GnuCash - User mailing list wrote > If you have set the accounts as tax-related, why wouldn't you use the Tax > Schedule Report?
I thought I addressed that in my post when I said "I find the provided "Tax Schedule Report" as being les than ideal in its presentation of the information I seek." Look at the attached screenshot where I have side-by-side the portions of the two reports information about "Tax Prep" expenses, tax-prep.png <http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t377531/tax-prep.png> . The Tax Schedule report has 4 lines vs 1 in the Income Statement and the Tax Schedule is almost twice as wide. They convey the same USEFUL information but the Tax Schedule takes almost 8 times the space. Additionally, there is the "noise" of other info on the Tax Schedule that intereferes with easily accessing the info I want. Please understand that this example is just showing one data item, so the "noise" is not a major issue. But when one looks at the entire report with hundreds of lines of output (most of it noise), then the noise really gets in the way. Yes the tax Schedule also gives the line number on the tax form. But that is useless info for me. I use tax prep software so I am not dealing with line numbers in forms. But also, it is not a number I can rely on as depending on the version of gnucash and the tax year, that number will not always be accurate. In addition, because of the lack of noise in the Income Statement, it is easy to copy/paste the tax-related data into a spreadsheet (or whatever). Yes, getting info out of gnucash for use in other things is something of value to me. For example, in a spreadsheet where I have an added column that tracks if a data item will have a tax form being sent to me and if that form has been received or not. The spreadsheet makes it easy to keep track of cross checking received form data with data in gnucash and data entered into the tax return itself. So for those reasons, I find the Income Statement format more useful. I am not saying the Income Statement is "better" for everyone, just that I find it a useful alternative. Your mileage may vary. I offer the tool for anyone who finds it of value. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
