Nothing so simple in the UK.... the HMRC annual period ends on 5th April each year...
Not the most obvious date, I know. AIUI, It is all to to with a legacy from the Roman Empire, with Popes and Kings who thought they were more in charge in the year 15-so and so. (or maybe 13-so and so) Maf. On Saturday, 9 October 2021 13:37:22 BST Doug wrote: > Thanks Alan. Yes, knew that. I am certainly no accountant, but manage to > bumble along. > > I think it might be possible to set the defaults in the setup file, but > honestly have not looked. What I would like is to be able to define the > Financial Year start/Financial Year end in setup so it always defaults to > the current financial year ()which in Australia´s case is 1 July to 30 > June). > > I wonder how many other countries have non-Calendar year Financial years? I > guess the UK might copy us seeing we seem to copy their laws in our early > days. > > regards, Doug > > > n Sat, 9 Oct 2021 13:32:07 +1100 > > Alan Hopkins <hopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Doug > > > > Nice to hear from another Aussie PCLOS & GNUCash user! > > > > I have the same version of GNC as you (as that's what is in the repo!) - I > > haven't been using GNC for long but I set the accounting period in the > > Preferences as Absolute to 1st July 20 to 30 Jun 21 (ie last fin year) > > and it defaults the reports (Beginning & End of Accounting Period) to the > > correct dates. I will need to change that for this fin. year (and those > > that follow) as it is an absolute setting but I don't see that as > > problem. > > > > Another alternative would be to set the dates in the Report Options and > > then save that report configuration so when you use it the report has the > > default settings you want. > > > > But I guess you know all the above being a long-time GNC user! > > > > My thanks to the GNUCash gurus, facilitators & fixers - GNC is a terrific > > resource!! > > > > Cheers > > > > Hop > > > > On 9/10/21 10:25, Doug wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > has anyone changed the default accounting period in the reports window? > > > Currently they are set to 1 Jan to 31 Dec. Australian Tax year is 1 > > > July to 30 June. > > > > > > I know I can set them report by report, but it would be nice to change > > > the defaults. > > > > > > I am currently using ver 4,6 on Linux (PCLinuxOS, which I have been > > > using for years & love!)> > > > > regards, Doug (Long time Gnucash user & appreciator!) _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
