Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-11-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You're right, a summary is necessary. In the business world, though, > you are free to choose whatever depreciation scheme you want for your > financial statements. However, for tax purposes, the method is set. This is not strictly true. For tax pu

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-11-03 Thread Jon Lapham
David Harrison wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:01:32 -0200, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ah, okay, so then the definition should mention something about "per period"? I do not like this wording... suggestions? The problem with the current definition is that it could be interpreted to mea

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-11-02 Thread David Harrison
On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:01:32 -0200, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, okay, so then the definition should mention something about "per > period"? I do not like this wording... suggestions? The problem with > the current definition is that it could be interpreted to mean the total > de

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-11-02 Thread Jon Lapham
David Harrison wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:30:46 -0300, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I think it is better to be accurate/complex than simple/wrong. So, I changed the definition to your "...expensing capital purchases over time...". Just nit-picking, but shouldn't it be "Depreciatio

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-30 Thread Derek Atkins
David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I second Jon's feelings (am I signing myself up for more work by saying that ;>) > Splitting the guide would be a good idea, and, IMHO, book closing and > payroll are must haves if you are serious about getting into the small > business category. Book

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread David Harrison
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:39:28 -0300, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derek Atkins wrote: > > Ok, I know this comment will bite me when I run for president in > > 20 years, but I flip-flop! :) > > > > Honestly, tho, I was mostly joking. But it does sound like we want > > somewhat sepa

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread David Harrison
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:30:46 -0300, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I think it is better to be accurate/complex than simple/wrong. > So, I changed the definition to your "...expensing capital purchases > over time...". Just nit-picking, but shouldn't it be "Depreciation is the ac

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread Jon Lapham
Derek Atkins wrote: Ok, I know this comment will bite me when I run for president in 20 years, but I flip-flop! :) Honestly, tho, I was mostly joking. But it does sound like we want somewhat separate text for personal vs. business in this area. Perhaps we need separate sections/chapters for

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread Jon Lapham
David Harrison wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:59:29 -0300, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Basic Concepts: http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/dep_concepts1.html 1) I added the first sentence definition "Depreciation is the account method for tracking the decreasing value of an as

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread Derek Atkins
Jon Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Uh, Derek, you are joking, right? This issue was brought up in the > beginning of this thread by David. But, I'll put the links in again. > > http://www.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2003-August/009760.html > http://www.gnucash.org/pipermail/gn

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread Jon Lapham
Derek Atkins wrote: David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The way that we have made the distinction between personal and business makes this a difficult definition. On the personal side, your definition is correct. On the business side it's not. Perhaps we need two different concepts guids,

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread Derek Atkins
David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The way that we have made the distinction between personal and > business makes this a difficult definition. On the personal side, > your definition is correct. On the business side it's not. Perhaps we need two different concepts guids, one for perso

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread David Harrison
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:59:29 -0300, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, good stuff. > > I updated the web pages with the new text, plus some modifications I > made, take a look and let me know what you think. You may need to > reload the pages to clear you cache to see the changes (I h

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-29 Thread Jon Lapham
David Harrison wrote: On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:51:16 -0700, David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Let me do a rewrite and get back to you. Here is the other page on depreciation schemes David, good stuff. I updated the web pages with the new text, plus some modifications I made, take a look and

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-28 Thread David Harrison
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:51:16 -0700, David Harrison > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Let me do a rewrite and get back to you. > > Here is the other page on depreciation schemes Dave depreciation_schemes Description: Binary data ___ gnucash-de

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-28 Thread David Harrison
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:51:16 -0700, David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me do a rewrite and get back to you. > Here is the basic concepts page rewritten. I think there's some tweaking to do still, but I wanted your input on the layout/format and content. Dave basic_concepts De

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-27 Thread David Harrison
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:11:09 -0300, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like your text, except that it seems to be very tax oriented. If I > (as an individual) buy a new car, I may want to track the car's > depreciation, so that I have an estimate of my personal net worth for > any given ye

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-27 Thread Jon Lapham
David Harrison wrote: Well, it been more than a few days, but here are the changes I propose for the concept guide. David- Thanks for the text updates, let's discuss a bit. let's begin with the opening paragraph of the Basic Concepts section, which should introduce and define depreciation. Orig

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-26 Thread David Harrison
> I'll get something to you in the next few days. > > Dave > Well, it been more than a few days, but here are the changes I propose for the concept guide. The first page I worked on was http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/dep_concepts1.html I basically rewrote the entire page. Th

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-07 Thread David Harrison
> Can you try to work the above paragraph into the docs somewhere? If you > want, just copy and paste from the web-based docs and email me the > changes, I can put your contributions into the Concepts Guide. Just > tell me what the URL is you are working on if you send me new text. > > Start her

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-07 Thread David Harrison
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:28:37 -0300, Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Harrison wrote: > >>Can you try to work the above paragraph into the docs somewhere? If you > >>want, just copy and paste from the web-based docs and email me the > >>changes, I can put your contributions into the Co

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-07 Thread Jon Lapham
David Harrison wrote: Can you try to work the above paragraph into the docs somewhere? If you want, just copy and paste from the web-based docs and email me the changes, I can put your contributions into the Concepts Guide. Just tell me what the URL is you are working on if you send me new text.

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-07 Thread Jon Lapham
Derek Atkins wrote: I think historically the concepts guide has been for personal users. Maybe the Concepts Guide from a few years ago, but not recently. I don't think it's been expanded for small-business users. Re-read the Concepts Guide, specifically chapters 11-14. A separate section on depre

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-07 Thread Derek Atkins
hi, I think historically the concepts guide has been for personal users. I don't think it's been expanded for small-business users. A separate section on depreciation for personal vs. small-business is probably appropriate. -derek David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was reading chap

Re: Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-07 Thread Jon Lapham
David Harrison wrote: I was reading chapter 11 of the concepts guide regarding depreciation and noticed a significant error. A question, though, before I get to the error. For whom is the concept guide written? If it is for someone who is tracking there home expenses and are concerned about recor

Concepts guide - Depreciation

2004-10-06 Thread David Harrison
I was reading chapter 11 of the concepts guide regarding depreciation and noticed a significant error. A question, though, before I get to the error. For whom is the concept guide written? If it is for someone who is tracking there home expenses and are concerned about recording the value of the