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On 04/12/16 22:55, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> (OT accounting systems) |
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> On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 01:10:16PM -0500, james wrote: |
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>> GNUcash is superior to Quickbooks, as it is a 'double entry' accounting |
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>> system. Last time I check Quickbooks was not 'double entry' and that is |
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>> a big deal in accounting. |
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> QuickBooks is double-entry, and has been for a very long time; It did |
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> used to obscure the fact before, to make accounting 'easier' for |
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> non-accounting people to understand. |
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> |
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> For the Foundation, I'm presently using Ledger-CLI [1], but this is a |
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> hurdle for any third-party financial auditing (we should be prepared at |
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> all times for a real financial audit), because they want data in |
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> quickbooks format. |
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> If there is a good GNUCash support for non-profit accounting (which does |
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> differ from small-business accounting, see [2]), and matching |
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> documentation for it, I'm VERY interested to know about it. |
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> Why Ledger? The Software Freedom Conservancy started a project aimed at |
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> Non-Profit accounting [3], wrapped around Ledger, which covers far more |
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> of the non-profit nuances than GNUCash does. |
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> They included enough documentation in how to specifically configure |
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> Ledger for non-profit usage, so it was easy to get going since I already |
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> used Ledger for my personal accounting. |
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> Ledger being plain-text based does work very well with version control, |
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> even for multiple parties (I enlisted help to convert old bank |
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> statements). |
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> [1] http://www.ledger-cli.org/ |
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> [2] http://www.accountingcoach.com/nonprofit-accounting/explanation/1 |
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> [3] https://sfconservancy.org/npoacct/ |
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> |
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I gather both Quickbooks and Sage have a more modular approach to |
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"proper" accounting software applicable to small and large businesses. I |
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know my mother used Quickbooks in the past with good success and the |
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support of her accountant, but Sage is known to be equally accessible. I |
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would imagine there is an appropriate version for not-for-profit or |
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charities, perhaps you can seek advice with the person(s) already |
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contacted for accounting/finance purposes?! |
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