Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Liz Dodd
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 19:38:16 -0800 Stan Brown wrote: > "money out of the company into my personal bank account" -- that seems > pretty clear to me that the company is lending the director money, not > the other way round. not if it is a repayment So we are not completely clear about the circumst

Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
With the usual caveat that this is not formal advice, I agree with Michael. This looks like what we call "Owner's Equity" in my parts. If this is just for you, then my personal advice is keep it simple. Keep it in Equity. You can put the original 'loan' into "Owner's Equity", and any money ta

Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The wiki has a 'file locations' map for each major OS. Be certain if you are on Windows that you are following the map for the current version. They changed at least from 2.x to 3.x, and may have been changed again. (I don't use Windows, so can't advise, but it should be obvious in the Wiki) A

Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I can report that I haven't changed my CSS file since early 3.x days and it still works just fine as intended in 4.8 Regards, Adrien On 12/9/21 7:39 PM, D. via gnucash-user wrote: As far as I know, yes. Original Message From: AC Sent: Thu Dec 09 20:14:47 EST 2021 To: "D."

Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yes, register colors are changeable, I've done so myself. The wiki and the linked example CSS files should document this already. Regards, Adrien On 12/9/21 7:08 PM, D. via gnucash-user wrote: Much of the interface (such as tab height) can be controlled through css. The colors in the register

Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Stan Brown
On 2021-12-09 07:23, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > I can't understand why you say it's not a liability, when the company owes > money to someone else? How is it any different to owing money on a credit > card for example? The company does not owe you any money. You said money would flow from the c

Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Stan Brown
On 2021-12-09 11:04, Gyle McCollam wrote: > If the loan is to the company, as stated in your original email, it is a > liability of the company. Stan is incorrect, but if the company makes a loan > TO the director, then it would be an asset of the company and he would be > correct. But the

Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread Ken Farley
The settings are almost the same from 3.x to 4.x, but coincidentally, the things to change Gnucash specific items (like register colors) are different. I'm attaching my own gtk.css with my own preferred settings. I spent a good amount of time delving into the interface settings available in gen

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why notadd BTC?

2021-12-09 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Colin, Am 10.12.21 um 03:37 schrieb Colin Arndt: > Considering this is an issue that regularly comes up on the list, it might > save everyone some time if there were a statement or section on the Wiki. > (Just searched around and didn’t find one). EExcellent idea! IMHO you should name the

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why notadd BTC?

2021-12-09 Thread Colin Arndt
To set the record straight, David is correct. Over a long period of time I had BTC set up as a custom security bringing in quotes via Yahoo JSON. You simply need to enter ‘BTC-USD’ as the symbol, since this is the format Yahoo Finance uses, as well as allow 8 decimal places (Fraction traded = 1/

Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread AC
Well I'm getting closer, just need to find more documentation. For example, when the window loses focus, the text all changes to a very light gray which washes out but I can't seem to find anything that would instruct gtk not to do that. There seems to be some differences in the wiki document

Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread D. via gnucash-user
As far as I know, yes. Original Message From: AC Sent: Thu Dec 09 20:14:47 EST 2021 To: "D." Cc: GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8 I see information in the wiki on Gnucash 3.x because it changed to GTK3. Is it safe to assume that Gn

Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 22:48, Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 12/9/2021 2:04 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: > > Repeat, get professional advice or at least learn the accounting > yourself. This is an accounting question, not a gnucash question. > > Michael D Novack > I

Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread AC
I see information in the wiki on Gnucash 3.x because it changed to GTK3. Is it safe to assume that Gnucash 4 is still using GTK3 so the instructions would be the same? On 2021-12-09 17:08, D. wrote: Much of the interface (such as tab height) can be controlled through css. The colors in the r

Re: [GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Much of the interface (such as tab height) can be controlled through css. The colors in the register may be special, however, and not as readily changed (but I could be wrong). Others have documented these settings on the lists and in the wiki. Searches in the list archives and on the wiki shoul

[GNC] Changing colors and layout on 4.8

2021-12-09 Thread AC
Ok, finally got upgraded to 4.8, so far so good. A couple things I want to change if at all possible: First is the color schemes, I'd like to change the ledger to dark grays and also change the overall UI to have a darker color if possible. The other thing I was hoping to do is reduce the siz

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why notadd BTC?

2021-12-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/9/2021 4:20 PM, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: I would think you can treat it as a security and probably get quotes imported just like for stocks.  But I suppose that begs the question of how easily you could receive BTC or the like into one of your security accounts.  Does GNUC

Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/9/2021 2:04 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: If the loan is to the company, as stated in your original email, it is a liability of the company. Stan is incorrect, but if the company makes a loan TO the director, then it would be an asset of the company and he would be correct. I will repeat th

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why notadd BTC?

2021-12-09 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
I would think you can treat it as a security and probably get quotes imported just like for stocks.  But I suppose that begs the question of how easily you could receive BTC or the like into one of your security accounts.  Does GNUCash do income in securities? ___

Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Gyle McCollam
If the loan is to the company, as stated in your original email, it is a liability of the company. Stan is incorrect, but if the company makes a loan TO the director, then it would be an asset of the company and he would be correct. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam 609.680.2326

Re: [GNC] An automated depreciation calculator would be really helpful.

2021-12-09 Thread Stephen M. Butler
Per https://www.excel-easy.com/examples/depreciation.html Excel has five (5) depreciation methods. I suspect these could be implemented in a manner similar to the loan calculations inside the transaction scheduler (I am not talking about the loan wizard but about the resulting functions ipmt,

Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 13:57, Stan Brown wrote: > Reminder: The normal thing is to reply to the GnuCash list, not to > individual people who post. > > On 2021-12-08 15:49, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > Liabilities -> Accounts Payable -> Director Loan. > > It's not a liability to the company. It will

Re: [GNC] Directors loan - do I need an expense account?

2021-12-09 Thread Stan Brown
Reminder: The normal thing is to reply to the GnuCash list, not to individual people who post. On 2021-12-08 15:49, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > Liabilities -> Accounts Payable -> Director Loan. It's not a liability to the company. It will become an asset (to the company) when it is paid out, and th

Re: [GNC] An automated depreciation calculator would be really helpful.

2021-12-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/8/2021 7:50 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: What I do is set up a placeholder account for the asset. I set up sub accounts for the actual asset purchase and another for the depreciation of the asset. You could then set up a scheduled transaction to record the depreciation each month, quarter,

Re: [GNC] Advanced Portfolio Template: Population of data with dividends

2021-12-09 Thread Thomas
Maybe something along the lines of "Money Invested"? On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 13:26, D wrote: > > Well, it seems that "Money In" is an ambiguous phrase. Perhaps there is a > better term that this report could use instead? "Purchase Cost" comes to > mind > On Dec 9, 2021, at 06:39, Thomas wrot

Re: [GNC] Advanced Portfolio Template: Population of data with dividends

2021-12-09 Thread D via gnucash-user
Well, it seems that "Money In" is an ambiguous phrase. Perhaps there is a better term that this report could use instead? "Purchase Cost" comes to mind On Dec 9, 2021, 06:39, at 06:39, Thomas wrote: >Thanks for the clarification Richard! >it seems like the dividends are added in another co

Re: [GNC] Advanced Portfolio Template: Population of data with dividends

2021-12-09 Thread Thomas
Thanks for the clarification Richard! it seems like the dividends are added in another column that I did not look into as I always expected to see the dividends in the 'money in' column. Thanks to all of your feedback! On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 19:09, Richard Ullger wrote: > > I recall the discussio