[plug] Accounting Software

[Bret Busby]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Craig Ringer wrote:

> 
> Tim White wrote:
> > I am looking for platform independent or cross platform (Linux & Windows 
> > XP) accounting software It needs to be able to perform the following 
>  > tasks (which I have an ugly spreadsheet currently failing to perform)
> > 
> >    * Manage pay slips (ingoing,) this includes all the extra debits and
> >      credits for unions and other things - Primary Income
> >    * Manage secondary income (minor self employed work)
> >    * Manage regular payments that are based on Primary Income (i.e.
> >      Center link)
> >    * Manage board/rent based on Primary Income
> >    * Manage virtual accounts. (i.e. my bank account is the account but
> >      I want to be able to have virtual sub accounts. e.g. Savings and
> >      spending, so a percentage of my income goes into my savings and I
> >      can manage transacts straight from savings which will
> >      automatically remove that amount from the bank account)
> >    * Manage transactions. (Spending/Expenditures)
> >    * Can give reports (Balance, transactions, income, expenditures ...)
> > 
> > If anybody knows of a good system that is OpenSource and has most of 
> > these features then suggest that as well.
> 
> The only thing that comes to mind is SQL Ledger. I don't know if it'll 
> do what you want though, I've never used it.
> 
> Gnumeric seems almost made to order, but fails on your requirement for 
> cross-platform (it'll work on any *nix but that's about it AFAIK).
> 
> 

Ah, did you mean gnumeric, or gnucash? I understood that gnumeric is 
only a spreadsheet, and not an accounting program.

If you did mean gnucash, while it appears to be a quite versatile and 
useful accounting program, issues apparently exist, with using it in 
conjunction with the Australian GST. These have been discussed from time 
to time, and, again in the last week, on the gnucash list.

Has anyone used CK-Ledger?

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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