Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-22 Thread Christopher Lam
It has not quite been merged in yet, but I see no further issue that I can fix myself, so, I'll see about getting in for wider use and bug finding, in an "experimental" submenu. It won't report unrealised gains though, too difficult to hack it as it is. On Fri., 22 Mar. 2019, 23:06 Derek Atkins,

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-22 Thread Derek Atkins
Adrien Monteleone writes: > For now, the likely best method is exporting and using a spreadsheet > for multi-period comparisons, though I seem to recall a proper > multi-period report is in development. I believe it has been committed to the repository already. If not, there is an open PR

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-22 Thread Derek Atkins
Christian Kluge writes: > Am 21.03.2019 um 21:00 schrieb Derek Atkins: >> >>> At least for me in Germany I can’t think of someone accounting for more >>> than one year and also only on certain circumstances accounting for >>> another period than 01.01. to 31.12. >> >> Here in the US,

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
For now, the likely best method is exporting and using a spreadsheet for multi-period comparisons, though I seem to recall a proper multi-period report is in development. The multi-column report could fit that bill, but as-is, repeats all of the account labels which makes things quite

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I too worked for a company that had an odd fiscal year - starting Nov 1 because that’s when they incorporated. They ran for decades like that till I convinced them to do a short year filing and align to the calendar the following year. Do you mean that GnuCash should require closing the books

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-21 Thread Christian Kluge
Am 21.03.2019 um 21:00 schrieb Derek Atkins: > >> At least for me in Germany I can’t think of someone accounting for more >> than one year and also only on certain circumstances accounting for >> another period than 01.01. to 31.12. > > Here in the US, organizations are free to set up any

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-21 Thread Liz
On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:51:00 +0100 Christian Kluge wrote: > I don’t know how to say it, but I think GnuCash might be better off > with a balance carry over method into the next year. > > At least for me in Germany I can’t think of someone accounting for > more than one year and also only on

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-21 Thread Derek Atkins
On Thu, March 21, 2019 3:51 pm, Christian Kluge wrote: [snip] > I don’t know how to say it, but I think GnuCash might be better off with > a balance carry over method into the next year. Patches always welcome! :) > At least for me in Germany I can’t think of someone accounting for more > than

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-21 Thread Christian Kluge
Am 21.03.2019 um 15:14 schrieb Derek Atkins: > Hi, > > Philip Burg writes: > >> I would like to close my books at the end of my financial year but >> have access to the previous years files, my thoughts were to archive >> the file at the end of the year by backing up to a cd/dvd then start >>

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-21 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Philip Burg writes: > I would like to close my books at the end of my financial year but > have access to the previous years files, my thoughts were to archive > the file at the end of the year by backing up to a cd/dvd then start > afresh with the new financial year. would this be

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-20 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: gnucash-user on behalf of Matthew Andrews Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:57:12 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] End of year rollover Hi Adrien, I just joined this li

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-20 Thread Philip Burg
h-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] End of year rollover Hi Adrien, I just joined this list with the same question. Great timing! I like your suggestion. It seems easier than starting a completely new file, importing the accounts tree, and entering any starting balances left over from the pr

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-20 Thread Matthew Andrews
Hi Adrien, I just joined this list with the same question.  Great timing!  I like your suggestion.  It seems easier than starting a completely new file, importing the accounts tree, and entering any starting balances left over from the previous year. It took me a bit of time to figure out

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-20 Thread garage cowboy
Thanks for the reply - and the helpful tips. regards, ALT On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 10:42 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Welcome to GnuCash! > > There is a ‘close books’ procedure you can use that zeros expenses and > income to equity as ‘retained

Re: [GNC] End of year rollover

2019-03-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Welcome to GnuCash! There is a ‘close books’ procedure you can use that zeros expenses and income to equity as ‘retained earnings/losses’ but you don’t have to use it. GnuCash does not require that you clear anything out at the end of the year. (and doing so can impact your ability to run