[GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-17 Thread Karl May
Hi all, For my business setup I am wondering whether there is a way to automatically account for gst on small random purchases (e.g. hotel, restaurant etc.). My current setup is roughly Assets:financial_assets:bank_account Assets:financial_assets:gst Expense:travel So far I haven't setup Accou

Re: [GNC] corporate profit tax ........... where to put

2023-05-08 Thread Karl May
Hi. Thanks a lot for the response. My misconception comes probably from looking at book keeping and GnuCash through continental European eyes. That is, putting corporate profit tax through an expense account, as suggested by John and Jim, while working out in terms transactions if the expense

Re: [GNC] corporate profit tax ........... where to put

2023-05-08 Thread Karl May
accounts below it. Also, when I pay > tax, I involve an account of type Expense for the transaction, e.g. an > account like > Expense:My Business:Tax:Income Tax > > I understand that accounts of Expense and Income are special cases of > Equity accounts. But that too is an accoun

[GNC] corporate profit tax ........... where to put

2023-05-07 Thread Karl May
Hi, I am wondering where to put the tax on corporate profit. My understanding from accounting training is: 1) As long as not paid it would swap between Equity and Liability, i.e. the equity shrinks by the tax amount and the liabilities increase by the tax amount. 2) At pay date it would be an

Re: [GNC] column summary in transaction reports

2022-02-23 Thread Karl May
er view! (there is a 'Filtered' > identifier in the upper-right of the register, but it is easy to miss) > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 2/23/22 3:17 AM, Karl May wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am wondering whether it is possible to get a transaction report w

[GNC] column summary in transaction reports

2022-02-23 Thread Karl May
Hi, I am wondering whether it is possible to get a transaction report which list for an account the sum of each column (debit:credit, increase:decrease, etc) for a specific time period. Google pointed to a few similar questions in this email list and in reddit, but the suggestions don't work: