I use a transaction report for what you seek. With the right options I get the account, date, description and amount. Copy paste the result into a spreadsheet
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 24, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Michael or Penny Novack > <stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >>> The end of the UK Tax Year approaches and I am thinking about my tax >>> return. When I used Quicken there was a report that listed every >>> transcation in particular accounts which was useful since not all my >>> accounts are related to the Return. I had been hoping to do the same in >>> GNU but I don't seem to be able to find a way to do something so simple. >>> (Yes I have read all about Reporting but am not a lot the wiser) >>> >>> Opening a relevant account, choosing Select All, Copy and Paste into a >>> spreadsheet does not seem to be possible either. >>> >>> I am sure that somebody has worked out how to do this hence my request. > > Keep in mind jurisdictions differ, so what I am about to describe would be US > (and 501(c)3 non-profits) > > Gnucash is a basic accounting system, keeps standard double entry books. You > need to set up your CaO so that the data will be usefully grouped for tax and > other reporting purposes. BUT .... also keep in mind that you might have to > do some work outside of gnucash because you might need to be reporting to > different entities (the state might require different from the feds) and you > can have only one hierarchy of accounts. > > For example, "printing and postage" is a line item on the 990/990-EZ > *Federal" so each expense parent that has those as a component of that > parent's total* should have a separate "printing and postage" child. If what > you "pay" and intern is partly PAY and partly Mileage Reimbursement you'd > want those as separate children under that intern (because the pay part might > mean a 1099-MISC) > > In other words, it is going to be up to YOU to create a suitable CoA so it > will make it easy to get the data you need for the reports you must fill out. > > Michael D Novack > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
