(OT accounting systems) On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 01:10:16PM -0500, james wrote: > GNUcash is superior to Quickbooks, as it is a 'double entry' accounting > system. Last time I check Quickbooks was not 'double entry' and that is > a big deal in accounting. QuickBooks is double-entry, and has been for a very long time; It did used to obscure the fact before, to make accounting 'easier' for non-accounting people to understand.
For the Foundation, I'm presently using Ledger-CLI [1], but this is a hurdle for any third-party financial auditing (we should be prepared at all times for a real financial audit), because they want data in quickbooks format. If there is a good GNUCash support for non-profit accounting (which does differ from small-business accounting, see [2]), and matching documentation for it, I'm VERY interested to know about it. Why Ledger? The Software Freedom Conservancy started a project aimed at Non-Profit accounting [3], wrapped around Ledger, which covers far more of the non-profit nuances than GNUCash does. They included enough documentation in how to specifically configure Ledger for non-profit usage, so it was easy to get going since I already used Ledger for my personal accounting. Ledger being plain-text based does work very well with version control, even for multiple parties (I enlisted help to convert old bank statements). [1] http://www.ledger-cli.org/ [2] http://www.accountingcoach.com/nonprofit-accounting/explanation/1 [3] https://sfconservancy.org/npoacct/ -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Trustee & Treasurer E-Mail : robb...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 GnuPG FP : 7D0B3CEB E9B85B1F 825BCECF EE05E6F6 A48F6136
