But you need Visual Studio to compile it. I can provide the source code if anyone need. Messaggio originale di Trick17:I coded my own CSV-converter with c# to match exactly what ynab needs. I guess it will not feel complete for must user without it however. In fact, I will love if YNAB allow me to just use the budget part and simply import transaction in an easy way, instead of trying to do the accounting themself. But YNAB is really a budget tool, and for this I find it really useful. Right now, YNAB seems to lack a lot of the features that I love in GNU cash, for following my funds, loaned money, etc. In fact, I was just starting to use YNAB exactly for this reason. I also find that make it harder to catch some basic entrance errors and not encourage some good practice (like always having an budget liability account link to your expense accounts). It's possible to get the accounting system to do it for you, with budgetted assets and liabilities, but it's a double your accounting entrance and make your reconciliation harder (see and ). You can put prediction on accounts and make a report about how your actual accounts do in regards to your budget, but that's all of it (I didn't used it much, so may be someone know better, about it, but that's what you can get from the tutorials and manuals). When it times to go with more capital budget or financial simulation, the budget system of GNU Cash is really almost naked. For example, I always scheduled my monthly transaction and paid three months in advance and ensure all my accounts are in the positive all the time. You have scheduled transactions, and you can execute it in advance which allow you to have some cash budgeting (ensuring you that you have all the cash you need at the right place). Yes, it is complex, but once you get used to it, you really feel like other software are missing something. True, it is not your "Quicken" in financial software, but it let you handle multi-currency funds, payable accounts, receivable accounts, all of this in a professional way (double accounting, letting ensure you that we really know where you money came from and where it get). I'm kind of a veteran of GNU Cash and I really love it. If you've left stuff out because you forgot it, you probably didn't need it. In fact, YNAB doesn't recommend you import your bank statement. If you have a family, you know you can't save $6 a month to buy a pair of shoes in July. YNAB realises that your spending history is not a useful indicator of future spending. Its the first budgeting application I've run across which ISNT merely an accounting package with a dolled up "planner mode" where it projects your anticipated spending based on your history, casting a bleak future of unending debt. YNAB is a personal budgeting system which is about training you to think differently* about how you put your income to work and think about budgeting. (The last version was free for a while, but it never supported QIF format) Microsoft money and quicken are almost functionally identical, but quicken is costly, and microsoft money is gone. GnuCash is an ugly, overly complicated, double entry accounting package for running a business. It won't take long to reduce you to tears. I can only suggest you actually try GnuCash. Along with quicken, microsoft money, TurboCash and others. If you're overwhelmed by the number of personal accounts you're trying to manage, or you're trying to keep your small business on track financially, GnuCash is freeware you should try.To be honest, I havent run across a free alternative. GnuCash is an ongoing project and this isn't the latest release, but the developers warn that the 2.3 series is not stable and is for testing only, so stick with this earlier version. And novice users will appreciate the wizard that walks you through the setup process. Fortunately, GnuCash has an excellent tutorial that outlines not only the program, but also financial terminology as well. We found it a simple process to view spending reports, reconcile checking accounts, and other tasks.ĭespite the overall simplicity of using the program, the sheer number of terms and actions may require a dictionary for some people. At the top of the screen are various commands for actions, reports and tools. Selecting an entry displays further details in a larger pane. Various holdings (anything from checking accounts, to CDs, stocks and any other form of investment) are listed in a tree along the left side. This freeware program's interface is bland but functional, and presents itself in a way that will be familiar to users who do their banking online. Although users with a solid grasp of financial management basics will get the most from this freeware program, GnuCash proved to be a capable tool for personal and small business accounting.
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