicate well with Quicken one year, and I got rid of Windows for almost all my computing work, so I switched to GnuCash for my personal accounting. When I was made treasurer, I naturally used it for that too. (Separate files; in fact a separate user account on my machine.) -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key:166D840A 0C610C8B Registered Machine 1935521. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jerseyhttp://linuxcounter.net ^^-^^ 08:30:01 up 17 days, 9:25, 2 users, load average: 4.31, 4.31, 4.36 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: advice on software
On 8/11/2017 7:31 PM, Chris Tsuji wrote: Hi Hopefully, I did this correct. I am a treasurer of a not profit orgnization and need to decide on using quickbooks or gnucash. The currently use quickbooks but has be be redone. What is your advice? thanks in advance. Chris tsuji _ QuickBooks Pro for Non-profits did not contain any of the special things accounting for non-profits calls for. In other words, you still have to set that up manually. It is why after a 2006 fire, I chose not to replace Quickbooks. Since some of the organizations for which I am not treasurer but do serve on the finance committee use QuickBooks Pro for Non-profits I can tell you that as of 2017 it STILL has none of the special non-profit features. Michael D Novack just a few examples a non-profit might need the usual "business" categories of "vendor" and "customer" but it also would have the category "donor". Pledges are receivables but only according to the terms of the pledge << a pledge of $1000/year for the next ten years is NOT an immediate receivable of $10,000 >> Membership dues (if any) are NOT a receivable while pledges are, but members usually want some sort of unified statement. PLEASE -- I am NOT saying that gnucash has these features, just that you will have to improvises just as much using QuickBooks so why pay. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: advice on software
Hello Chris, Am 12.08.2017 um 01:31 schrieb Chris Tsuji: >Hi >Hopefully, I did this correct. Yes. :-) >I am a treasurer of a not profit orgnization and need to decide on >using quickbooks or gnucash. >The currently use quickbooks but has be be redone. >What is your advice? There was recently a report on our devel list. Follow the thread in https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2017-August/040948.html >thanks in advance. >Chris tsuji Regards Frank ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: advice on software
Chris, There is a steep hill to climb to export history from a 'Q' program and import it into GnuCash. Many of GnuCash's current users felt that it was worth the effort to switch. Even if you do not import any history, there is a learning curve to get your account tree set up correctly, etc. You should plan on spending a minimum of several weeks to get your GnuCash file polished to the point that you can show your reports to your officers and auditors. That is only one comment from a satisfied GnuCash user. David C On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Chris Tsuji wrote: >Hi >Hopefully, I did this correct. >I am a treasurer of a not profit orgnization and need to decide on >using quickbooks or gnucash. >The currently use quickbooks but has be be redone. >What is your advice? >thanks in advance. >Chris tsuji > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
advice on software
Hi Hopefully, I did this correct. I am a treasurer of a not profit orgnization and need to decide on using quickbooks or gnucash. The currently use quickbooks but has be be redone. What is your advice? thanks in advance. Chris tsuji ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.