Brad,
Thank you for answering! I appreciate it very much!
Susan
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On Aug 12, 2023, at 6:02 AM, Brad Morrison <bradmorri...@sonic.net>
wrote:
Hi Gregory/Susan/Richard/all,
I think that it is important to remember that GnuCash is an all
volunteer project and not an accounting system suitable for almost
any type of organization, other than a very simple one:
[1]https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1623#issuecomment-1583966
278 - "But GnuCash isn't suitable for large, or even small,
enterprises and never will be. GnuCash is for tiny and simple
enterprises; we often say individuals and sole proprietorships. Even
having employees makes using GnuCash a dubious proposition (no
payroll module), as does carrying more than a very few line items of
inventory (no inventory module) or performing any sort of
manufacturing (no bill of materials or cost accounting modules).
Adding those modules is a non-starter: Consider that it's been 10
years since we began working on separating libgnucash from the
application, converting from GObject to C++, and changing from a
program that can load its data from a SQL database and put it back
to one that is built around SQL queries. We haven't gotten very far.
Those seeking a F/LOSS accounting solution for larger enterprises
should look to Odoo." ([2]https://www.odoo.com/ &
[3]https://www.odoo.com/accounting-firms)
I include that last part just to make any expectations you might
have more grounded in the reality of GnuCash's current capabilities.
If anyone is interested in expanding GnuCash's capabilities, feel
free to donate to the project here
([4]https://www.gnucash.org/donate.phtml), just be aware that for US
based taxpayers, GnuCash is not a 501c3 registered nonprofit and
does not have a fiscal sponsor like some other open source projects
([5]https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/ or
[6]https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/), so those donations may not be
tax deductible if the taxpayer itemizes their deductions
([7]https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc506).
Good luck!
Brad
On 8/8/23 12:10, R Losey wrote:
On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 6:40 AM Gregory Robertson [8]<gregr2...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
I'm use to QuickBooks Pro but as I mentioned I only use a few of the
features. Is this a good software for me to do just the basics. Also, I
just want to do on desktop, no online. I am not use to your format. Could
you please send me an answer to [9]mswr...@gmail.com[10]<mailto:mswr...@gmail.co
m>.
Thank you, Susan
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I used Quicken for about 20 years and then changed to GnuCash... I also
only used it for checking, credit cards, and some investments.
I did not import anything; I just started afresh some years ago with
GnuCash (I figured that if I had to go back to Quicken, I could, but as the
years pass, this is less and less likely to be needed).
I have enjoyed GnuCash very much. I especially enjoy the fact that I can
run it on iMac, Windows, or Linux.
The one warning I'd give is that the reports in GnuCash are nowhere near as
ready-to-go as they were in Quicken. I struggled to get the reports to
report how and what I wanted.
But, on the other hand, people in this list are very helpful.
_________________________________
Richard Losey
[11]rlo...@gmail.com
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References
1. https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1623#issuecomment-1583966278
2. https://www.odoo.com/
3. https://www.odoo.com/accounting-firms
4. https://www.gnucash.org/donate.phtml
5. https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/
6. https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/
7. https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc506
8. mailto:gregr2...@hotmail.com
9. mailto:mswr...@gmail.com
10. mailto:mswr...@gmail.com
11. mailto:rlo...@gmail.com
12. mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org
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