Re: How to create an asset with a reduced value compared to my regular currency (dollars)

2017-12-06 Thread adrian
Tommy Trussell wrote >> Adrian: >> In the case at hand I spent $430 on the gift card and when I buy >> something >> that costs $100, I'm really only spending $86. That's what makes sense >> to >> me for how this ought to be counted. Since I don't know the category of >> the expense in advance, I

Re: Gnucash Portable

2017-12-06 Thread AC
No, he's talking about GnuCash Portable which is a copy of GnuCash modified and packaged with all the necessary libraries to be able to run directly from a memory stick or other portable storage device without having to install the libraries. It's packaged by PortableApps.com. On 2017-12-06 20:21

Re: Gnucash Portable

2017-12-06 Thread Kurt Padilla
I think you are referring to the Android version. It is a well designed app that works really well for recording the transactions you make throughout the day. You can import from or export to GnuCash for the desktop easily. I think the default setting is to only export transactions entered since yo

Gnucash Portable

2017-12-06 Thread Steve
I used it briefly a few years ago. Just noticed, unless I'm mistaken, it was updated in October of this year (2017). Curious to hear how others are using the portable version (eg, why and under what circumstances), and how you're handling the backup and/or transfer of the data files from the memor

Re: Providing a Running Balance Column in the Business Customer Report

2017-12-06 Thread Steve via gnucash-user
Many thanks for your advice Derek. Kind regards, Steve. Confidentiality: The contents of this email and it's attachment(s) are confidential to the intended recipient. It may not be disclosed, copied, forwarded, used or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee. If you belie

Re: Providing a Running Balance Column in the Business Customer Report

2017-12-06 Thread Steve via gnucash-user
Many thanks for your help Adrien, Kind Regards, Steve. Confidentiality: The contents of this email and it's attachment(s) are confidential to the intended recipient. It may not be disclosed, copied, forwarded, used or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee. If you believ

Re: How to create an asset with a reduced value compared to my regular currency (dollars)

2017-12-06 Thread Tommy Trussell
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:14 AM, adrian wrote: > There may be technical accounting reasons to treat rebates as offsets to > expenses rather than income. But my own reasons are simply that it's what > makes sense to me. I don't really track income very carefully. I mainly > track expenses. > > [

Re: Providing a Running Balance Column in the Business Customer Report

2017-12-06 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi Steve, Steve via gnucash-user writes: > Hello, > > Can anyone tell me how to provide a running balance column in a > Business Customer Report please? The report does not provide that, so either you would need to augment the report (in scheme) to do it, or you will need to copy-and-paste the

Re: Providing a Running Balance Column in the Business Customer Report

2017-12-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Stephen, As far as I know, you can’t. You’ll have to copy and paste the report table to a spreadsheet and add the column and formula in manually, then format the printout appropriately with headers, etc. Otherwise, you’d have to custom code the column into your own version of the report. If t

Providing a Running Balance Column in the Business Customer Report

2017-12-06 Thread Steve via gnucash-user
Hello, Can anyone tell me how to provide a running balance column in a Business Customer Report please? Thank you. Steve. Stephen Talbot -- Confidentiality: The contents of this email and it's attachment(s) are confidential to the intended recipient. It may not be disclosed, copied, forwar

Re: How to create an asset with a reduced value compared to my regular currency (dollars)

2017-12-06 Thread adrian
There may be technical accounting reasons to treat rebates as offsets to expenses rather than income. But my own reasons are simply that it's what makes sense to me. I don't really track income very carefully. I mainly track expenses. A rebate is a complex form of discount where the vendor is