Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-08-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Sounds like a lot of work. Would simply not posting the bills/invoices until actually paid not accomplish the proper timing of when the transactions hit the books? (yes, you do lose the ‘reminders’ feature in that case, but unless that is critical, it is a small price for not having to maintain

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-08-04 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 8/3/2019 6:16 AM, Liz wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: Would be nice to have a cash accounting option in addition to the default accrual accounting option. Whether a business uses cash or accrual accounting in Australia is set by the tax authorities, so I

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-08-03 Thread Liz
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > Would be nice to have a cash accounting option in addition to the > default accrual accounting option. Whether a business uses cash or accrual accounting in Australia is set by the tax authorities, so I am obliged to use cash account

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I didn’t mean it like that. Adrien, Thank you. It is far too common with e-mail messages to be mis-read or mis-interpreted. Non-verbal communication (body language and facial expressions) have been reported to comprise about 60% of face-to-face co

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Sorry Rich, I didn’t mean it like that. Regards, Adrien > On Jul 31, 2019, at 12:03 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > >> The type of service doesn’t matter. Certainly, there are professional >> services who pre-bill and who use accrual instead of cash

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Derek Atkins wrote: 1) You'll need to manually back out your AR and AP to convert from Accrual to Cash, or Sorry, but that's where we are. Personally, I use option #1. Derek, I'm not an accountant but I know that each taxing authority has different rules and requirement

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect [RESOLVED]

2019-07-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Derek Atkins wrote: This is a question of Cash vs Accrual accounting. The business features imply Accrual accounting, so yes, if you have Receivables that *is* included in the Income Statement. I've unposted pending receivables and will no longer post them until the checks

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Wed, July 31, 2019 1:03 pm, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > >> The type of service doesn’t matter. Certainly, there are professional >> services who pre-bill and who use accrual instead of cash-basis >> accounting. (such a situation is exactly what accr

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Adrien Monteleone wrote: The type of service doesn’t matter. Certainly, there are professional services who pre-bill and who use accrual instead of cash-basis accounting. (such a situation is exactly what accrual accounting handles) That’s more a question for a CPA as to whi

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The type of service doesn’t matter. Certainly, there are professional services who pre-bill and who use accrual instead of cash-basis accounting. (such a situation is exactly what accrual accounting handles) That’s more a question for a CPA as to which is the best fit for you. Regards, Adrien

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Assets don’t show up in the Income Statement (P&L). They do show up in the Balance Sheet. Sorry, I spoke to soon, as there is no way through account selection to generate a cash-basis Income Statement while using the Business Features. The posting date of the invoice is when the Income accounts

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Adrien Monteleone wrote: If you want a cash-basis Income Statement, you’ll need to modify your included accounts in the Accounts tab of the report’s Options. Adrien, It's not working. The 'defaults' selection colors all accounts blue (except for a couple), but while ctrl-

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Adrien Monteleone wrote: If you want a cash-basis Income Statement, you’ll need to modify your included accounts in the Accounts tab of the report’s Options. Adrien, Okay. That is preferable to unposting invoices. Mine is a professional service business so ivoices are sen

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Derek Atkins wrote: This is a question of Cash vs Accrual accounting. The business features imply Accrual accounting, so yes, if you have Receivables that *is* included in the Income Statement. Derek, Ah so. That answers many report questions I've had. My business has alw

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Wed, July 31, 2019 11:30 am, Rich Shepard wrote: > Running gnucash-3.6 here. I downloaded the help and guide pdf manuals and > assume they're for 3.6. > > Using the start/end date options for the income statement report I see > revenues much higher than shown in the checking account when I

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Rich, The report is accrual based by default. It will include AR because that is revenue that has been earned. Accounting standards require that revenue is recognized when earned, regardless of when it is actually collected. If you want a cash-basis Income Statement, you’ll need to modify your

[GNC] Income statement incorrect

2019-07-31 Thread Rich Shepard
Running gnucash-3.6 here. I downloaded the help and guide pdf manuals and assume they're for 3.6. Using the start/end date options for the income statement report I see revenues much higher than shown in the checking account when I specify July 2019 as the date range. The brief description of the