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Gnucash has this handy Account Summary report, which summarizes all incomes and expenses in every currency in the current fiscal year.
I'd like to see a similar report for a custom date range (say, April 1 - June 30) but I can't find anything like this in the options. How do I accomplish this?
Account Summary report, which summarizes all incomes and expenses in every currency in the current fiscal year.
This is wrong. Account Summary is formally known as "Trial Balance". It is a snapshot of all accounts on a given date. This means that this report shows all income and expenses since you opened the books, or the last time you closed the books. This could be more than 1 year, or even 10 years of expense.
Basic Financial Statement includes at least two things: Balance Sheet and Income Statement. For GNUCash they can be found under [Reports -> Assets & Liabilities -> Balance Sheet] and [Reports -> Income & Expense -> Income Statement].
Balance Sheet is a snapshot of Assets and Liabilities on a single day. Whereas an Income Statement represents Income and Expense in a period.
This means asking "What is the Balance Sheet from April 1 - June 30" does not make any sense. You may only ask "What is the Balance Sheet on June 30".
As for Income Statement from April 1 - June 30, after going into [Reports -> Income & Expense -> Income Statement], you may use [Options -> General -> Start Date/End Date].
There is no reason to use "Account Summary". The last important Financial Statement is "Cash Flow".
For more information read this.
