Using GnuCash as a Freelancer to Track Finances and Prepare Taxes
GnuCash seems to be about 15 years behind the times when it comes to accounting software...<p>It <i>should</i> hook up to my bank account.  It <i>should</i> take photos of my receipts, credit card statements and bank statements and automatically OCR them to add data.  It <i>should</i> automatically calculate my taxes for a specific country, and file tax reports with local, state and federal government agencies online, and it <i>should</i> highlight things I might have missed to reduce my tax burden given my specific situation.   It <i>should</i> compare my expenses with a typical person to highlight areas I might be able to make savings.  It <i>should</i> have a mobile app which works even when offline and syncs later.  It <i>should</i> have auto backups to the cloud or remote storage.<p>If I just wanted a way to add up my expenses by category, I would have used a spreadsheet.