[HLUG] Gnucash

[Paul Stenning]

Thanks Julian, I'll grab a copy when I'm in town tomorrow and have a read.

£40 is about what I paid for QuickBooks.


On 05/08/2010 17:12, Julian Robbins wrote:
> On 5 August 2010 16:34, Paul Stenning<paul at sp-tech.co.uk>  wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a new accounts program for my self-employed business and
>> Gnucash was on my list to check.  I'm a bit concerned abouyt the comment on
>> exportying data though as that's the major issue I have with my current
>> software (QuickBooks SimpleStart 2008).
>>
>> All I need to do is record payments and receipts, allocate them to
>> categories, and in a few cases split them between categories.  Then my
>> accountant wants the full accounts (all transactions) as a spreadsheet or
>> CSV file, plus ideally reports by category, profit and loss etc.
>>
>> Many packages seem over-complicated and confusing with multiple accounts
>> and options etc.  I don't understand or care about the details (that's what
>> I pay an accountant for), I just want to record the transactions with
>> minimal fuss!
>>
>> Would Gnucash do the job?  Anything else (preferably open source) I should
>> look at?  I'm using Windows XP but also have a couple of Linux Virtual PCs
>> in VirtualBox.
>>
>
> There is a Linux package that's not free but cheap enough (£40 ??) reviewed
> well in latest Linux Format. Works with UK Tax too
>
> Not used it at all, so cant speak of it, but worth reading their review.
>
> Julian
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05/08/2010 16:25, dicegeorge at hotmail dot com wrote:
>>
>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>>>
>>> is a list about gnucash,
>>> its one of my many projects to learn about some time...
>>> ~
>>> ~ [g] ~ [george] ~ george at dicenews.com ~
>>> ~ 07970 378 572 ~ ~ ~
>>> ~ www.dicegeorge.com (c)2010. ~
>>> ~
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Sarah Chard"<sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 2:40 PM
>>> To: "herefordshire"<herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>>> Subject: [HLUG] Gnucash
>>>
>>>   we had a brief discussion about gnucash at one of the hlug meetings - I
>>>> use it for my business but always struggled to pull the figures out for
>>>> my vat return - spurred on by the plans for ISFD and the knowledge that
>>>> if someone might ask me to recommend an open source accounts package
>>>> that works with UK VAT I have found an initial version of a vat report
>>>> that was posted to the gnucash devel list and managed to install it in
>>>> the reports folder - I contacted the guy that wrote it who said it
>>>> probably has some bugs as he has not tested it on a full set of accounts
>>>> but it seems to work fine and it should save me quite a bit of work. I
>>>> hope they add it into the next gnucash release as it is a bit fiddly to
>>>> add it into the reports for those of us who don't usually venture beyond
>>>> the GUI
>>>> If anyone needs to know how to add it in here are the links
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/attachments/20100501/36126605/attachment.obj
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and useful for getting it to work
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports
>>>>
>>>> I installed it into the report directory
>>>> --
>>>> Sarah
>>>>
>>>> SFD event - 18 Sept 2010 -
>>>> http://piratepad.net/n7Tuzn49Is
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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