Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-17 Thread Roland Roberts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > "jr" == Jason Rennie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jr> Is GNUCash multi-user? Won't different users store their jr> accounts in different directories and hence separate styles in jr> that way? I guess a business setting is a place where many

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
> > > Is GNUCash multi-user? Won't different users store their accounts in > different directories and hence separate styles in that way? I guess a > business setting is a place where many people may use and update the same > account. Does GNUCash have facilities for distinguishing between

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-17 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Jason Rennie wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > I believe that, although useful, your proposal can be accomplished by > > a more general mechanism. "Taxability" is just one 'trait' that you > > may want to assign to an account. By having a generalized system of > > assigning

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-17 Thread Jason Rennie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I believe that, although useful, your proposal can be accomplished by > a more general mechanism. "Taxability" is just one 'trait' that you > may want to assign to an account. By having a generalized system of > assigning 'traits' to accounts, the user can form a report

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-17 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Christopher Browne wrote: > > > As tax issues vary so much between jurisdictions, and are so complex, > > > and most people will get accounting advice on them anyway, I'm > > > hesitant to do them. > > > > You should forget the tax. In each country and in each year are very

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-15 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
Jason Rennie writes: > > Am Son, 02 Jul 2000 schrieb Robert: > > * Tax-related transactions? Basically > > just a transaction report with > >appropriate accounts selected. Do we want to do this? Not > >straight away, to be honest - too risky! > > Might it be worthwhile to hav

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-15 Thread Jason Rennie
Am Son, 02 Jul 2000 schrieb Robert: > * Tax-related transactions? Basically > just a transaction report with > appropriate accounts selected. Do we want to do this? Not > straight away, to be honest - too risky! Might it be worthwhile to have a property for each account that indi

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-15 Thread Christopher Browne
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 23:45:33 +0200, the world broke into rejoicing as Poldi Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Am Son, 02 Jul 2000 schrieb Robert: > > To get a handle on the reporting features that we need, I've spent > > some time playing with Quicken to see what the competition offers :) > > A

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-15 Thread Poldi Winkler
Am Son, 02 Jul 2000 schrieb Robert: > To get a handle on the reporting features that we need, I've spent > some time playing with Quicken to see what the competition offers :) > After wading through the interface (does anyone know how to turn all > the (*&@#($*& glitz off?), as far as I can tell,

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-02 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, Robert Graham Merkel wrote: > > There is virtually no value in having a large number of "accounts" if I > > cannot automate the summary of those accounts for the purpose at hand. > > > > The way I summarize things has to vary with the purpose. > > Perhaps I misspoke. Wha

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-02 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
Richard Wackerbarth writes: > Remember that the P&L is generated BEFORE the income/expense accounts are > zeroed. The Balance Sheet is generated AFTER the income/expense accounts are > zeroed. Point noted. > > * Accounts Payable/Receivable. > > Just a transaction report with appropriate

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-02 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, Robert Graham Merkel wrote: > To get a handle on the reporting features > * Periodic income/expense reports (over a year, by month, for > example). Don't have, but it's not hard. The sticky thing here has to do with the generation of reports that cross accounting periods. W

Re: Types of reports required

2000-07-02 Thread John Hasler
Robert Graham Merkel writes: > Looking at Quicken's selection of reports, I suspect we could do worse > but to use their list as a good starting point. I suggest that you also take a look at Proven Software's Best package at http://www.BestAcct.com/ . -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Hor

Types of reports required

2000-07-02 Thread Robert Graham Merkel
To get a handle on the reporting features that we need, I've spent some time playing with Quicken to see what the competition offers :) After wading through the interface (does anyone know how to turn all the (*&@#($*& glitz off?), as far as I can tell, the reporting capabilities aren't all that f