Of course, one can currently set the accounting period for the OS user at Preferences->Accounting Period. ALthough not the same as per-book settings, it is nonetheless a useful option for many.

On 9/4/2019 8:08 PM, Christopher Lam wrote:
FWIW in the 4.x series it is planned to allow a book-specific
accounting-period, so, one can select (e.g. 30-June for Australia, 5-April
for UK, or another arbitrary date) an eofy date, and reports should be able
to pick 'current-FY' or 'previous-FY' as report dates...

On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 13:56, Doug <lema...@internode.on.net> wrote:

Adrien,
  one thing that would help in Australia is in the setup to be able to set
the year start as 1 July, & end as 30 June.
Currently the only options are the beginning of the year, monthly,
quarterly, or absolute.
  I usually use absolute, resetting each year.

regards, Doug


On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 23:09:55 +1000
Doug <lema...@internode.on.net> wrote:

Thanks Adrien. Every year I need to send my data to my accountant who
does not (yet) use Gnucash. I did not have any success exporting to .qif
files: not sure why. (Would not read into Quickbooks)
I thought a spreadsheet might be better way to go.

  This is a new accountant because my last accountant retired (at 85! &
still runs a farm: tough people these rural folk). Previously I supplied
hard copy reports because they were old-school.
The new accountant is quite happy for electronic version, but last year
I had no success with her reading my files.
Basically, I have always prepared a report on each account for the 12
months which detail my tax deductible transactions.
I am no accountant, & even tho I have used Gnucash for years, I still
have issues every tax year but usually bumble through.
regards, Doug


On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:14:05 -0500
Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:

Regarding the export,

What is the purpose of the export and what data are you trying to get
out? (there might be a way to craft a report in GnuCash that shows the same
info)
What are the steps you are currently taking to do the export?
(copy/paste/save report results or export -> CSV)
Finally, what spreadsheet app are you using to read the exported data?
(Libreoffice Calc, Gnumeric, something else?)
Regards,
Adrien

On Sep 3, 2019 w36d246, at 7:26 AM, Doug <lema...@internode.on.net>
wrote:
...

I have had little success exporting successfully to a spreadsheet,
but that is probably my lack of skills. One advantage of the full history
of the accounts is when a property is sold: all the old figures are at your
fingertips which is much easier than the other well known commercial
products (which do not easily run on Linux anyway). I am a PCLinuxOS user,
also for many years (Easy to use & recommended too).

I also would like to thank the developers. I have seen the
advancements over the years. The program is now far more polished than the
early versions. I have had hiccups, but never lost any data in 25 years!
regards, Doug (Nth Coast, NSW, Australia, near Byron Bay. Someone
has to put up with this lifestyle: sunny one day & perfect the next!)

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