Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-04-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 at 21:41, Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 09:31, Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> Fix: >> >> Delete the PorkBun payment and re-entered properly as a paym

Re: [GNC] Gnucash,org url is now working

2023-04-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
where. Dave > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelms

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 19:42, Patrick James wrote: > About two months ago, there was a major ice storm in Austin, and the area > was completely unprepared for such a storm. A friend of mine was without > power for about 12 days. He has two small children, and he has good local > resources, which

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 19:03, Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > "Here are the criteria for a URL to rate as good in page experience > status > > in Google Search:: > > > > - *Failed:* The URL is served using HTTP, not HTTPS. > > > > So it seems to me that the argum

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I noticed from the Google website - actually Google, not what someone says they think about Google. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/10218333?hl=en-GB#not_enough_data "The Page Experience report provides a summary of the user experience of visitors to your site. Google evaluates page

Re: [GNC] Should I upgrade or update?

2023-03-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
oad.phtml -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM

Re: [GNC] Should I upgrade or update?

2023-03-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 at 14:27, Kalpesh Patel wrote: > The million dollar question: Should I upgrade to GNC 5.0 or update to 4.14? > I am predominately on Windows 11 platform but I am NOT a business user. > I don't see version 5. That might not be a stable release if it exists, so I don't know wha

Re: [GNC] Temporary Website URL

2023-03-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 at 03:11, Brad Morrison wrote: > I will > say that some people in open source communities may not realize how > common it is for people outside of the open source realm to be very > hesitant about using open source software. I have encountered this > attitude a lot from variou

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
aid for a fairly expensive EV SSL certificate, but now I use https://letsencrypt.org/ on Debian Linux. The certificates are valid for 90 days, but renewed after 60 days. Dave. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 11:16, Michael Hendry wrote: > I’ve been promoting GnuCash to incoming Rotary Club Treasurers, and I’ve > just been informed that www.gnucash.org is being flagged up as dangerous > because its site certificate expired recently. > > I can get through by overriding the warnin

Re: [GNC] Can one add notes / memos / whatever to reconciled transactions?

2023-02-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 at 04:45, Phyllis Bruce wrote: > What happens when you try it? As far as I know, there is nothing to > prevent it. I could not edit it - no error message or anything, but could not be edited. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave

[GNC] Can one add notes / memos / whatever to reconciled transactions?

2023-02-04 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
to the bank account indicating it was actually paid in USD 2) Another is a transaction for a printed circuit board. The part number of the board is given in the invoice, but it would be useful to add into Capital Equipment a note about the function of this board. Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir

[GNC] Best way to link an overpaid invoice and credit note?

2023-02-03 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
and calling it something like 'credit notes', and moving the £10 to there. But next time I pay RS, which will be for several hundred pounds, how could GnuCash be told to credit the credit note by £10, and credit the bank account by the rest? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkbym

Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

2023-02-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 at 19:27, Derek Atkins wrote: > Yes, when you start the reconcile dialog you can enter in the closing date > AND closing balance. GnuCash tries to give you an option, but you can > (and SHOULD) ensure it is the correct balance for the day. > > -derek > I sometimes wonder if i

[GNC] Find not working on multi-currency transactions.

2023-02-01 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I found what I feel is a bug - see attachment. It's basically the same as https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779888 reported by Christopher Lam, and marked as fixed. But I don't think it is fixed, so I added a comment. There's a link to another bug on that bug, but the link points to nowhe

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation error - how should I correct?

2023-01-31 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
lar supplier like RS Components was £100 too high, I would most likely not noticed. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. R

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation error - how should I correct?

2023-01-31 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
in June. So to add the entry to GnuCash I needed to add a transaction that occurred prior to the last reconciliation. I note that bit of the documentation starts cvs. Google found me that, but I think the latest documentation doesn’t say quite the same thing. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Mi

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation error - how should I correct?

2023-01-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 at 03:49, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > On 2023-01-29 17:34, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > > I've reconciled my bank account until the end of July 2022, but then > found > > a bill from a vendor which was paid from the bank account in August, but > >

[GNC] Reconciliation error - how should I correct?

2023-01-29 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I've reconciled my bank account until the end of July 2022, but then found a bill from a vendor which was paid from the bank account in August, but the transaction occurred in June. So really I want to create a bill in June. What's the best way out of this? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Em

Re: [GNC] gnu cash creates a ton of files.

2023-01-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 at 22:04, wrote: > I get a lot of files in my documents folder that are like this: > > "X"Books.gnucash."Y" where "X" is the name of my database and "Y" seems > to > be a date time stamp. They never go away. How to I control these so that > they are automatically cleaned u

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 09:31, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Fix: > > Delete the PorkBun payment and re-entered properly as a payment in USD > or if it were in GBP to a USD Vendor, turn on Trading Accounts, then > re-enter the payment in GBP with the FX as the fixed d

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 09:31, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Dave, > > First off, let's get this out of the way: > > I noticed in your last screenshots, the window title bar is included > with a 'Reconciled ...' file name. Name your file whatever you want, but > I can

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 20:35, Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > I forgot one of the attachments. > The money shown outstanding to RS Components Ltd, in GBP, is correct. It's the USD and HKD ones t

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 19:29, Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > I have the attached transaction showing as owing $0.98 to Porkbun.com. The > number 0.98 happens to be the difference between what this cost in USD > ($6.90) and what it cost in pounds

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 20:10, Murugan Muruganandam < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > can you try running Check & Repair all and check if it solves your issue > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > I have tried that, and it does not. Dave ___ gnuc

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 20:04, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I'm not saying this is particularly necessary, (I'm not sure myself) but > just for completeness of information: > > Do you have Trading Accounts turned on? > > Regards, > Adrien > No. _

[GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I have some issue with some non-GBP transactions showing as outstanding if I look at Business -> Reports -> Payable Aging. Business -> Reports -> Receivable Ageing. An amount of money appears to be payable on some transactions, despite I believe they are all paid. I have the following structure

Re: [GNC] Is there any way to find all outstanding bills?

2023-01-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 at 09:15, Geert Janssens wrote: > Most likely you have created payments and bills independently of each > other and never linked them. In that case your balances show 0, but the > gnucash business logic doesn't know the bill is actually paid. > > There are a few ways to solve

Re: [GNC] Is there any way to find all outstanding bills?

2023-01-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 at 01:50, Murugan Muruganandam < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > have you tried looking at the Payable ageing report > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > No, I had not, and that seems to have what I wanted. I'm just a bit puzzled that some of the figures don't make sen

[GNC] Is there any way to find all outstanding bills?

2023-01-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
A look at* Liabilities:Accounts Payable* allows me to find out how much. If the bills are due, then looking at Business -> Vendor -> Bills Due Reminder, will allow me to find any that need to be paid soon. But is there any way of finding a list of everyone owed money at some time in the future? I b

[GNC] An operation is still running, wait for it to complete before quitting

2023-01-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
See attachment showing output from top -n 1 -b. The CPUs in this computer are not very fast (2 GHz IIRC), but there are 52 cores in total, so a program like gnucash should not have problems accessing enough CPU resources, as the machine is basically idle. Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkby

Re: [GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
d by your accountant. None of > this involves Vendors or Bills. Okay. > > > > Regards, > Adrien Thank you for the help. I didn’t get anything done with my accounts today, due to other more pressing issues like dispatching items to customers, and attending to my dog w

Re: [GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 at 16:27, Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 1/16/2023 7:29 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > Apologies if this is too much an accounting question, but I'm stuck, and > am > > trying to work out how GnuCash will hand

Re: [GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 at 23:32, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Chris & Michael have both offered sound advice. > > I'll add towards your question of individual item tracking, simply > create sub-accounts under Assets:Fixed Assets for each one, and the > parent Fixed Ass

[GNC] A bug or not ? - Windows shuts down with no warning of GnuCash running.

2023-01-16 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I'm running GnuCash 4.12 on linux, and 4.13 on Windows. If I try to shut down Windows, it detects programs like LibraOffice are running, and does not shut down until I have confirmed if I want to save the data or not. I'm no fan of Windoze,. but I can see the point of that. There's no similar warn

[GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-16 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Apologies if this is too much an accounting question, but I'm stuck, and am trying to work out how GnuCash will handle this. I'm trying to enter into GnuCash my company accounts for this financial year only - I'm not going to bother trying to enter every transaction since the company started. So t

Re: [GNC] Sort order not being maintained

2023-01-12 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
the release notes in 4.13 and didn’t see any significant differences to 4.12, so that’s why I didn’t bother upgrading until you suggested that I did so. Initially I thought the upgrade had solved the problem, but it hasn’t. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicr

Re: [GNC] Billing terms / payment due x days from the end of the month

2023-01-11 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
proximo that I needed. Regards, > Adrien Dave. > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lo

[GNC] Billing terms / payment due x days from the end of the month

2023-01-10 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
up GnuCash to sort out when payment is due? -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnha

Re: [GNC] One payment covering multiple invoices

2023-01-08 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
to list who needs paying. Two were listed as needing paying, but it was not obvious how to select both. I will havé to look again tomorrow. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 R

[GNC] One payment covering multiple invoices

2023-01-08 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
, and another day I buy something for £200. So I created two bills. But when I pay, I just pay a single invoice of £300. How should this be handled in GnuCash? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100

Re: [GNC] Will adding a transaction dated earlier than the last reconciliation cause a problem?

2023-01-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
hese sorts of things. > > If you had to make an adjusting entry, that will also need to be edited > or deleted. I will have to find out how to handle adjustments. It is an area of accounting that I don’t understand, but are willing to learn. Regards, > Adrien Dave.

Re: [GNC] Will adding a transaction dated earlier than the last reconciliation cause a problem?

2023-01-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
ormation. I think setting it the 6th is probably best, as that’s consistent with more than 90% of the transactions. I was concerned that it might cause problems with reconciliation, in which case I would certainly not want to risk problems with that. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Mi

Re: [GNC] Is a screwed-up style sheet hiding somewhere?

2023-01-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 23:18, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Fair enough. > > I see you managed to clear it up with a registry edit. > > I did manage to get a similar looking invoice to yours by default > though. That was via Reports > Business > Fancy Invoice. > > The

[GNC] Will adding a transaction dated earlier than the last reconciliation cause a problem?

2023-01-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
hould I date it 19/04/2022, and reconcile up to that at a later date? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100) Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM

Re: [GNC] Is a screwed-up style sheet hiding somewhere?

2023-01-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 22:12, David H wrote: > Dave, > > You might be overlooking the settings in the Windows Registry? Details at > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations - snippet below > > Cheers David H. > Thank you. Clearing the stuff from the registry with regedit cleare

Re: [GNC] Is a screwed-up style sheet hiding somewhere?

2023-01-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 21:28, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > You didn't like the looks of an invoice so you tried > uninstall/re-install? Holy cow. > > Since you don't specify what about the invoice you don't like, the best > I can do is guess: > > You're not a fan of

[GNC] Is a screwed-up style sheet hiding somewhere?

2023-01-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
some silly company names, and still they look silly - see attachment. I'm guessing there's some style sheet hiding somewhere, but I don't know where it is. BTW, I noticed that GnuCash version 4.13 does not have an uninstall program, whereas version 4.12 has. I'm not sure if that&#

[GNC] Sort order not being maintained

2023-01-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I'm running GnuCash 4.12 on both linux and Windoze - mainly on Windoze laptop, as my desktop PC uses 200 W of power when idle, plus whatever the monitor uses. I keep sorting the bank account, or other accounts, but the sort order keeps being lost, despite me ticking the box to keep the sort order.

Re: [GNC] Request for Automatic Reconciliation Function

2023-01-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
and similar places indicate information in a well documented and internationally accepted manner. Dave > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, comp

Re: [GNC] beginner bookkeeping question

2023-01-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
w.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=4&lang=C&doc=guide is quite nice to keep handy. > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number

[GNC] A “Vendor Summary” would compliment the “Customer Summary”

2023-01-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
customers and vendors. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelms

Re: [GNC] Are accountants happy with CVS exports?

2023-01-04 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
you pass the exported files to your accountant? I am quite tempted to give my accountant the files exported by GnuCash, but offer to put them in a different format if he wants. If nothing else it will make him aware of the program. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd,

Re: [GNC] Are accountants happy with CVS exports?

2023-01-03 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
st use the unedited CSV files exported from GnuCash? Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall

Re: [GNC] Problem adding a split to a currency conversion.

2023-01-03 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 17:00, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > On 1/3/23 7:08 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > I have the following situation > > > > I'm in the UK, where the currency is GBP > > A customer in Poland paid

Re: [GNC] Invoice emailing?

2023-01-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 00:23, Simon Roberts wrote: > Ah well, that's a bit sad, but not the end of the world (my business > probably sends less than six invoices per month, often only one or two). > > The fastest manual route certainly seems to be do use the print dialog, and > then copy/paste fro

[GNC] Are accountants happy with CVS exports?

2023-01-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
command line driven, using as many as the unix tools as possible to cut down the work. It might be possible to just make a fairly complex shell script. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2023-01-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
ere I have a trade account. My main reason was for thinking it’s going to be far more work for my and to track money moving around unnecessary accounts. I would like a pound for every time that I wave started entering transactions into GnuCash, then later starting again. But one might as we

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
impossible at the moment.😢 I emailed him the other day and said I had paid his invoice and asked a couple of questions, but still no answer. > Regards, > Adrien Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Teleph

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
tions. Dave. > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsf

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
ank register. Nothing looks out of place. It seems that the majority of people on the list don’t use the business features, which tend to make things more complicated. So some well-meaning suggestions do not work. But I do like to bring up a list of vendors, and see a link to each invoice. I ca

[GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I paid for some postage for £12.54, but instead of sticking the expense account as Postage, I put Payroll - well, then do both begin with P. Given I have reconciled the bank account, is it dangerous to change the account this transaction is debited to, from Payroll to Postage? I was thinking of un

Re: [GNC] Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)

2022-12-29 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
e able to consider them as separate assets, so I feel GnuCash should allow people to add other currencies, and not restrict currencies to those defined in an ISO standard. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 016

[GNC] Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)

2022-12-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
add additional currencies. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Alth

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 at 21:26, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Consider as well, another software package entirely to handle quotes, > proformas, invoices, AR even. > > Then export the resulting accounting data to GnuCash to complete your > books. > > (the same goes for

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 at 02:01, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > On 12/27/22 6:43 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > I am still getting used to this software. I don’t find it the most > > intuitive piece of software, but it will be beneficial to

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 at 00:27, Stan Brown wrote: > On 2022-12-27 16:10, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > > One thing I discovered tonight is that if I enter the wrong date, then > > charge it on one side of the transaction (from account) then it doesn’t > get > > changed on

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
ve the facility for customers to buy with eBay and PayPal. There’s a good chance that I would find it impossible to generate the invoice the day of the transaction, as it might occur in the middle of the night. Michael D Novack Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd,

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
f one sticks in a negative value for N, that might achieve what I want. > > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com Dave > <https://BrownMath.com> -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
n the other side (to account). This was a simple transaction - ie two splits. I am going to have to double check for any of these sorts of transaction, where the date one said may be different to the other. Dave. On Dec 27, 2022, at 3:07 AM, "Dr. David Kirkby" < drkir...@kirkbymicrowa

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
and max date 31/3/2022, that would achieve what I wanted. The default date of today would not be accepted. > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Te

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-26 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
osting a bill or invoice, it’s easy to pay it 6 months later by mistake. > If I had that sort of switch, I would be forgetting to reset it when > done. > It would only need a window that pops up and says “You have configured GnuCash not enter todays date. Change that by selecting Prefere

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-26 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
some switch that could be set before entering historical > transactions? It seems like a cumbersome solution to a non-problem. Yes, a switch for entering historical transactions. > > Will Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowa

[GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-26 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
the date is something in preferences prevented todays date being used. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered of

[GNC] Is "Transaction -> Add Reversing Transaction" on menu okay for a refund?

2022-12-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
> Add Reversing Transaction" on menu. I noticed it showed up as "Refund" in the vendor report - see attached. So I'm wondering if I can just reverse this transaction for £0.60. Or is the correct way to do this more complicated? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirk

Re: [GNC] What determines the order of transaction is CSV file?

2022-12-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 21:24, Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > I exported a list of transactions, then opened them in the LibraOffice > spreadsheet. The transactions seem to be in a random order. Since they are > split across multiple lines, it would not

Re: [GNC] What determines the order of transaction is CSV file?

2022-12-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
t for others. I am using GnuCash 4.12 on Linux. Il could try exporting on a Windoze computer to see if that makes any difference. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered

Re: [GNC] What determines the order of transaction is CSV file?

2022-12-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
re not all at the top or bottom like I would have expected. I hope that I can resolve this issue, as it’s a pretty important one. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered

Re: [GNC] What determines the order of transaction is CSV file?

2022-12-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
--" as the description. Also > just has the following columns. > > Cheers David H. > Yes, I se the Simple Invoice option, but without the splits it’s not going to have sufficient information for my accountant. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicr

Re: [GNC] What determines the order of transaction is CSV file?

2022-12-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 21:39, Phyllis Bruce wrote: > I have not used Libre Office much but it is very similar to Excel. Excel > allows me to choose my entire spreadsheet and then sort it in any order - > and on any column I wish. I'd guess Libre Office has that ability. > > For reasons I don't

[GNC] What determines the order of transaction is CSV file?

2022-12-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
28/02/2022 01/03/2022 01/03/2022 25/02/2022 25/02/2022 25/02/2022 28/02/2022 01/03/2022 01/03/2022 02/03/2022 02/03/2022 25/02/2022 01/03/2022 Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
ur, and it would require the installation of other software. So no backup tool is needed. In fact, the program makes regular backups in the same directory. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 16

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 18:43, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I don't think you'd have separate accounts. But you might want to turn > on the Trading Accounts feature that can handle adjusting splits for > multi-currency transactions. (such as getting paid in USD, but

[GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
My Bank is a UK bank, but I sometimes buy things in $HKD, and fairly regularly receive payments in USD and EUR in addition to the obvious GBP. Should I set up accounts like this? (American's call them checking accounts, but we don't here). Assets: Current Assets: Bank Account (GBP) Assets: Current

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to use Greek, Chinese etc characters

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 02:09, john wrote: > Yes, it's completely safe on Linux and macOS and mostly safe on MSWindows. > Just make sure that the characters are encoded in UTF-8. Web pages > generally are, but other Windows applications use UTF-16 and pasting into > GnuCash will not produce the de

Re: [GNC] How can I refund this payment through PayPal, using business feature?

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 at 23:42, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Just un-post, edit and re-post. Still work, but no need to start over. > Since the accounts were not set up optimally, I'd rather just delete them, and start again. There are less than a dozen entered. >

Re: [GNC] How can I refund this payment through PayPal, using business feature?

2022-12-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
different than cancelling a paper check, or > getting an ACH or Credit Card partial refund. > > Regards, > Adrien Thank you for your help. > Dave > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100

Re: [GNC] Rounding discrepancy in payment processing

2022-12-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Rounding discrepancy in payment processing > > > > hi Alaa > > > > Can you please do a quick check > > > > 1. find customer > 2. view/edit > 3. Billing information > 4. What currency is being shown in this . >

Re: [GNC] How can I refund this payment through PayPal, using business feature?

2022-12-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Credit: Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account That seems to get back to where I started, with £100, and zero everywhere else. On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 at 18:52, Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > I'm trying to work out how to refund a payment, made to a vendor

[GNC] How can I refund this payment through PayPal, using business feature?

2022-12-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I'm trying to work out how to refund a payment, made to a vendor (Royal Mail) using PayPal to pay for this. The attached file is very similar to the standard business accounts, with the bare minimum of changes needed to demonstrate my problem. The only real changes I have made are 1) Added a Pay

Re: [GNC] How can I find cost of expenses, including tax?

2022-12-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 at 05:53, Maf. King wrote: > > > another top-level of accounts is produced for VAT, so one has 6 > categories, > > not the usual 5. > > I think that as I decided that I would mostly owe VAT, I folded my VAT > collection accounts into the liability branch.Assets may be a be

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to use Greek, Chinese etc characters

2022-12-20 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
ny problems so far. I will take a chance. I assume any bugs are unlikely to affect the numerical calculations. > > > You can even use emoji, I'm pretty sure, though I do not. I will not bother with them either. > > > Regards, > Adrien Dave -- Dr. David Kirkb

Re: [GNC] How can I find cost of expenses, including tax?

2022-12-20 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
ee into a VAT branch too... > Expenses: > Stock > Office > VAT > Stock > Office > etc. > but that seems like pain for little gain! > > HTH, > Maf. Dave > > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.u

Re: [GNC] QIF Import troubles

2022-12-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
going to bother entering them all - I am just starting from March this year, which is the start of my financial year. If your closing balance in Quicken is $1000, then make that your opening balance in GnuCash. But as Liz said, nobody is forcing you to use GnuCash. Dave -- Dr. D

Re: [GNC] Rounding discrepancy in payment processing

2022-12-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
w up. It would probably be worth your while creating a test .gnucash file, emailing that, and let people see if they get the problem with your file. > > > Thanks for your help. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/

[GNC] Is it safe to use Greek, Chinese etc characters

2022-12-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
using the business features, so if I buy something off a Chinese seller on eBay, it’s tempting to just copy and paste the text, despite it is meaningless to me. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100

[GNC] What accounts should I reconcile?

2022-12-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
other accounts, such as Expenses > Office supplies? Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall L

[GNC] How can I find cost of expenses, including tax?

2022-12-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
see a way of exporting the transactions so that the file contains that information. My accountant would Expenses -> Stock but only some things from the placeholder account Expenses. I assume that there is a way out of this problem. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkby

Re: [GNC] Bug ? - I don't get a reminder about invoice in another currency.

2022-12-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 at 18:13, Murugan Muruganandam < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > what is the due date of the invoice you have posted? > It was not due. My error. I'm trying to enter some transactions from March, and they always show as due. I forgot the fact since I was only messing aro

Re: [GNC] Is there a way to find date & time a transaction was entered?

2022-12-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
e normal order for paying an invoice would be 1) Enter the invoice details 2) Post the invoice 3) Pay the invoice So is the order to erase this lot out the following? 1) Unpost the invoice 2) Edit the invoice in such a way that it reflects another transaction. 3) Post that new invoice 4) Pay the

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