Finally figured out the best way to do this was just to pick a calendar year and pick up from an opening balance, and give up on importing a very lengthy accounting history over (which is fine, books are closed on those prior years and all reports run). #Gnucash
I've struggled for about a year with the decision of what to use for accounting when Windows 10 goes out of support this year, as my only windows machine at work is a headless old windows box that I only use for running #QuickBooks.
It seems the entire #accounting industry* has gone to web-based solutions, and I can only conclude that they are all horrible and clunky as frick. And it's not from lack of trying on my part.
I'm also amazed at the number of web forms I encounter in the wild where pressing Enter doesn't do anything, even when the button in question is highlighted. UI designers don't know anything anymore.
The art of UI is really in its "Lord of the Flies" moment right now. :'(
* Which, to be clear, not the industry I'm in, but I'm beholden to the "solutions" they currently offer. Taking a HARD look at #GnuCash, because I'm just not feeling the web-based stuff.
Surprised to hear this. From what I can see so far, emphasis on the double-entry bookkeeping principle is actually part of how #GnuCash differentiates itself from #QuickBooks. Bearing that out are the few people that are saying the extra manual effort GnuCash's double-entry system requires is one of the reasons they prefer tools that don't expose them to it.
Agree that what makes various business accounts different is not the ledger but the special reports they generate.
@impermanen_ Sorry don't have personal business experience, but just as a personal finance manager user, both #KMyMoney & #GnuCash are excellent.
@impermanen_@zirk.us i started using Gnu Cash about 6 yrs ago. Depending on yours needs, it may deserve a good look. BTW, I have an accounting degree from decades ago. #Gnucash
@impermanen_ we're using #gnucash for the @FreeCAD non-profit, serves us well... have a look at @ff3 too
MS Windows is so unusable now that my wife agrees it's time to come over to #linux. The problem we need to figure out is the bookkeeping software for our [currently very] small business. She is used to but not totally stuck on #Quickbooks, which doesn't run nicely on Linux. Also we'd rather not support Intuit and are resistant to a hosted cloud service.
Can anyone share experience with #GnuCash or similar for self-hosted small business accounting on Linux (Ubuntu/Pop_OS)? Boosts appreciated.
@mike_edwards @my_actual_brain great then, so I'll start: did you find a solution for on-the-go tracking if expenses ? (On Android)
I'm reading https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GnuCash_and_Mobile_Devices but a personal experience would be easier to evaluate those
Was nimmt man unter #Linux für ein bisschen #Buchhaltung und Rechnungen schreiben? #GNUCash ist eine Riesenkanone, ich hab nur Spatzen. Ich mache nur einfache EÜR und schreibe eine Handvoll Rechnungen an Privatpersonen im Monat. Aktuell nutze ich #LibreOffice Calc für Buchhaltung und schreibe Rechnungen mit #LaTeX. Letzteres würde ich gern automatisieren. Serienbrief wäre eine Option, aber vielleicht gibt's da was Besseres. Steuern mache ich mit Elster, das bleibt auch so.
Tax season is upon me—and guess what? My tax advisor lost my documents and always filed too late 
. So I'm taking matters into my own hands! I whipped up a nifty script during a night shift 
that converts my bank statements (CSV/PDF) into a GNUCash-friendly format, making tax filing a bit less painful. Check it out: https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/financial-helper
I'm adding #Mastodon as a #comment system to all my old #blog posts. A reaction to this Mastodon post will show up as a comment.
This is a post not about music, but more technical: using #GnuCash for #bookkeeping, then making invoices for it with #LaTeX for nice typesetting and styling.
https://bammerlaan.nl/posts/GnuCash-LaTeX-and-gcinvoice-for-pretty-invoices
@RGrunblatt il y a des années j'ai utilisé #Grisbi (https://fr.grisbi.org/post/Nouvelle-version-stable-de-Grisbi-%3A-3.0.0) dont le développement ne m'a plus l'air très actif.
Sinon, il y a bien sûr #Gnucash qui n'est pas le plus simple à prendre en main mais fonctionne très bien et me fait ma compta au quotidien. Les deux sont en code libre et ouvert.
#GnuCash users who have an #FSA (US Flexible Spending Account for health or dependent care): where in the account tree do you put it? I originally created it as a liability account, because back when I first started using an FSA, I expected to spend the whole amount early in the year on dental work and then would have to gradually pay it back over the remaining pay periods. But now I usually have a credit balance for six to nine months because I'm just using it for copayments.
@motoridersd I'm pondering whether to start learning ActualBudget or increase my knowledge of #GnuCash ... it's an hard call. It surely doesn't help that ActualBudget community is on Discord :(
Usate qualche software libero per gestire le vostre finanze ?
Tempo fa usavo #GNUCash e oggi sento di nuovo il bisogno di usare qualcosa ma visto l'avvento di #OpenBanking mi piacerebbe una soluzione sempre libera ma in grado di scaricare i movimenti direttamente tramite API bancaria.
Ho visto #ActualBudget (http://actualbudget.org) pubblicizzato come #OpenSource ma #Debian non lo conosce e la loro chat è su Discord :(
Imma have 75 more Schmeckles for my monthly budgeting, starting in February! 
I finally got that "bailiff"(?) ["Gerichtsvollzieher", in German] off my pelt - i must've missed an invoice, decade(s) ago - before i knew about #GNUcash. A lot of fees and compound interest accumulated, over the years - the original sum must've been like 30 bucks. 
yikes
Please, recommend ANY kind of budgeting aide to your peers! (i happen to use and like GNUcash - it's free & open source #FLOSS #software)
Also, I have 420 € of hosting costs per year currently, split between
I guess that's acceptable for a hobby?
(That's 35 € per month, though!)
