[TriLUG] GnuCash

Ken MacKenzie ken at mack-z.com
Fri Apr 11 11:15:46 EDT 2014


I can imagine, and although I have a lot of finance software experience I
am not a CPA and have never used GNU cash.  Having worked with CPA's and
non CPA's I have a great appreciation for the standards that come from
those three letters and the practices it instills.  In fact I would rather
get custom specs from a CPA than some VP of finance that hasn't been in the
accounting trenches.  I used to say finance customers are the best.  They
know exactly what they want that x + y = z and make it so.  The only
downside in finance software is there are no emergencies, they are all
^&*^&*^# emergencies!!!

Ken


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:56 AM, John Mitchell <john280z at gmail.com> wrote:

> You might have to wait a week or so for any CPA to speak up    :)
>
> john mitchell
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:
>
> > out of curiosity do we have any CPA's in this group?  Might be a good
> > additional resource for such a thing.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Hrivnak, Michael <mhrivnak at hrivnak.org
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > That's a good idea. I don't have a ton of bookkeeping experience, but I
> > > have used gnucash a fair amount and can definitely talk about
> > double-entry
> > > accounting. So I could possibly contribute if we have a gnucash expert
> to
> > > lead a presentation. We could use trilug's books as an example, and
> might
> > > learn something about how to improve the LUG's use of gnucash.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Bill Farrow <bill at arrowsreach.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I used GnuCash for tracking all family expenses for a year. I think
> > > > there would be a nice side business providing support and training,
> > > > and perhaps selling a "GnuCash for Dummies" book.
> > > >
> > > > The biggest problem I had when I started using it, was the lack of a
> > > > template or wizard to get you started. You basically had to know what
> > > > double book account was and what accounts you should set up for
> > > > yourself.
> > > >
> > > > Stemming from this was the lack of reporting templates. I could never
> > > > work out how to get a pretty report out of it with graphs and stuff.
> > > > Bling is important.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone want to give a talk to Trilug on GnuCash later this year ? We
> > > > could follow it up with a workshop...
> > > >
> > > > Bill
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