Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Robert Heller
It depends. For a overly simplified situation: eg W2, straight SS retirement plan, 1040ez, single, no children, standard deduction situation, this might work. In a more realistic situation, you really might want to keep track of withholding tax, SS/401K/IRA/Pension Plan, Health Insurance, etc. If

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-03 Thread David Carlson
I wasn't trying to answer your comment about code. Since the developers have not found a way to easily solve either your problem or my related problem, the code must be complex. Thus, we must satisfy ourselves with a work-around that meets our needs. For me, I find a time to close the program af

Re: [GNC] Turn off automatically saving changed transaction

2024-09-03 Thread David Carlson
Just a warning! While It is not possible to open a second transaction for editing in a given account register window, it is possible to edit transactions simultaneously in multiple account register windows. This can sometimes lead to a surprise when trying to save the file and not knowing which r

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2024-09-03 14:54, Kalpesh Patel wrote: Couldn't one can elect to track paycheck by net rather than gross? This is a worthwhile question. You have already received two correct answers. Let me try to rise up a level, then say the same thing a different way. You should answer the question,

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Steve Butler
Not if you want to match what you need to file taxes. You do want to start with gross and keep track of the deductions -- especially the taxes withheld. On Tue, Sep 3, 2024, 14:55 Kalpesh Patel wrote: > Couldn't one can elect to track paycheck by net rather than gross? > > -Original Message

[GNC] Print transactions

2024-09-03 Thread Chris Tsuji via gnucash-user
Hi I printed my transactions, but i have a few splits that are not printed. How can i print the transaction with the splits? thank you in advance I use a imac, OS 14.6. 1 Chris tsuji ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Gyle McCollam
You "can't" record just the net as that is not all of your income, at least if you want to do it right. Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Kalpesh Patel Date: 9/3/24 5:54 PM (GMT-05:00) To: 'Gyle McCollam' , 'David Warren' , 'Boniforti Flavio' Cc:

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user
On 9/3/2024 5:54 PM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: Couldn't one can elect to track paycheck by net rather than gross? Please either go back to the tutorial on double entry bookkeeping, or better yet, some standard text. We can show you how to use THIS TOOL (gnucash) to partially automate the process.

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Kalpesh Patel
Couldn't one can elect to track paycheck by net rather than gross? -Original Message- From: Gyle McCollam Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2024 3:27 PM To: David Warren ; Boniforti Flavio Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift? Don't forget on the payc

Re: [GNC] Investments - I want to play too! (figuring out money into holding account, purchase bond or stock index fund out of holding fund)

2024-09-03 Thread Kalpesh Patel
You should use SPAXX as if it was just another security, like mutual fund or stock -- technically those brokerage do not hold cold cash in the brokerage account, but rather deal with money market "fund", so you sell SPAXX at $1/share to convert into cash and buy them at $1/share when you deposit

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Stephen M. Butler
You just identified the two accounts involved in this entry. Proceed with the transaction. Stephen M Butler stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 --- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 On 9/3/24 11:20,

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Mark at Lorimark
Hi Boniforti, I received this explanation for basic accounting, which helped me a lot with understanding how to do the 'maths' for the various accounts within gnucash. I found it very useful, I hope you do as well; Debit/Credit is just Left/Right. Maybe this will help... The Accounting Equ

Re: [GNC] Report stock price history

2024-09-03 Thread Kalpesh Patel
Indeed. I over looked that report. Need to review all different ones that are there… I am still of the opinion that “Sample Graphs" from the "Example" should be able to allow selecting an account. It would be very useful function to have. From: Martin Booth Sent: Monday, September 0

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Thank you Robert. I was going through this as I was trying to understand and your explanation nails it: an income account is not a real account like my bank account indeed! F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Di., 3.

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Robert Heller
Certain types of accounts (like income) are handled "negatively": They increase as money is "removed". That is money is moved from "income" (gifts, salary) to an "asset" (checking account). Both accounts show an increase (positive) ammount. This might seem strange, but should make sense, once you t

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi David. I forgot to mention that I'm starting to use GnuCash just for my personal financial situation. Is in this situation any need to separate taxable from non-taxable income? F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread David Cousens
The only other issue will be whether in your jurisdiction, a personal gift is regarded as income to taxtation purposes.  This will determine whether you need to creat Taxable and Non-Taxable Income placeholder accounts under your top level income account and under which you place the Income-Gifts

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi David and thanks for your reply. As I'm really a newbie, please excuse my struggle in getting "debit" and "credit" right with regards to the various accounts :-( So for a gift I received, let me see if I got it right: 100 as "deposit" on my checking account; 100 as "income" on my "gifts receiv

Re: [GNC] Projects-classes

2024-09-03 Thread Chris Skudder
I also have a need for something like this, and get it done by putting a piece of identical and unique text into the description of each transaction which I want to be part of a particular "class." I run the Transaction Report (click on Reports, Transaction). Select the appropriate accounts (fo

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Gyle McCollam
Don't forget on the paycheck, you also have to debit all the withholding accounts as well. Your salary is more than what cited to your checking out savings account. Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: David Warren Date: 9/3/24 3:21 PM (GMT-05:00) T

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread David Warren
Hi. EVERY Gnucash entry is DOUBLE ENTRY. But you've answered your own question. Debit Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account for $100 Credit the income account of your choice but Income:Gifts Received is exactly what I would use too! For Salary, Debit Checking Account, Credit Income:Salary Rece

[GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. I've received 100 bucks from a relative as a gift, which he sent to me via bank wire transfer. In my GnuCash accounts I do have one called "Income:Gifts Received" and I also of course have the "Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account", where the money from the gift finally landed. How shoul

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-03 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
My point, in a bit of reverse humor, was that it was a mistake to have 2 kinds of save, in several senses, and my issue is one of them.  Surely all the transactions and quotes take much longer to save than my tab list, so I do not see any up side to having two kinds of save -- just more code, l

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 02:10:45 AM EDT, David Carlson wrote: > AFAIK, certain dynamic configuration details such as which account > register tabs are open, column widths in those account registers, and > settings for reports which are left open are only updated when GnuCash > is manuall

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-03 Thread David Carlson
I don't know about that but it takes a substantial amount of time to wait for GnuCash to (possibly) save the data file, save the .gcm file, shut down and then re-open the data file with all the register windows that were not closed and all the reports that were not closed, vs (possibly) save the da

Re: [GNC] Windows reboots, gnucash restart after auto save

2024-09-03 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
How much code is saved by having 2 different definitions of save? On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 02:10:45 AM EDT, David Carlson wrote: AFAIK, certain dynamic configuration details such as which account register tabs are open, column widths in those account registers, and settings for

Re: [GNC] Investments - I want to play too! (figuring out money into holding account, purchase bond or stock index fund out of holding fund)

2024-09-03 Thread Bruce Griffis
Replying to myself in case other people have the same question. Once again, it was an RTFM issue, not a technical issue. https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/C/ch_invest.html section on Selling Shares spelled it out exactly. I'm good to go. On 9/2/24 16:02, Bruce Griffis wr

[GNC] GnuCash modifications

2024-09-03 Thread flywire
The responses to noobs can be brutal. There is no restriction on the number of people with read access to GnuCash but only one person can have write access at one time. I've had no problems using a similar application in a workgroup of a dozen people, including people preparing data for batch entr

Re: [GNC] Turn off automatically saving changed transaction

2024-09-03 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, I think you want Actions -> Reset Warnings. -derek On Mon, September 2, 2024 8:35 pm, Keith Lewis wrote: > Previously, if I edited a transaction and then clicked in another > transaction, GNUCash would ask if I wanted to save the changed > transaction. It also had a button/checkbox for don't

Re: [GNC] GnuCash modifications

2024-09-03 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi David, I will attempt to answer your questions in-line below... On Mon, September 2, 2024 7:56 am, David Gay wrote: > Good afternoon, > > Our firm is using GnuCash as an accounting software and I want to ask some > questions: > 1. Can multiple users be added to using gnucash? so I, as an accou

Re: [GNC] Projects/classes for transactions

2024-09-03 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Classes, or "Tags", is not a feature available in GnuCash at this time. You MAY be able to use the Action field to group transactions, but reporting on it would be extremely limited. Patches are always welcome. Thanks, -derek On Mon, September 2, 2024 1:20 pm, BANO notIT wrote: > Hello, >

Re: [GNC] Turn off automatically saving changed transaction

2024-09-03 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
You are looking for Reset Warnings. https://lists.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-manual/reset-warning.html ⁣David T.​ On Sep 3, 2024, 1:01 PM, at 1:01 PM, Keith Lewis wrote: >Previously, if I edited a transaction and then clicked in another >transaction, GNUCash would ask if I wanted to save the c

Re: [GNC] GnuCash modifications

2024-09-03 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
David, I think you misconstrue what GnuCash is and intends to be. 1. GnuCash is not multi user. As such it does not provide user based audit controls. 2. GnuCash is open source, so anyone can modify the code base, when following GPL guidelines. The GnuCash developer base is exceedingly smal

[GNC] Turn off automatically saving changed transaction

2024-09-03 Thread Keith Lewis
Previously, if I edited a transaction and then clicked in another transaction, GNUCash would ask if I wanted to save the changed transaction. It also had a button/checkbox for don't ask again, which I must have selected because now it doesn't ask, it just saves it. How do I go back to the origin

[GNC] Projects/classes for transactions

2024-09-03 Thread BANO notIT
Hello, I am wondering if there's any possibility to assign projects to transactions. My use case is to filter transactions across several expense accounts (transportation, food, entertainment, etc.) for trips. And would be great to be able to draw graphs based on that trips. Something called

[GNC] GnuCash modifications

2024-09-03 Thread David Gay
Good afternoon, Our firm is using GnuCash as an accounting software and I want to ask some questions: 1. Can multiple users be added to using gnucash? so I, as an accountant, could check what type of data other people working insert into software. 2. Could there be any modifications made to GnuCas

[GNC] GnuCash modifications

2024-09-03 Thread David Gay
Good afternoon, Our firm is using GnuCash as an accounting software and I want to ask some questions: 1. Can multiple users be added to using gnucash? so I, as an accountant, could check what type of data other people working insert into software. 2. Could there be any modifications made to GnuCas