Re: gnu cash v 2.6.19 on Mac OS X 10.13.3 Income Expense problem solved.

2018-02-22 Thread Dan Carpenter
account entry as I said then look at the account types On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 at 7:05 am, Dan Carpenter mailto:danpcarpen...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thank you Dave H. for your quick response. The Account Type display box shows only: Bank, Cash, Asset, Credit Card, Liability, Stock, Mutual F

Re: Purpose of Accounting Period? Benefit to closing books?

2018-02-22 Thread Dan Carpenter
Adrien, general accounting principles close the books at the end of the fiscal year. This process in most accounting software updates the Equity with the profit or loss balances and then zeros the income and expense accounts to begin fresh for the new year. I am just starting with testing this

Re: gnu cash v 2.6.19 on Mac OS X 10.13.3

2018-02-22 Thread Dan Carpenter
e a top level expense account, Then create your expense accounts under the top level expense account just created. Same holds good for Income Accounts. Easier to start with one of the pre-defined COA's and adjust to suit perhaps :-) Cheers Dave H. On 23 February 2018 at 06

gnu cash v 2.6.19 on Mac OS X 10.13.3

2018-02-22 Thread Dan Carpenter
Hello, While attempting to set up a chart of accounts, account type does not include Income or Expense. Is there a fix or a table I can update? Thank you. I am testing this system for simple accounting/bookkeeping for a friend’s small business. Dan