Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

Now this puzzles me... double entry bookkeeping is double bookkeeping, whether a transaction has the simple case of "used my credit card to buy gas" or a transaction with a dozen accounts (such as a paycheck, with deductions for 401K, medical insurance, dental insurance, social security taxes, medi

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

I highly concur with you, Liz, about learning incrementally. I learn one part, and when I have it down, I branch out and learn something new. Of course, it's very true that people learn in different ways. I started out just using GnuCash to register my expenses... I kind of ignored deferred income

[GNC] Dealing With Tax To Pay On Stocks

Hello, I am in Canada and I trade US stocks via TD Active Trader. The confirmations I receive identify, for the buy leg, the gross transaction amount and the commission. For the sell leg they identify those two as well as the tax to pay My hierarchy is USD - Assets         USD - Trading Acc

Re: [GNC] Need assist to understand the gnucash double entry system

Scott, Every transaction has at least two entries (sometimes referred to as splits which generally appear on different lines) and each entry affects a different account. In accounting terms, one entry will be a debit entry to one account and the second entry will be a credit to another account.

[GNC] unsubscribing from the mailing list

On Saturday, November 23, 2024 8:48:14 PM Central Standard Time Sebastian Naumann - MERCATORZ INTERNATIONAL GmbH & Co. KG via gnucash-user wrote: > Can you please unsubscribe from this mailing list. The link to unsubscribe is at the bottom of every email you get on the mailing list: https://list

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

I have not been saying need to know much about double entry bookkeeping TO GET STARTED USING GNUCASH and the new user won't have to do much with equity beyond opening entries if never "closing the books" << much EXPLICITLY with equity -- accounts of type "income" and "expense" are actually type

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

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Re: [GNC] Need assist to understand the gnucash double entry system

On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:01:56 -0700 "Scott D. Turner" wrote: > I'm a new user and do understand the double entry accounting system > in general, but I'm having trouble understanding the exact procedures > how gnucash works. > > My problem is when I import transactions from my checking acct, they

Re: [GNC] Need assist to understand the gnucash double entry system

> On Nov 23, 2024, at 7:01 PM, Scott D. Turner wrote: > > I have studied the documentation on line, downloaded PDF of the tech > manual, watched YouTube videos, but still this gnucash appl leaves me > baffled with how it treats transactions that need to be moved. If I understand correctly, the

[GNC] Need assist to understand the gnucash double entry system

I'm a new user and do understand the double entry accounting system in general, but I'm having trouble understanding the exact procedures how gnucash works. My problem is when I import transactions from my checking acct, they import just fine via CSV. I adjust the categories, but many times g

Re: [GNC] Linked file paths when copied to a different computer

> On Nov 23, 2024, at 5:43 PM, Chris Skudder wrote: > > I know about Edit > Prefs > General > Path Head for Linked Files > Relative Paths - but it doesn't make sense to use it in Xubuntu because > I keep other books with the same Gnucash application, for which the > supporting documentation is

[GNC] Linked file paths when copied to a different computer

I'm treasurer of our church and keep the books on GnuCash. It's a terrific solution, kudos and my heartfelt thanks to the dev's and the whole team. I do my work remotely on my own computer (Xubuntu 22.04, GnuCash 5.9 Flathub). (I also keep a couple other GnuCash books on my machine.) I back

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 13:08:54 -0500 David Warren wrote: > I understand this answer, and agree that double-entry accounting does > not need to be 'daunting', but I don't really agree that the typical > 'basic' personal finance user is mostly going to make simple entries > that credit a bank account

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 12:02:17 -0500 Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user wrote: > I do not see how one can use a tool that automates a process with no > understanding of the process. That's the way I do programming, find an example, change some parameters and test the result. Analyse result

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:15:29 -0600 R Losey wrote: > Sometimes, it is not a matter of understanding double-entry > accounting or bookkeeping, but much more "how is this commonly > done?". This group, at times, seems to throw out the "go learn > double-entry bookkeeping" or "read the manual" just a

Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared . . .

On Saturday, November 23, 2024 1:42:12 PM Central Standard Time rob.brit...@airlearn.net wrote: > I understand that the width of the description column is fixed, which > suggests that there’s a maximum number of characters for ALL the other > columns. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-gui

Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared . . .

Glad you got it sorted, happy GnuCashing going forward. On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 at 08:01, wrote: > Thanks to the great David H., my problem is now fixed. > > Greatly appreciate the help! > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: gnucash-user airlearn@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of rob.brit...

Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared . . .

Thanks to the great David H., my problem is now fixed. Greatly appreciate the help! -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of rob.brit...@airlearn.net Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2024 9:26 AM To: 'Gnucash Users' Subject: Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared .

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

I understand this answer, and agree that double-entry accounting does not need to be 'daunting', but I don't really agree that the typical 'basic' personal finance user is mostly going to make simple entries that credit a bank account and debit an expense account simply to record purchases. Here a

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

On 2024-11-23 10:08, David Warren wrote: > I understand this answer, and agree that double-entry accounting does > not need to be 'daunting', but I don't really agree that the typical > 'basic' personal finance user is mostly going to make simple entries > that credit a bank account and debit an ex

Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared . . .

I found the .gcm file and set the widths of balance, credit, and debit to 85. I tried to set Transfer to 200, but it will not resize. See screenshot attached. I understand that the width of the description column is fixed, which suggests that there’s a maximum number of characters for ALL

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

Generally using "credit cards" involves a liability account, not an asset account. > On 11/23/2024 9:38 AM PST Phyllis Bruce wrote: > > Whenever you spend money, you identify the source of the money (your bank > accounts or credit cards or cash from your wallet.) Those are your assets. > You

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

Thanks, Mr. Losey for getting this particular ball rolling. I don't have an accounting degree but I was a budget analyst for many years using various computer programs. It is not necessary for many users to understand double entry accounting in order to use Gnucash. Whenever you spend money, you

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

On 11/23/2024 9:15 AM, R Losey wrote: I changed the subject because I want to start a discussion regarding the below comment, which regularly appears in this group (I am not throwing rocks at Stan). Sometimes, it is not a matter of understanding double-entry accounting or bookkeeping, but much m

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

On 11/23/2024 7:58 AM, Boniforti Flavio wrote: Hi Richard. It's one payment I got from the buyer, which includes both the value of the goods and the shipping costs. F. It would have helped me give you advice had you said that earlier. Except you DID say that you had deposited the (entire) paym

Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared . . .

On 11/23/2024 3:01 AM, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user wrote: It bears repeating: the folder on Windows in which the gcm files live (c:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash) is hidden by default. File Explorer won't show it, and won't return it as a search result. The About dialog since at l

Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared . . .

Many thanks to all of you who replied. I've got the problem almost fixed! -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of sunfish62--- via gnucash-user Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2024 3:01 AM To: Patrick James Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column dis

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

I changed the subject because I want to start a discussion regarding the below comment, which regularly appears in this group (I am not throwing rocks at Stan). Sometimes, it is not a matter of understanding double-entry accounting or bookkeeping, but much more "how is this commonly done?". This g

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

Ah, well, that makes it simpler. How about something like the following? (I'm going to make up numbers instead of using yours). Your instrument: 800 Sold for 1000 Shipping is 50 Thus, buyer sends you a check for 1050 You write a check for 50 to SHIPPER to pay for shipping I would enter these as t

Re: [GNC] Downloading GnuCash updates

On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 11:51 PM Edwin Booth wrote: > Hi. When a new update comes out, I’ve been downloading it and simply > replacing the previous version without saving that older version. Is that a > good idea? Or should I hang onto the earlier version until I know the new > one is working pro

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

Hi Richard. It's one payment I got from the buyer, which includes both the value of the goods and the shipping costs. F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Fr., 22. Nov. 2024 um 18:10 Uhr schrieb R Losey : > Hi. Your

Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared . . .

Ah I guess from re-reading some of this you've shrunk the Balance column in one of the Registers and not the accounts tab :-) As David T. said, if you're running Windows you can just open File Explorer and type %APPDATA% in the address bar which will open your AppDate \ Roaming folder and you shou

Re: [GNC] Downloading GnuCash updates

I've got versions of gnucash in my downloads folder going back years :-) It's up to you if you have the available storage but if you don't want to keep old versions around you can always go to the gnucash home page and download a previous version from https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/

Re: [GNC] My Bad! My balance column disappeared . . .

It bears repeating: the folder on Windows in which the gcm files live (c:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash) is hidden by default. File Explorer won't show it, and won't return it as a search result. The About dialog since at least 4.13 (the version I'm running) includes links directly