Re: [GNC] Report Generation problem

2025-01-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
, etc. << > because you would have closed at the end of 1st quarter. I'm pretty sure you still can get YTD figures (or figures for any period you wish) in the Income Statement report, by setting the "Closing Entries pattern" on the Entries tab of the report options. Stan Bro

Re: [GNC] Report Generation problem

2025-01-24 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
evitable result of simply deleting the Retained Earnings line. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com > On Jan 24, 2025, 11:25 PM, at 11:25 PM, Colin Penner > wrote: >> I want to switch from Quicken to Gnu-Cash. The only problem that I have >> is that Gnu-Cash Bal

Re: [GNC] Simple report(s) wanted

2025-01-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
of only two clicks to run the report again. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuc

Re: [GNC] how do i find the valid page? Thank you

2025-01-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Even better, John. Thanks! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2025-01-07 12:33, John Ralls wrote: > The place to bookmark is https://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml > <https://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml> that has nice links to the Guide > and Manual in all o

Re: [GNC] how do i find the valid page? Thank you

2025-01-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for that, John. Using your hint I found the guide and manuals, in multiple formats of ebooks, plus PDF and HTML (the "DIR" annotation). It might be a useful bookmark for everyone: https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/ Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2025-0

Re: [GNC] Adding Interest to Liability

2025-01-05 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ine, then click Jump at the top. The appropriate account register will open, and you can verify that the right things happened in each of those accounts. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ On 2025-01-04 11:44, Louise wrote: > I'm not an accountant, so be gentle with me!

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions cannot be processed if first in list has not had variable completed.

2024-12-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
k into the date field, tap the + key twice, and tap Enter. It's true that GC's Scheduled Transactions editor can't embrace every possible scenario, but it can definitely do more than might be obvious at first glance. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ __

Re: [GNC] How to treat IRA distribution as income

2024-12-27 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
l right to me because it > seems to violate the double-entry principle. I think you're being too hard on yourself. Except for the terminology, what you say above sounds to me a lot like Sherlock's method. Your dummy account means you don't have to do a "Find" in your asset a

Re: [GNC] How to treat IRA distribution as income

2024-12-27 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Security benefits. Some portion of them is not income, but is a return of FICA tax you paid while working. And some _different_ portion of the benefits may be taxable on your Form 1040. You won't know how much of your Social Security benefit is taxable till the end of the year, so how wou

Re: [GNC] How to treat IRA distribution as income

2024-12-27 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
th of these: https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-590-b Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailma

[GNC] Closing books (was Re: Modifying the Register)

2024-12-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
g transactions into the new > year? May I make a suggestion? When you change to a new topic, it's nice to change the subject line to match. This will simplify things for people in the future who may be searching the archives. It also helps out people in the present who use filtering by sub

[GNC] Closing books (was Re: Modifying the Register)

2024-12-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
h will disregard them and just add up all the others. It's a good reminder. I remember seeing that feature in 2.6.19, the first version of GC that I used, way back in 2017. So it's available to everyone, or nearly everyone, who reads this mailing list. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://B

[GNC] Closing books (was Re: Modifying the Register)

2024-12-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
each of those? Or do you close the books manually, entering one transaction per income or expense account, as opposed to using the GC menu item Tools » Close Book? That would let you control the order of entries, unlike the GC menu "Close Book". Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://Br

Re: [GNC] Wash sale recording

2024-12-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
vestments in a fairly elaborate Excel workbook, and only record changes in GC as quarterly totals, so I haven't really thought about how to do the whole job in GC, as you're doing.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash

Re: [GNC] Wash sale recording

2024-12-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
0 shares of the sale are wash sale; the other 50 are an ordinary capital loss, either short- or long-term depending on how long you held them. (See "More or less stock bought than sold" near the end of page 56 of Pub 550.) From these two transactions I think you should end up

Re: [GNC] Confusing language of money direction in headers of Scheduled Transaction Editor Template Transaction

2024-12-16 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
the bank's books. The account that is an asset to you (money you _own_ ) is a liability to the bank (money they _owe_ to you). When you are keeping your own books, you need to use debit and credit from your point of view, which is exactly opposite to your bank's point of view. -- Stan

Re: [GNC] Move GC settings

2024-12-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
configuration of your mail program. In place of your name on outgoing messages, it is putting just a "." dot. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscri

Re: [GNC] gnucash & Dragon Naturally Speaking

2024-12-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
rs, and its predecessor the let users opt out of the forced updates to Windows 10 from earlier Windows. I won't argue about whether preventing Widows updates is a good thing. But for those like me who want the updates, if at all, on our own schedule and not Microsoft's, this utility gets the

Re: [GNC] "Split" Button not showing - Only "Show Splits"

2024-11-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
sounds like you regard this as a significant problem. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/li

Re: [GNC] Don't autocomplete

2024-11-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
n, then go back and remove the extra space and hit Enter. (That way the extra-space trick will still work next time.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Windows 11 Reports Blank

2024-11-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
here. In either case, it doesn't matter that the path contains a hidden folder. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: htt

Re: [GNC] Tutorial and Concepts

2024-11-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
diting a liability account. Then when making a payment on the credit card or loan, which is the general case of number 3 above, there's debiting that liability and possibly the interest expense account, and crediting the checking account (an asset). Stan Brown Tehachapi, C

Re: [GNC] Gnucash Wiki site not responding

2024-11-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
or Just Me?" in these situations. That way I know whether to report a problem to the site or my ISP. https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/wiki.gnucash.org Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user

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

2024-11-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
gether and then asking on this list about one transaction after another. Asking about every tree is not an efficient way to learn about the forest. GnuCash isn't hard to use, as software goes, but it's not very forgiving to folks who just dive in without understanding double-entry book

Re: [GNC] 1099's

2024-11-16 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ote: I am not a tax professional. Persons who are not comfortable reading and interpreting the IRS website may want to consult one. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update you

Re: [GNC] 1099's

2024-11-16 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
s more than $600 of handyman work at my residence, and I'm not operating a business out of my house, I don't need to file a 1099. (That's how I read the above, after asking in the misc.taxes.moderated newsgroup.) Disclaimer: I am not a tax professional, and

Re: [GNC] Account Register not Populating

2024-11-15 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
user files", as shown in the attachment. They're even clickable links, and I've just verified that they open the right folder. Which GC version do you have that doesn't show them? Hopefully it's an earlier version not a later one -- it would be a pity if that useful infor

Re: [GNC] Account Register not Populating

2024-11-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
If changing to Show All reveals data, make the same change in your other accounts. (N.B. When you change ther flter to Show All, you probably want to tick the "Save Filter" box at the bottom of the dialog.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

2024-10-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
tech support, but I never knew it had a name. Thanks! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailma

Re: [GNC] Could not obtain the lock for **GnuCash-datafilestring**

2024-10-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
data file. Only then can you safely click "Open Anyway". Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gn

Re: [GNC] Font size

2024-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
22 (It's a good idea to bookmark the FAQ, and check it before you ask a question.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscr

Re: [GNC] Font size

2024-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
messages. But before you do that, please try this: Click Start » Run, or press the Windows logo key and the R key at the same time. In the window, paste or type this exact text: %APPDATA%\GnuCash That will open the folder you need to work with. Please follow the last paragraph of Ken Pyzik'

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
cked automatically when you create a new book, and has no impact on the present book. Or at least, that's how I read the wording next to the boxes. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnu

Re: [GNC] Font size

2024-10-18 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
have the same issue and benefit from a public thread. Or someone else may have a solution, which you would miss by a one-to-one reply. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update

Re: [GNC] Two currencies involved in purchase and reimbursement

2024-10-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ese things they are actually harder to use than "Debit" and "Credit", which have been around for half a millennium or more. A number of other posters have made similar comments about "debit" and "credit actually making things easier. There's really very little

Re: [GNC] Newbie trouble deleting transaction

2024-10-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
have no option, because our banks no longer offer downloads of account activity in a form that GC can accept (or never did). Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] To whoever explained the 4% safe withdrawal rule - thank you

2024-10-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for that, Alice. I didn't know that existed, but I'll find it useful. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-10-06 15:02, NoobAlice via gnucash-user wrote: > For those of us in the USA, the federal BLS has a nice inflation > calculator that can take

Re: [GNC] To whoever explained the 4% safe withdrawal rule - thank you

2024-10-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for the kind words! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-10-07 09:57, R Losey wrote: > I want to add my thanks; it was a clear explanation, and interesting > reading. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnuca

Re: [GNC] To whoever explained the 4% safe withdrawal rule - thank you

2024-10-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
to pay attention to your feeling that 4% is too much. There's a "sleep-at-night factor" for withdrawals from investments, just as there is for selecting choosing a ratio of stocks to bonds in your portfolio, or choosing individual stocks and bonds versus mutual

Re: [GNC] To whoever explained the 4% safe withdrawal rule - thank you

2024-10-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
This may not be relevant to GnuCash, but I'm a retiree too, and strategies for retirement spending are certainly interesting to me. I'm not a financial professional, nor was I one before retirement, but I've done a lot of reading over the past 10 years and will be happy to exchange knowledge, which

Re: [GNC] Cash Account

2024-10-02 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks for this, Ross. I asked a similar question in July, but your look into the code gave a much better answer than I got. It would be very nice if this information can be added to section 2.8.2 of the Tutorial and Concepts manual. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024

Re: [GNC] Cash Account

2024-10-01 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-10-01 09:44, Chris Miller via gnucash-user wrote: > * How do "Cash", "Bank" and "Asset" accounts different from each other? > They are all assets ... > * How do "Liability&quo

Re: [GNC] Another "multi-account" logical issue - any advice on how to register this?

2024-10-01 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
;m paraphrasing, but the > basic idea is that the IRS has better things to do than worry about income > related to survey discounts. I believe the concept is "de minimis", from the adage "De minimis non curat lex", the law does not care about trifles. S

Re: [GNC] Another "multi-account" logical issue - any advice on how to register this?

2024-09-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
books of a business. As I understand things, the FASB governs accounting for _companies_. If Mr X buys something for $100 and it costs him $100 plus $8.25 tax plus $10 shipping, should he value it at $100, $108.25, $110, or $118.25? A case could be made for any of those, depending on what the individu

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-09-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
I kind of thought that, John. Thanks for confirming. Maybe that should be added to the donation page? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-09-30 13:03, John Ralls wrote: > Thanks for the donation. > > No, there is no GnuCash legal entity to register with the

Re: [GNC] Another "multi-account" logical issue - any advice on how to register this?

2024-09-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ments. He has also told us that he is a Swiss national, not a US one. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gn

Re: [GNC] Another "multi-account" logical issue - any advice on how to register this?

2024-09-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ge arrives. Only things that still have value should be listed in Assets. You realized there was something wrong with treating it as an asset, when you recognized that nothing had been recorded in Expenses:Postage. Standard disclaimer: this is not professional accounting advice and I a not an acc

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-09-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
didn't ask: Is GnuCash development a 501(c)3 charity registered with the US Internal Revenue Service? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or

Re: [GNC] GNU Cash and Windows 10 Bitlocker

2024-09-30 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
d, but you cannot designate a different location for them. (Sorry, I can't answer your other question.) -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription pre

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-09-29 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
John, thank you! For newer listmembers who may not know: the developers are not paid. They are all volunteers, working without monetary compensation to make our lives and GnuCash better. We owe them a debt of gratitude that we can never repay, but at least we can say "thank you!"

Re: [GNC] Entering my real estate and mortgage?

2024-09-28 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ase (credit) 300K Assets...Checking Account: decrease (credit) 150K (down payment) Assets...Checking Account: decrease (credit) 50K (reservation) If you're doing this in an account register, you may need to click the Split button at the top to open enough fields

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
eports to show total value of all instruments. Have you ever told us which country you live in? I assumed it was not the US, but Michael or Penny Novack's advice mentions the IRS, which is the US tax agency. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ __

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t how a given event fits into the double-entry structure. In GC, we need the same thought process we used to follow before recording a transaction in leather-bound ledgers with pen and ink. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucas

Re: [GNC] Multiple accounts

2024-09-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks very much, Sherman! That answers my question. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-09-21 15:25, Sherman Yoder wrote: >Instead of closing the individual windows by clicking on the red X up >in the right corner, click on File>Quit, if you are usin

Re: [GNC] Multiple accounts

2024-09-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
he geometry and filters of all the other tabs -- other than manually reverting to a saved .gcm file? If the answer is "No, that's the only way", it's not the end of the world. I'm just trying to increase my knowledge of GC's window management. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA

Re: [GNC] Inactive/Hidden accounts

2024-09-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
to the Accounts tab; then you can just tick the boxes without getting into the Edit dialog. (Also, you'll know at a glance whether a given account is hidden or placeholder, with no need to open the Edit dialog.) To add columns to Accounts, click the down arrow at the extreme right of the col

Re: [GNC] Multiple accounts

2024-09-21 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
lost all my subaccount expansions and geometry of columns. I recovered by closing GC and copying a recent backup of my .gcm file over the new one in %APPDATA%\GnuCash\books. But to echo Chris, did _I_ miss some way I could have just put my detached Accounts tab back into the original GC window? S

Re: [GNC] Database storage

2024-09-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
7;s true. However, by default GC also autosaves the database periodically. You can change the autosave interval, or disable autosave entirely, in Edit » Preferences » General. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] Heidi EDIT company name Help

2024-09-15 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
them.) > I also want to know how to delete a couple of practice companies I > created by mistake. How did you create these "practice companies"? Do you mean just additional GnuCash books? If so, you can simply delete the *.gnucash and *.log files for those companies.

Re: [GNC] Unique issue with 08/09/2024

2024-09-15 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
g some sort of business function? (I'm not familiar with those.) If so, could it be related to the fact that 8 Sept 2024 is a Sunday? If not, maybe give some more context about just where you are entering this date? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA ht

Re: [GNC] How to keep responding on mailing list?

2024-09-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
match the address at which you receive subscription emails. What I don't understand is what it is that _you_ don't understand. Obviously you have mastered the basics, or we would not see your message, which I quoted above. Stan Brown

Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

2024-09-09 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
dows knows. The encrypted container is not noticeably slower to read from or write to than my real disk, as far as I can tell. VeraCrypt is free and open source, and easy to use. It has Windows, Mac, and Linux versions. https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https:

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

2024-09-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
sername for the two is different. I regularly transfer my 2 data files, the associated .gcm files, and the reports files between the two. For me, "open tabs in a file local to the user" would lose functionality that I presently rely on. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA,

Re: [GNC] Balance (Period) vs Total (Period)

2024-09-06 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
so "evereything from the beginning of time" and "just the current accounting period" are the same. They will be different once you are inyto your second accouinting period. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnu

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

2024-09-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
t a .gcm file. It's a per-user file, and as far as I know there's no way within GC to share reports with a different user on the same computer, and there's no way to have a given report appear only when you're working with one or more particu

Re: [GNC] Turn off automatically saving changed transaction

2024-09-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
tion. Yours is a straightforward solution and I wish I had thought of it myself. :-) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscrib

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction with Currency Conversion

2024-09-04 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ate of 849.51/1000. That's more work than having GC calculate the rate for you, but (if it works) it's less work than calculating the rate. You didn't say which version of GC you're using, but if it's the latest then I encourage you to enter an enhancement request to

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

2024-09-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ion to be saved to the {name}.gcm file in the Books folder when GC closes the currently reopened file and immediately reopens it? If so, that might be a usable workaround even without any code changes. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/

Re: [GNC] Assets with two different currencies and buy/sale in different currencies?

2024-08-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
en Linked Document". The link is purely one of opening a document. Changes you make in the spreadsheet will not cause changes in the GnuCash transaction. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash

Re: [GNC] Keybinding to find txn by Value?

2024-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
case it would be "Description, Notes, or Memo" rather than "Value".) I didn't see any response to Mike's query -- possibly I overlooked it, or it got lost in the DNS kerfuffle. I don't know about Mike, but I'm using GC in Windows 10 and 11. Stan Brown Tehachapi,

Re: [GNC] two instances on different books

2024-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
and Entity 2, with Entity 1 Assets, Entity 1 Liabilities, and so on under Entity 1, and similarly (but not necessarily all the same subaccounts) under Entity 2. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-

Re: [GNC] two instances on different books

2024-08-14 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
nt on which ones should change. I don't see why you think "the two instances are forced to have documents in the same directory". Just specify absolute paths for your documents, not relative paths. That's what I did, and it works just fine without even setting a path head. Stan

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
rences the various O/S locations. I have bookmarked: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations And, if you have Windows: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Diagrams_-_Windows This article called "Backing up data and settings" is helpful too: https://wiki.gnuca

Re: [GNC] Move working files

2024-08-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
't say what backup technique or software you're using, but it should certainly have a way to exclude files from backup. I exclude *gnucash*gnucash and *gnucash*log. Another approach would be to back up only designated file MyData.gnucash. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___

Re: [GNC] Is this a legit part of the bug process, or is it spam?

2024-07-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
spam, it's poor programming. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-31 14:49, Mark at Lorimark wrote: > That kind-of looks like the gnucash email server has Jira hooked in to > it somewhere... > > ~mark petryk > ~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com >

[GNC] Is this a legit part of the bug process, or is it spam?

2024-07-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
equirement prioritization.". Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com Forwarded Message Subject:Issue/Request TNR-2287 10097 Created - Please fill the required details before the request can be taken up for estimation. Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:42:17

Re: [GNC] Placeholder accounts and scheduled transactions

2024-07-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thank you, Gyle. I have entered https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799393 Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-31 08:30, Gyle McCollam wrote: > Stan, > I created a SX in 5.8 and it still allows this.  Go ahead and file your > bug report. >

[GNC] Placeholder accounts and scheduled transactions

2024-07-31 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
I'm at GC 4.14, so if 5.8 no longer posts SX to placeholder accounts there's not much point in my entering a bug. But if the behavior is still the same then I think bug report is appropriate. Would someone be willing to check, please? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA h

Re: [GNC] Splash Screen disabled?

2024-07-27 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> On 7/26/2024 7:24 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> I have 4.14 in Windows 10 and 11. The splash screen appears, the >> progress bar for opening the last previously used file fills in from >> left to right, and when that's done the splash screen disappears. The

Re: [GNC] Splash Screen disabled?

2024-07-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
plash screen are not due to different minor versions of GC, but rather to running on machines of different compute speed, possessing SSDs or traditional hard drives, and so forth. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-26 14:59, David Carlson wrote: > It goes away by it

Re: [GNC] Tracking Unrealized Capital Gains

2024-07-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
axvisor.com/taxes/ Even having my own spreadsheet for estimated tax, I found this one helpful in confirming that my own spreadsheet for estimated taxes was correct. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash

Re: [GNC] Tracking Unrealized Capital Gains

2024-07-23 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
thing that _might_ become a taxable event at some future time. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-23 14:57, David Warren wrote: > I have been using gnucash for almost a year and have a fairly sophisticated > set of personal accounts, with lots of investment (asset

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2024-07-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
ike many of us, I looked at several other accounting systems before settling on GnuCash. I owe a very large debt of gratitude to John Ralls and all the developers. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-u

Re: [GNC] Consolidated billing of two credit cards

2024-07-07 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
anks use the words "debit" and "credit" to match how things are on _their_ books, which is exactly opposite to how they are on the consumer's books. The transaction I would enter is: Debit to My Credit Card #1: $400 Debit to My Credit Card #2: $600 Credit to My Bank Accou

Re: [GNC] Account types "Bank" and "Cash"

2024-07-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Thanks, Adrien! Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing something. I'm not using the informal labels and, as you noticed, not using GnuCash reconciling either. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-02 12:38, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > At the least, the in

[GNC] Account types "Bank" and "Cash"

2024-07-02 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
nd Concepts guide and the Technical Reference manual. Maybe I didn't pick the optimum words or phrases for my search. Could someone point me at the right section? Or are account types Cash and Bank just informational, and GC doesn't treat them any differently from generic Asset? -- Stan B

Re: [GNC] Balance sheet totals showing zeros?

2024-06-29 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Ken, thanks for taking the time to give us that detailed report of the resolution. I'm sure it will help people who have a similar problem in the future and search the archives for a solution. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-06-29 09:22, Ken McEvoy wrote: > T

Re: [GNC] Imbalance Records with zero amounts

2024-06-26 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
To be clear, you're talking about accidentally hitting the enter key instead of the Tab key when moving between fields, right? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-06-26 17:04, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > > As you know, double-entry bookkeeping requires every transa

Re: [GNC] Credit and Debit Columns in Journal View

2024-06-25 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
nce of that asset and a credit decreases the balance. When you make a payment or return a purchase "for credit", it is indeed a credit to that account on the bank's books, but it is a debit to that account on your books. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] General Ledger Report Request

2024-06-13 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-06-13 14:04, John Ralls wrote: > The one thing we can’t do is pagination, it’s not something that HTML is > capable of. HTML as such, you're correct. But CSS is capable of formatting pages, though my attempts in non-GnuCash contexts didn't come out well. Stan Brown Te

Re: [GNC] GC now only opens a report

2024-06-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
in every ten times I run GC, and would prefer not to have it open automatically -- as long as when it does open, its configuration is the same and I don't have to re-expand all account levels, set up columns again, and so forth. If memory serves, 2.6.19 _did_ preserve the configuration. Stan

Re: [GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

2024-06-12 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
the bug tracker and ask to > add the ability to set the tab color for the General Journal. (or give > it an ID or class to expose it for CSS styling) > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 6/11/24 10:26 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> I've never used GTKInspector, an

Re: [GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

2024-06-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
simple_ way to color the General Journal tab. :-) You answered that, "not in the UI." I've never used GTKInspector, and to be honest I don't think the minor victory of coloring that tab would justify the time I'd spend in learning curve. Again, thanks for confirming that I

Re: [GNC] GC now only opens a report

2024-06-11 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Do you not have the Accounts tab? If you do, open any account and enter transactions. As an alternative, you might use Tools,,>General Journal to open the journal and enter transactions. If those things are not present, you might try closing the report -- not GnuCash, just the report. S

[GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

2024-06-10 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
its tab? I looked at the preferences and right-clicked here and there, but couldn't find anything. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences

Re: [GNC] Easier way to print to PDF

2024-05-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
u can export the report (shows up as an > .html) and open it with Microsoft Edge and save it as a PDF. Well, you _could_ do that, if you like extra steps. But there's really no reason to involve any browser, let alone Edge. Excel opens HTML files just fine, as I posted this mornin

Re: [GNC] Manipulating data extracted from gnucash to Excel

2024-05-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
Open the report in Excel and _then_ do your copy and pasting. (You probably want Edit » Paste Special » Values, keyboard Alt+E, S, V.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-05-19 17:35, David Long wrote: > Hi > I mean copy paste from a gnucash report. > Rgd

Re: [GNC] Saved Reports accross several PCs

2024-05-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
eping books for the Tehachapi Symphony, I prefixed each report name with either "TSO_" or "SB_" so that I could easily select the one I wanted, and I had no need to create an extra user account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___

Re: [GNC] Manipulating data extracted from gnucash to Excel

2024-05-19 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
7;s also no problem with exporting a report that contains currency symbols -- again, the dollar sign is the only one I've tried. Maybe that's different in other currencies? Please give us more information about what you're doing and what error message you get. Stan Brown Teha

Re: [GNC] Transferring Gnu Cash Data to New Computer

2024-05-17 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
7;s easier just to click File then hover the mouse over the filename in the file list. GC will show the full path. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefe

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