GnuCash is a powerful and flexible financial accounting tool that is suitable for individual use and also for small businesses. It allows you to track your bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. Are you going to buy a vehicle or a new house? GnuCash will help you plan the investment and track loan payments. With GnuCash you can also keep track of your checkbook. You will be able to track cash money as well as credit card purchases to better determine in what exactly your money is being spent.
One great feature of GnuCash is that the program was created to work on professional accounting. You can import files from QIF, OFX and HBCI format. You will be able to create and study very complete reports, generate statistical graphics with many data, schedule current payments, etc.
If you are the owner of a small business, GnuCash will also let you to manage your financial accounts of your enterprise in an easy way. You will be able to: create and maintain a client list, schedule a calendar of payments and cashing, manage your payslip employees, create invoices, etc. The program also has a built-in financial calculator, and a useful function to remind you expired invoices.
v2.4 [Dec 24, 2010]
- Bugs fixed
-Bug #130920: Explain workaround for user-defined currencies.
-Bug #535424: Update documentation for the Since Last Run assistant.
-Bug #582547: Add account tree columns description.
-Bug #588035: Correct keyboard shortcut for Actions > Split menu item.
-Bug #621573: Simplify explanation of entering a split transaction and remove comment about register bug (n-longer applicable).
-Bug #627266: "Steps t-enable On-line price updating" doesn't say t-install Finance::Quote
-Bug #627983: Quit or Cancel
-Bug #627984: Documentation consistency: either don't use the term druid or at least explain it.
-Bug #628745 - guide: Add What's New section for current stable series
-Bug #630652: Expand and add GnuCash Other Assets
Patch author: Tom Bullock (tbullock at nd dot edu)
-Bug #632244: Removed the Preferences section from guide and updated on help.
-Bug #633385: Restructure section 2.2 Data Entry Concepts t-only include basic inf-on files, accounts, and transactions.
Minor cosmetic edits t-section 2.1.3 and a concept clarification t-section 4.2.2.
Author: David (sunfish62 at yaho-dot com)
Input: Yawar Amin (yawar dot amin at gmail dot com) and Tom Bullock (tbullock at nd dot edu)
-Bug #633586: Move the explanation of debits and credits from section 3.2.2 `Income and Expense Accounts' int-section 2.1.3 `Double Entry', a more logical place.
Get rid of historical inf-(easy t-look up online), error checking features inf-(this isn't a sales pitch), and banks' reversed usage of debit and credit terms (a digression, not really relevant at this point).
-Bug #634075: Replace all usage of the term `druid' with `assistant' in the GnuCash Guide.
Author: Mike E (mikee at saxicola dot idps dot c-dot uk)
-Bug #635357: Document Save As and Open dialogs.
