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Gnucash 2.4 Small Business Accounting: Beginner's Guide

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849513869
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gnucash 2.4 Small Business Accounting
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started with GnuCash 2. Transactions – the Lifeblood of a Business FREE CHAPTER 3. Fun and Eye-opening Part - Reports and Charts 4. How not to Get Lost in the Transactions Jungle 5. Repetitive Work? Let GnuCash do it 6. Business Mantra: Buy Now, Pay Later 7. Budget: Trip Planner for your Business 8. Making Tax Times Less Stressful 9. Printing Checks and Finding Transactions 10. Adapting GnuCash for Non-profits and Personalizing 11. Data Import/Export: Use your Phone to enter Expenses 12. Application Integration and Other Advanced Topics Pop Quiz Answers Index

Index

A

  • A/P
    • about / Bills and accounts payable
  • A/R
    • about / Invoices and Accounts Receivable
  • accont types, GnuCash
    • about / Account types
    • bank / Account types
    • cash / Account types
    • asset / Account types
    • credit card / Account types
    • liability / Account types
    • A/Receivable / Account types
    • A/Payable / Account types
    • income / Account types
    • expense / Account types
  • account
    • creating / Time for action – fine tuning business accounts
    • renaming / Time for action – fine tuning business accounts
    • deleting / Time for action – fine tuning business accounts
    • numbers, assigning to / Time for action – assigning numbers to accounts
  • accountant
    • impressing / How to impress your accountant
  • account creation
    • tips / Parent accounts and top level accounts
  • Account Hierarchy
    • about / Account hierarchy
  • accounting software
    • about / Creating income tax schedule report and TXF export
  • Account Name QuickFill
    • about / QuickFill
  • account numbers
    • about / Numbered accounts
    • need for / Why account numbers?
    • example / An example account numbering system
  • account register
    • about / Time for action – entering simple transactions quickly and easily, Entering a simple transaction in the account register
    • simple transactions, entering in / Entering a simple transaction in the account register, Time for action – entering a simple transaction in the account register, What just happened?
    • navigating / Navigating the account registers
    • complex transactions, entering in / Entering a more complex transaction in the account register, Time for action – entering a split transaction in the account register, What just happened?
    • reports, specific to / What just happened?
    • columns, resizing in / Resize columns in the account register
  • accounts file, GnuCash
    • sharing / Sharing a GnuCash accounts file
  • Accounts Payable
    • about / Bills and accounts payable
  • Action field, transaction
    • about / Split action
    • example / Split action
  • Action Field QuickFill
    • about / QuickFill
  • action field shortcuts
    • about / Data entry shortcuts
  • annual tax returns
    • preparing / Time for action – getting the numbers for tax returns, What just happened?
  • application integration
    • about / Application integration
  • APR
    • about / Time for action – calculating mortgage payments
  • assets
    • about / Minimal set of accounts, Parent accounts and top level accounts
    • depreciation entries, making for / Time for action – making depreciation entries for assets, What just happened?
  • Assets & Liabilities reports / Other reports
  • assistant
    • about / Time for action – creating the default business accounts
  • auto-save changes feature, GnuCash / But first, a tip to make your life easier with auto-save, Making use of auto save

B

  • backup files
    • retaining / Retaining backup files
    • restoring from / Restoring from a backup file
  • Balance Sheet
    • about / Balance Sheet
  • billing terms
    • setting up / Time for action – setting up billing terms and adding customers
  • bookkeeping
    • using, for non-profits / Bookkeeping for non-profits, Time for action – using GnuCash features for non-profits, What just happened?
  • budget
    • about / Budget
    • creating, for business / Time for action – creating a budget for your business
    • sales forecast / Sales forecast
    • expense budget / Expense budget
    • cash flow / Cash flow projection
  • budget income statement
    • about / Budget income statement
  • budget revision
    • about / Budget revision
  • business
    • trade credit / Credit is the lubricant for the wheels of business
    • customers, adding / Time for action – setting up billing terms and adding customers
    • billing terms, setting up / Time for action – setting up billing terms and adding customers
    • A/R / Invoices and Accounts Receivable
    • credit sales transactions, tracking / Time for action – keeping track of credit sales
    • invoices, creating / Time for action – keeping track of credit sales
    • list of unpaid invoices, creating / List of unpaid invoices
    • budget, creating for / Time for action – creating a budget for your business
  • business accounts
    • about / Getting your business accounts done just right
  • business plan
    • creating / Financial projections for investors and lenders
  • business transactions
    • examples / Money makes the business world go round

C

  • CAD
    • payments, invoicing / Time for action – invoicing and receiving payment in Canadian dollars
  • calculations
    • performing, in GnuCash / What just happened?
  • Canada, Quadra Systems
    • about / Time for action – invoicing and receiving payment in Canadian dollars
  • cash account
    • balancing / Balancing your cash account
  • cash flow budget
    • creating, in spreadsheet / Time for action – creating a budget for your business, What just happened?
    • about / Cash flow projection
    • advantages / Cash flow projection
  • cash flow projection
    • advantages / Cash flow projection
  • chart
    • viewing / Time for action – viewing standard reports and charts, What just happened?
    • refreshing / A chart is worth a thousand numbers
  • Chart of Accounts
    • about / How to impress your accountant
  • charts
    • creating, MS Excel used / Time for action – connecting from Excel to create reports and charts, What just happened?
  • charts, customizing
    • tips / Tips for customizing charts
  • charts customization
    • tips / Tips for customizing charts
  • Check & Repair process
    • about / Check
  • check formats
    • address, printing / Printing address
  • Checking Account register
    • fields / What just happened?
  • checks
    • printing / Printing checks, Time for action – printing checks, What just happened?
    • memo, printing on / What just happened?
    • one check, printing at a time / Printing one check at a time on a 3 check sheet
    • formats / Printing address
    • multiple checks, printing / Printing multiple checks
  • columns
    • resizing, in account register / Resize columns in the account register
  • complex transaction
    • entering, in account register / Entering a more complex transaction in the account register, Time for action – entering a split transaction in the account register, What just happened?
  • computation shortcuts
    • about / Computation shortcuts
  • contact information
    • exporting, from GnuCash / Time for action – exporting contact information from GnuCash, What just happened?
  • contracts
    • invoices, grouping for / Time for action – grouping invoices for each contract separately, What just happened?
  • credit card reconciliation
    • about / Credit card reconciliation
  • credit note
    • about / Rectify over-invoicing
  • credit purchases transactions
    • tracking / Time for action – keeping track of credit purchases, What just happened?
    • due bills reminder / Due bills reminder
  • credit sales transactions
    • tracking / Time for action – keeping track of credit sales
  • credit term
    • about / Credit is the lubricant for the wheels of business
  • CSV file
    • importing / Pop quiz – importing a CSV file
  • custom check format / Custom check format
  • Customer Jobs feature
    • about / Receivables
  • customers
    • adding, to business / Time for action – setting up billing terms and adding customers
    • about / What just happened?
  • custom report
    • creating / Time for action – creating a custom report and saving it
    • saving / Time for action – creating a custom report and saving it

D

  • data
    • transferring, from GnuCash to Schedule C / Transferring data from GnuCash to Schedule C, Depreciation
    • protecting / Protecting your data, Time for action – backing up your data
    • backing up / Time for action – backing up your data
    • sending, via expense tracking service / Sending data through an expense tracking service, Time for action – using an expense tracking service to get data into GnuCash
    • migrating, from one software to another / Migrating data is not easy
    • migrating, from Excel2 / Migrating from Excel2 and OpenOffice.org4 Calc
    • migrating, from OpenOffice.org4 Calc / Migrating from Excel2 and OpenOffice.org4 Calc
    • migrating, from Office SBA2 / Migrating from Office Accounting2 (formerly Office SBA2)
    • migrating, from Office Accounting2 / Migrating from Office Accounting2 (formerly Office SBA2)
    • migrating, from Quicken Home & Business1 / Migrating from Quicken Home
    • migrating, from QuickBooks1 / Migrating from QuickBooks1
    • exporting, from GnuCash / Exporting data from GnuCash, Time for action – exporting data from GnuCash for migration and other purposes, What just happened?
    • querying, with OpenOffice.org / Using OpenOffice.org Base to query data, Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data, What just happened?
  • data entry shortcuts
    • about / Data entry shortcuts
  • date field shortcuts
    • about / Data entry shortcuts
    • + / Data entry shortcuts
    • - / Data entry shortcuts
    • ] / Data entry shortcuts
    • [ / Data entry shortcuts
    • m / Data entry shortcuts
    • h / Data entry shortcuts
    • y / Data entry shortcuts
    • r / Data entry shortcuts
    • t / Data entry shortcuts
  • default business accounts
    • creating / Time for action – creating the default business accounts, What just happened?
  • demand services
    • paying / Pay your dues and demand services
  • depreciation
    • about / Depreciation, Depreciation
  • depreciation entries
    • making, for assets / Time for action – making depreciation entries for assets, What just happened?
  • Description field, transaction
    • about / Transaction description
  • donors
    • setting up / Donors and members
    • about / What just happened?
  • double entry bookkeeping
    • about / Checks and balances are good, Manual reconciliation
  • downloaded electronic statement
    • reconciling with / Time for action – reconciling with a downloaded electronic statement
  • DSN
    • about / Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data
  • due bills reminder
    • about / Due bills reminder
  • dues
    • paying / Pay your dues and demand services

E

  • electronic reconciliation
    • about / Electronic reconciliation, Time for action – reconciling with a downloaded electronic statement
    • expense accounts / Income and expense accounts
    • income accounts / Income and expense accounts
    • cash account, balancing / Balancing your cash account
  • EMI
    • about / What just happened?
  • equity
    • about / Minimal set of accounts, Parent accounts and top level accounts
  • Excel2
    • data, migrating from / Migrating from Excel2 and OpenOffice.org4 Calc
  • expense budget
    • about / Expense budget
  • expense data
    • saving, in smartphone / Saving expense data in your smartphone and uploading to your PC, Time for action – using a smartphone to save expense data
  • expenses
    • about / Minimal set of accounts, Parent accounts and top level accounts
  • expense tracking service
    • data, sending through / Sending data through an expense tracking service, Time for action – using an expense tracking service to get data into GnuCash
    • selecting / Selecting an expense tracking service
    • Expensify / Selecting an expense tracking service
    • iXpenseIt / Selecting an expense tracking service
  • expense voucher
    • about / Employee and expense voucher
  • Expensify, expense tracking services
    • about / Selecting an expense tracking service
    • URL / Selecting an expense tracking service
  • exporting FAQ
    • about / Exporting FAQ

F

  • FICA tax
    • about / Setting up income tax related accounts
  • fields, Checking Account register
    • using / What just happened?
  • FIFO
    • about / Inventory management
  • files
    • selecting, for backup / Backing up
    • protecting, from unauthorized users / Password protection
  • Financial Calculator
    • about / Financial calculator
    • mortgage payments, calculating / Time for action – calculating mortgage payments
  • financial projections
    • about / Financial projections for investors and lenders
  • find transactions process
    • FAQs / Find transactions FAQ
  • foreign currency transactions
    • about / Foreign currency transactions
    • FAQs / Foreign currency transactions FAQ
  • Form 1040
    • about / GnuCash currently supports only US business types for income tax, What just happened?
  • funds
    • allocating, for projects / Time for action – allocating funds for projects , What just happened?

G

  • General Journal report
    • about / Other reports
  • GnuCash
    • about / Time for action – installing GnuCash on Windows, Let GnuCash worry about recurring transactions
    • installing, on Windows / Time for action – installing GnuCash on Windows, What just happened?
    • installing, on other operating system / Other operating systems
    • auto-save changes feature / But first, a tip to make your life easier with auto-save, Making use of auto save
    • default business accounts, creating / Time for action – creating the default business accounts, What just happened?
    • minimal set of accounts / Minimal set of accounts
    • business accounts / Getting your business accounts done just right
    • account, creating / Time for action – fine tuning business accounts
    • account, renaming / Time for action – fine tuning business accounts
    • account, deleting / Time for action – fine tuning business accounts
    • account types / Account types
    • top level accounts / Parent accounts and top level accounts
    • parent accounts / Parent accounts and top level accounts
    • advantages / Business as well as personal accounting, Sharing a GnuCash accounts file
    • limitations / Accounting features not supported by GnuCash
    • simple transactions / A quick and easy way to enter simple transactions, Time for action – entering simple transactions quickly and easily, What just happened?
    • business transactions / Money makes the business world go round
    • register views, changing / Changing the register views
    • standard reports, viewing / Time for action – viewing standard reports and charts, What just happened?
    • chart, viewing / Time for action – viewing standard reports and charts, What just happened?
    • custom report, creating / Time for action – creating a custom report and saving it
    • custom report, saving / Time for action – creating a custom report and saving it
    • working, with stylesheets / Working with stylesheets, Time for action – working with stylesheets, What just happened?
    • reports, exporting / Time for action – exporting reports, What just happened?
    • electronic reconciliation / Electronic reconciliation, Time for action – reconciling with a downloaded electronic statement
    • credit card reconciliation / Credit card reconciliation
    • recurring transactions / Let GnuCash worry about recurring transactions
    • starting invoice number, setting / Time for action – setting the starting invoice number
    • budget / Budget
    • payroll / Employees and payroll
    • payroll entries, making in / Time for action – making payroll entries in GnuCash, What just happened?
    • depreciation / Depreciation
    • Owner's Drawing Account / Owner's drawing
    • income tax related accounts, setting up / Setting up income tax related accounts, What just happened?
    • tax features / Time for action – mapping GnuCash accounts to tax schedules
    • income tax schedule, creating / Creating income tax schedule report and TXF export
    • annual tax returns, preparing / Time for action – getting the numbers for tax returns, What just happened?
    • sales tax tables, setting up / Time for action – setting up sales tax tables
    • sales tax, applying to invoices / Applying sales tax to invoices, Time for action – charging sales tax on sales, What just happened?
    • transactions, searching / Finding transactions, Time for action – searching for a transaction
    • transactions, sorting / Sorting transactions, Viewing and sorting all transactions
    • transactions, filtering / Filtering transactions
    • transactions, viewing / Viewing and sorting all transactions
    • find transactions process, FAQs / Find transactions FAQ
    • checks, printing / Printing checks, Time for action – printing checks, What just happened?
    • Renumber Subaccounts feature / Time for action – assigning numbers to accounts
    • Check & Repair process / Check
    • Financial Calculator / Financial calculator
    • calculations, performing in / What just happened?
    • bookkeeping, using for non-profits / Bookkeeping for non-profits, Time for action – using GnuCash features for non-profits, What just happened?
    • members, setting up / Donors and members
    • donors, setting up / Donors and members
    • Customer Jobs feature / Receivables
    • customizing / Time for action – getting your work environment just right, What just happened?
    • personalizing / Time for action – getting your work environment just right, What just happened?
    • preference settings / GnuCash preferences, Set a color to each account tab, Summary Bar and Status Bar
    • data, backing up / Time for action – backing up your data
    • files, selecting for backup / Backing up
    • migrating to, from other software / Migrating to GnuCash from other accounting software, Time for action – migrating to GnuCash from other software
    • data, migrating from OpenOffice.org4 Calc / Migrating from Excel2 and OpenOffice.org4 Calc
    • data, migrating from Excel2 / Migrating from Excel2 and OpenOffice.org4 Calc
    • data, migrating from Office SBA2 / Migrating from Office Accounting2 (formerly Office SBA2)
    • data, migrating from Office Accounting2 / Migrating from Office Accounting2 (formerly Office SBA2)
    • data, migrating from Quicken Home & Business1 / Migrating from Quicken Home
    • data, migrating from QuickBooks1 / Migrating from QuickBooks1
    • data, exporting from / Exporting data from GnuCash, Time for action – exporting data from GnuCash for migration and other purposes
    • migrating, to other accounting software / Migrating from GnuCash to other accounting software
    • contact information, exporting from / Time for action – exporting contact information from GnuCash, What just happened?
    • mileage-logging services / Mileage tracking
  • GnuCash, advantages
    • personal accounting / Business as well as personal accounting
    • business / Business as well as personal accounting
    • accounts file, sharing / Sharing a GnuCash accounts file
  • GnuCash, installing
    • on Windows / Time for action – installing GnuCash on Windows, What just happened?
    • on other operating system / Other operating systems
  • GnuCash A/R modules
    • process payments / What just happened?
    • jobs / What just happened?
    • invoices / What just happened?
    • customers / What just happened?
  • GnuCash accounts
    • mapping, to tax schedules / Time for action – mapping GnuCash accounts to tax schedules
  • GnuCash features
    • using, for non-profits / Bookkeeping for non-profits, Time for action – using GnuCash features for non-profits, What just happened?
  • GnuCash file
    • converting, to QIF file / Have a go hero – converting a GnuCash fileto a QIF file
  • GnuCash income tax module
    • US business types / GnuCash currently supports only US business types for income tax
  • GnuCash to QIF / Migrating from GnuCash to other accounting software
  • GST
    • about / Tax on tax

I

  • Imbalance-USD account
    • about / Computation shortcuts
  • importing FAQ
    • about / Importing FAQ
  • income
    • about / Minimal set of accounts, Parent accounts and top level accounts
  • Income & Expense reports / Other reports
  • Income Statement
    • about / Income Statement (Profit and Loss Statement)
    • getting, for non-profits / Getting overall Income Statement, What just happened?
  • income tax related accounts
    • setting up / Setting up income tax related accounts, What just happened?
  • income tax schedule
    • creating / Creating income tax schedule report and TXF export
  • installation, GnuCash
    • on Windows / Time for action – installing GnuCash on Windows, What just happened?
    • on other operating system / Other operating systems
  • installing
    • GnuCash, on Windows / Time for action – installing GnuCash on Windows, What just happened?
    • GnuCash, on other operating system / Other operating systems
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
    • about / What just happened?, GnuCash currently supports only US business types for income tax, What just happened?
  • Intuit TurboTax / Manual entry or TXF import?
  • inventory
    • about / Inventory management
  • inventory management
    • about / Inventory management
  • invoice
    • printing / Invoice printing
    • unposting / Unpost
  • invoices
    • creating / Time for action – keeping track of credit sales
    • sales tax, applying to / Applying sales tax to invoices, Time for action – charging sales tax on sales, What just happened?
    • searching for / Find customers, invoices, and so on
    • about / What just happened?
    • grouping, for contracts / Time for action – grouping invoices for each contract separately, What just happened?
  • iXpenseIt, expense tracking services
    • URL / Selecting an expense tracking service
    • about / Selecting an expense tracking service

L

  • liabilities
    • about / Minimal set of accounts, Parent accounts and top level accounts
  • liability accounts
    • about / Liability accounts
  • LIFO
    • about / Inventory management
  • list of unpaid invoices
    • creating / List of unpaid invoices
  • Loan Repayment Calculator / Financial calculator

M

  • MACS
    • about / Backing up
  • MACS-SQLite.gnucash / Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data
  • manual reconciliation
    • about / Manual reconciliation, Time for action – reconciling with a printed monthly statement, What just happened?
  • members
    • setting up / Donors and members
  • memo
    • printing, on checks / What just happened?
  • Memo field, transaction
    • about / Split Memo
  • Merriam-Webster dictionary
    • about / Money makes the business world go round
  • Mid Atlantic Computer Services (MACS)
    • about / Time for action – creating the default business accounts
  • migration
    • business case / Business case for migration
    • GnuCash to other accounting software / Migrating from GnuCash to other accounting software
  • mileage-logging services / Mileage tracking
  • minimal set of accounts, GnuCash
    • about / Minimal set of accounts
    • assets / Minimal set of accounts
    • liabilities / Minimal set of accounts
    • income / Minimal set of accounts
    • expenses / Minimal set of accounts
    • equity / Minimal set of accounts
  • Mortgage Payment Calculator / Financial calculator
  • mortgage payments
    • calculating / Time for action – calculating mortgage payments
  • MS Excel
    • charts, creating / Time for action – connecting from Excel to create reports and charts, What just happened?
    • reports, creating / Time for action – connecting from Excel to create reports and charts, What just happened?
  • multiple checks
    • printing / Printing multiple checks
  • multiple grants
    • handling / Receivables
  • MySQL
    • about / Which databases?

N

  • navigation shortcuts
    • about / Navigation shortcuts
  • non-profits
    • bookkeeping, using for / Bookkeeping for non-profits, Time for action – using GnuCash features for non-profits, What just happened?
    • Income Statement, getting for / Getting overall Income Statement, What just happened?
    • FAQs / Non-profit accounting FAQ
  • Notes field, transaction
    • about / Transaction notes
  • Num field, transaction
    • about / Transaction number
    • using / Transaction number

O

  • ODBC
    • about / Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data
  • ODBC DSN / Other query and reporting tools
  • Office Accounting2
    • data, migrating from / Migrating from Office Accounting2 (formerly Office SBA2)
  • office software
    • data, querying with / Using OpenOffice.org Base to query data, Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data, What just happened?
  • OFX
    • about / What just happened?
  • OFX file, importing
    • tips / Vital point to remember when importing an OFX file
  • Opening Balance tab
    • about / Opening balance
  • OpenOffice.org
    • data, querying with / Using OpenOffice.org Base to query data, Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data, What just happened?
  • OpenOffice.org4 Calc
    • data, migrating from / Migrating from Excel2 and OpenOffice.org4 Calc
  • OpenOffice.org Calc
    • reports, exporting to / What just happened?
  • over-invoicing
    • rectifying / Rectify over-invoicing
  • Owner's Drawing Account
    • about / Owner's drawing
    • example / Time for action – entering owner's draw in your books, What just happened?

P

  • P&L
    • about / Income Statement (Profit and Loss Statement)
  • P&L statement
    • about / Budget income statement, What just happened?
  • parent accounts, GnuCash / Parent accounts and top level accounts
  • partial payment
    • about / Partial payment
    • processing / Have a go hero – processing a partial payment
  • payment
    • invoicing, in CAD / Time for action – invoicing and receiving payment in Canadian dollars
    • receiving, in CAD / Time for action – invoicing and receiving payment in Canadian dollars
  • payment process
    • about / Processing payment, Time for action – when the check is on hand
  • payments
    • processing / Processing payment, Time for action – when the check is on hand
    • partial payment / Partial payment
  • payroll
    • about / Employees and payroll
    • net pay / Net pay
    • liability accounts / Liability accounts
    • FAQs / Payroll FAQ
  • payroll entries
    • making, in GnuCash / Time for action – making payroll entries in GnuCash, What just happened?
  • placeholder account
    • about / Placeholder account
  • pledges
    • about / What just happened?
  • Point of Sale (POS) capability / Migrating from GnuCash to other accounting software
  • PostgreSQL
    • about / Which databases?
  • preference settings, GnuCash
    • about / GnuCash preferences
    • accounting period / GnuCash preferences
    • business / GnuCash preferences
    • general / GnuCash preferences
    • online banking / GnuCash preferences
  • printed monthly statement
    • reconciling with / Time for action – reconciling with a printed monthly statement, What just happened?
  • projected balance sheet / Budget balance sheet
  • projections
    • about / What just happened?
  • projects
    • funds, allocating for / Time for action – allocating funds for projects , What just happened?
  • PST
    • about / Tax on tax
  • purchase refund
    • about / Purchase refunds

Q

  • QFX
    • about / What just happened?
  • QuickBooks1
    • data, migrating from / Migrating from QuickBooks1
  • Quicken
    • advantages / Your version of Quicken allows you to export to a QIF file, Your version of Quicken does not allow you to export to a QIF file
  • Quicken Home & Business1
    • data, migrating from / Migrating from Quicken Home
  • QuickFill
    • about / QuickFill

R

  • receipts
    • printing / Printing receipts
  • Receivable Aging report
    • viewing / Receivable Aging report
    • about / Receivable Aging report
  • reconciliation process
    • about / What just happened?
    • tips / Points to note about reconciling, Change reconciled split?, Delete a transaction with reconciled splits?
    • FAQs / Reconciliation FAQ
  • recurring split transaction
    • creating / Have a go hero – creating a recurring split transaction
  • recurring transactions
    • creating / Time for action – creating a recurring transaction from the register, What just happened?
  • register views
    • changing / Changing the register views
  • Renumber Subaccounts feature / Time for action – assigning numbers to accounts
  • reports
    • account register specific / What just happened?
    • Income Statement / Income Statement (Profit and Loss Statement)
    • Balance Sheet / Balance Sheet
    • Account Report / Other reports
    • Account Transaction Report / Other reports
    • Account Summary Report / Other reports
    • Transaction Report / Other reports
    • Asset Barchart / Other reports
    • Asset Piechart / Other reports
    • Balance Sheet using eguile-gnc / Other reports
    • General Journal / Other reports
    • General Ledger / Other reports
    • Liability Barchart / Other reports
    • Liability Piechart / Other reports
    • Net Worth Barchart / Other reports
    • Cash Flow / Other reports
    • Equity Statement / Other reports
    • Expense Barchart / Other reports
    • Expense Piechart / Other reports
    • Expenses vs. Day of Week / Other reports
    • Income & Expense Chart / Other reports
    • Income Barchart / Other reports
    • Income Piechart / Other reports
    • Income vs. Day of Week / Other reports
    • Trial Balance / Other reports
    • grouping / Other reports
    • accessing / Sample
    • exporting / Time for action – exporting reports, What just happened?
    • exporting, to OpenOffice.org Calc / What just happened?
    • creating, MS Excel used / Time for action – connecting from Excel to create reports and charts, What just happened?
  • reports, customizing
    • tips / Tips for customizing reports
  • reports customization
    • tips / Tips for customizing reports

S

  • sales
    • about / Sales forecast
    • sales tax, charging on / Time for action – charging sales tax on sales, What just happened?
  • sales forecast
    • about / Sales forecast
  • sales refund
    • about / Sales refunds
  • sales tax
    • about / Setting up sales tax tables, What just happened?
    • applying, to invoices / Applying sales tax to invoices, Time for action – charging sales tax on sales, What just happened?
    • charging, on sales / Time for action – charging sales tax on sales, What just happened?
  • sales tax tables
    • setting up / Time for action – setting up sales tax tables
  • scenarios, scheduled transaction (SX)
    • no Scheduled Transactions to create at all / Three different scenarios
    • only create automatically Scheduled Transactions / Three different scenarios
    • both automatic and normal Scheduled Transactions / Three different scenarios
  • Schedule C
    • about / GnuCash currently supports only US business types for income tax
    • data, transferring from GnuCash to / Transferring data from GnuCash to Schedule C, Depreciation
  • scheduled transaction (SX)
    • about / What just happened?
    • setting up / What just happened?
    • triggering / Time for action – triggering scheduled transactions
    • different scenarios / Three different scenarios
    • creating, in bulk / Time for action – creating scheduled transactions in bulk
    • creating, with placeholders / Schedule a transaction without knowing the amount
    • FAQ / Scheduled Transactions FAQ
    • post dated transactions, creating / Create post dated transactions
  • Scheduled Transaction editor
    • using / Pop quiz – using the Scheduled Transaction Editor, Have a go hero – using the Scheduled Transaction Editor
  • SCORE
    • URL / Financial projections for investors and lenders
  • self employment tax
    • about / Self employment tax
  • shortcuts, GnuCash
    • about / Save time by using shortcuts
    • data entry / Data entry shortcuts
    • date field / Data entry shortcuts
    • num field / Data entry shortcuts
    • action field / Data entry shortcuts
    • navigation / Navigation shortcuts
    • computation / Computation shortcuts
  • simple transactions
    • about / A quick and easy way to enter simple transactions, Time for action – entering simple transactions quickly and easily, What just happened?
    • examples / Simple transaction, Examples of simple transactions
    • entering, in account register / Entering a simple transaction in the account register, Time for action – entering a simple transaction in the account register, What just happened?
  • smartphone
    • expense data, saving in / Time for action – using a smartphone to save expense data
  • SOS
    • about / Time for action – using GnuCash features for non-profits, Time for action – allocating funds for projects
  • split transaction map
    • about / Split transaction map
  • split transactions
    • visualizing / Visualizing split transactions
    • examples / Examples of split transactions
    • tips / Tips for entering split transactions
  • spreadsheet
    • cash flow budget, creating in / Time for action – creating a budget for your business, What just happened?
  • SQLite
    • about / Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data
  • SQLite3
    • about / Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data, Which databases?
    • reporting tools / Other query and reporting tools
    • query tools / Other query and reporting tools
  • standard reports
    • viewing / Time for action – viewing standard reports and charts, What just happened?
  • starting invoice number
    • setting / Setting the starting invoice number, Time for action – setting the starting invoice number
  • Status Bar
    • about / Summary Bar and Status Bar
  • stylesheets
    • working with / Time for action – working with stylesheets, What just happened?
  • sub-account
    • viewing, of parent account / Jump to account
  • Summary Bar
    • about / Summary Bar and Status Bar

T

  • tax features, GnuCash
    • about / Time for action – mapping GnuCash accounts to tax schedules
  • tax on tax concept
    • about / Tax on tax
  • tax preparation software
    • about / Time for action – mapping GnuCash accounts to tax schedules
  • tax schedules
    • GnuCash accounts, mapping to / Time for action – mapping GnuCash accounts to tax schedules
  • tools, for recurring transactions
    • about / Tool to create many recurring transactions
  • top level accounts, GnuCash / Parent accounts and top level accounts
  • tracmor
    • URL / Inventory management
  • trade credit
    • about / Credit is the lubricant for the wheels of business
  • Transaction QuickFill
    • about / QuickFill
  • Transaction Report
    • creating / Pop quiz – creating a Transaction Report with all of the transactions
  • transactions
    • about / Money makes the business world go round
    • balancing / What just happened?
    • editing / Time for action – editing, cancelling, and deleting transactions
    • deleting / Time for action – editing, cancelling, and deleting transactions
    • reusing / Time for action – reusing transactions
    • deleting, in different views / Deleting a transaction in different views
    • text information / Text information in transactions
    • Description field / Transaction description
    • Notes field / Transaction notes
    • Num field / Transaction number
    • sorting / Transaction number, Sorting transactions, Viewing and sorting all transactions
    • Action field / Split action
    • Memo field / Split Memo
    • searching for / Finding transactions, Time for action – searching for a transaction
    • filtering / Filtering transactions
    • viewing / Viewing and sorting all transactions
    • notes, adding / Have a go hero – adding notes to transactions
    • voiding / Voiding a transaction
    • reversing / Adding a reversing transaction
  • TrueCrypt
    • URL / Password protection
    • about / Password protection
  • TXF
    • about / Time for action – mapping GnuCash accounts to tax schedules
  • TXF export
    • creating / Time for action – getting the numbers for tax returns, What just happened?

U

  • US business types
    • for GnuCash income tax module / GnuCash currently supports only US business types for income tax
  • USD
    • about / Foreign currency transactions
  • US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) / Text information in transactions

V

  • value_denom field / Time for action – connecting from Excel to create reports and charts

W

  • W-2 form
    • about / Setting up income tax related accounts
  • Windows
    • GnuCash, installing on / Time for action – installing GnuCash on Windows, What just happened?
  • wrong account selection
    • recovering from / Recovering from wrong selection of account, What just happened?
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