Arthur, If you have the Accounts tab showing in the GnuCash interface, the menu item Actions->New Account Heirarchy will run a dialogue which allows you to choose specific account options.
The first step selects the currency for the accounts you are going to add which will be your local currency. The second step allows you to select check boxes to include certain types of account in your heirarchy. Ensure the box against business features is checked then click the next button. . The next step allows you to setup opening balances for the account you are adding to the heirarchy ( you can do this later manually if you are not sure what they should be at this stage). Step through the rest of the dialog and select the Finish button and the required accounts to support the business Features will be added. You can run this dialog at any time to add accounts to support other features of GnuCash. if you have not already done so i would recommend reading the basics chapter of the GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide ( https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/index.html) which will give you an introduction to the basic accounting concepts. The following chapters will introduce the specific features. You can easily create a test setup of books you can use to explore the GnuCash features before using them on the actual books for your business. Just keep each set of books in its own sub-directory of an appropriate location in your home directory (this simplifies managing the backup and log files created each time GnuCash is run). If you have an existing file not in its own directory just create and copy it into a directory then use File->Open in GnuCash to navigate and open it. David Cousens On Sat, 2022-03-05 at 06:50 +0000, arthur brogard via gnucash-user wrote: > I'm sorry to say that I'm immensely ignorant.I have a totally blank gnucash > open before me.No 'accounts receivable'.Could you spell it out for me or > direct me to where it is spelled out what I should do?We have only one > property. Only one tenant. Simplest possible case I guess. > I'm thinking I must: > . Create an 'accounts receivable' account.That would be an income account I > guess. 'Other income' ? > > Every week I put the rent amount in there. (that's what I"d like to have > happen automatically) Then I can print out that balance and show it to him: > that's what you owe today. > Somehow what he pays has to go into that account to reflect that he's paid. > > They pay by direct deposit to my bank account. > So what do I do? Credit his AR account and debit cash at bank? > When I become aware he's paid into my bank account. Then print out a > statement showing his balance. > That's how it goes? > sorry to be so thick. I'm working on it. > ab > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
