Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-23 Thread Umakanth V S
David T and David C, Thank you for your responses, and apologies for my delayed reply. David T, Yes, I think I would have a single account for the mandatory and voluntary contribs, and the Income a/c for employer contrib sounds appropriate. Interest rates are the same for both employer and emplo

Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread David Carlson
Umakanth, Income (and Expense) accounts always need to be under the Income or Expense top account. The only way to associate them to assets or liabilities is to have similar names. I normally name them with the base name first, then some significant detail then end with Interest or whatever is

Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
Sorry. I didn't really answer your second question. First question, why do you need to calculate the two interest figures separately? Does the fund manager do this? As for calculating interest, you will find it fraught with difficulty. The likelihood that your calculations will match the instit

Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
I track various such items on my own books. I probably wouldn't have separate accounts for the mandatory and the voluntary contributions; they are calculated as one. I would enter each contribution type as a separate split, though. That's how I've done it myself. For what it's worth, I enter e

[GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread Umakanth V S
Hi All, I have recently started using GnuCash to keep track of my personal expenses. I find it to be a great software and am still learning its features. This is my first post and it pertains to entering details of employer sponsored deductions from paycheck in GnuCash. I have read other posts re