Overview Introduction Features Easy to Use Tracks Your Investments International Support Business Support Accounting Features What's New in v1.8 About this Book Top Ten Reasons to Use GnuCash Installation The Basics Accounting Concepts The 5 Basic Accounts The Accounting Equation Double Entry Data Entry Concepts Files, Accounts and Transactions Double Entry The GnuCash Interface Create a new set of accounts Tip of the Day Account Tree Window Account Register Window Tool Bar Buttons Menu Items Menu Shortcuts Setting Preferences Accounts Business General International On-line Banking Reconcile Register Register Colors Scheduled Transactions Getting Help Help Manual Web Access Topic Search Creating and Saving Files Importing QIF Files Backing Up and Recovering Data Backup file (.xac) Log file (.log) Lock files (.LNK and .LCK) File Management Putting It All Together Accounts Basic Accounting Concepts Balance Sheet Accounts Income and Expense Accounts GnuCash Accounts Balance Sheet Accounts Income and Expense Accounts Putting It All Together Simple Example The Basic Top Level Accounts Making Sub-Accounts Transactions Basic Concepts The Account Register Simple Transaction Split Transaction Features of the Account Register Choosing a Register Style Using Entry Shortcuts Reconciliation Reconcile Window Scheduled Transactions Creating from the Ledger Creating from the Editor Putting It All Together Opening Balances Additional Transaction Examples Checkbook Setting up Accounts Entering Deposits Entering Withdrawals ATM/Cash Withdrawals Reconciling Your Accounts Putting It All Together Credit Cards Concepts Setting Up Accounts Simple Setup Complete Setup Entering Charges Entering Payments Putting It All Together Purchases Refund Interest Charge Reconciliation Payment Loans Basic Concepts Terminology Setting Up Accounts House Mortgage (How-To) Calculations Example: Monthly Payments Example: Length of Loan Advanced: Calculation Details Converting between nominal and effective interest rate The basic financial equation Example: Monthly Payments Missing Loan Documentation Investments Basic Concepts Terminology Types of Investments Setting Up Accounts Predefined Accounts Custom Accounts Example Interest Bearing Accounts Account Setup Example Setup Stock Portfolio Setup Preexisting Stocks Example Stock Account Buying New Investments Setting Stock Price Initial Price Editor Setup Setting Stock Price Manually Setting Stock Price Automatically Installing Finance::Quote Configuring Finance::Quote Displaying Stock Value Making Stock Value Reports Dividends Selling Stocks Example To-do Capital Gains Basic Concepts Estimating Valuation Account Setup Example Unrealized Gains Selling Caution about Valuation Taxation Multiple Currencies Basic Concepts Account Setup GnuCash Currency Support Setting International Preferences Recording Currency Exchange (How-To) Recording Purchases in a Foreign Currency (How-To) Tracking Currency Investments (How-To) Reconciling Statements in a Foreign Currency (How-To) Updating Exchange Rates (How-To) Putting It All Together (Examples) Depreciation Basic Concepts Estimating Valuation Depreciation Schemes Account Setup Example Accounts Receivable Overview of Business Features Basic Concepts Initial Setup Account Setup Register Your Company System Components Customers New Find and Edit Invoices New Edit Post Find Print Assign Starting Invoice Number Customer Jobs Process Payment Changing the Invoice Appearance Accounts Payable Basic Concepts Initial Setup Account Setup Register Your Company in GnuCash System Components Vendors New Find and Edit Bills New Edit Post Find Vendor Jobs Process Payment Payroll Basic Concepts Account Setup Protocol Step 1: Deductions list Step 2: Create the Transaction Map Step 3: Pay the Employee Step 4: Pay the Government Example Build Protocol Pay an Employee Pay the Government Migration Guide Using Accounts vs. Categories Organization of QIF Files (Discussion) Common Duplication Issues (Discussion) Checking QIF Data (Discussion) Converting XML GnuCash File Frequently Asked Questions Sources of Information Q: Where's the FAQ? Q: Are there mailing lists for GnuCash? Q: Is there a searchable archive for the mailing lists? Q: Are there other means of obtaining support for GnuCash? General Information Q: Can I run GnuCash on Windows? Q: I heard it is too hard to compile GnuCash! Q: Is there a batch mode (non-interactive) available for GnuCash, for building reports, etc? Q: Can multiple people access the same datafile in GnuCash? Q: Why is GnuCash written in C? Q: Why don't you rewrite GnuCash in programming language xyz so that I can contribute easily? Q: I really want feature XYZ but GnuCash doesn't have it. How do I get it added? Q: Is there a web interface available for GnuCash? Q: How can I provide security for GC data using CFS, etc.) Q: How can I contribute to the GnuCash project? Q: I think I found a bug. How do I report it? Using GnuCash Q: How can I move the transactions from account A into account B, thus combining them? Q: Is it possible to merge two gnucash files? Q: How can I save a template of my account structure? Q: When I search for customers (or anything else for that matter), how can I return a list of everything? Q: How can I record a transaction on different dates (actual date and bank date)? Accounting Q: How do I treat taxes? As an account payable or as an expense? Contributed Account Trees UK Vat GNU Free Documentation License 0. PREAMBLE 1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS 2. VERBATIM COPYING 3. COPYING IN QUANTITY 4. MODIFICATIONS 5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS 6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS 8. TRANSLATION 9. TERMINATION 10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE Addendum