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    Jonathan Allard commented  · 

    I happily second this proposal. It seems to be related to [#493789](https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493789) in Bugzilla.

    Copying my comment there:

    ## Problem statement

    * As a business user of Gnucash, I need to manage at least one organization with a different year-end
    * Prevents Gnucash from knowing the right year-end for my book
    * Produces reports for the wrong periods

    * workaround: I need to set the date manually for each {report,period} I want to see
    * workaround: I leave the tab open definitely to keep a {report,period} pair

    * I can not change the accounting period globally which is fixed (2019-04-01 to 2020-03-31; instead of each year ends on -03-31.) – eg viewing last year does this does not help me

    => Current issue disincentivizes organizations to use Gnucash, unfortunately

    ## Solution
    A book-specific year-end date:

    * allows me to manage different entities in Gnucash
    * encourages non-individuals/organizations to use Gnucash

    ## Next steps

    * Define 'year-end' option in book schema (location and type), and load/save logic. (Seeing a year-end date is year-agnostic, datum could be set in 1970 eg. 1970-03-31)
    * Add setting UI in book properties
    * Make reports use this data
    * (?) Remove current global accounting period option

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