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On 09/06/10 09:23, John Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 08:16 +0100, Joe Ray wrote: >> On 08/06/10 16:58, Neil Winchurst wrote: >>> You seem to suggest that it would be a good idea to link up bank and >>> financial package. Is that right? >>> >> It is convenient, However, you have no ability to question bank on any discrepancy as your 'imported data' is same as banks. I download bank as 'spreadsheet data' and then compare manually. I do not like automatic import into records that I need for HMRC. The dual check is important if any discrepancy which comes to HMRC attention. PS GRISBI? Albeit you need to set up a blank Euro account (no data and don't use after set up) as it is French. Works OK as does Kmymoney for personal accounts. I found it useful, for a time. I do my Business Accounts on QuickBooks, [[on MS Win XP, the only program I need a Win Machine for as it exports to Excel only and only runs on Windows]] due legacy take over as treasurer from a.n. other for a charity and spent some two years trying to get onto a FOSS program, tried many unsuccessfully due UK VAT (For UK VAT, Gnucash needs a lot of re-organisation) I abandoned FOSS for any VAT use. One set up did run VAT correctly but is under reconstruction at present. I abandoned Gnucash due printing problems, although screen use is OK. Others work, but many are USA accounting method based. -- Regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html