Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-23 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 08:18:02AM -0800, Stan Brown wrote: > > On 2022-11-15 00:28, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > > Note that both the A:AR:ToBeReimbursed and A:AR:Other accounts are of > > type "Bank", not of type A/R, since I'm not using the business > > features with those accounts. > > Out of curi

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-18 Thread flywire
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Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-15 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-11-15 00:28, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > Note that both the A:AR:ToBeReimbursed and A:AR:Other accounts are of > type "Bank", not of type A/R, since I'm not using the business > features with those accounts. Out of curiosity -- My AR accounts are just of type Asset. What was your reason for

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-15 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
What I do while traveling on somebody else's money, I do the following: * Charge all expenses to an account Assets:AccountsReceivable:ToBeReimbursed * I use lots in the ToBeReimbursed accounts to group together expenses related to the same journey (as sometimes I actually have overlapping

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 11/14/2022 5:59 PM, Stan Brown wrote: On 2022-11-14 14:36, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Yes would be under assets. But we are discussing personal books, not books of a business (accrual basis so can use business features like invoicing). Probably no "accounts receivable". You do not need t

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ah, I missed the part about reimbursements. I cover that too in my chart with Assets:Current Assets:Reimbursements and then sub accounts for each person/entity that I get reimbursed from. (or that I reimburse) Technically, the latter could be considered a liability, but since the balance mig

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Stan Brown
Thank you! I don't know how to update documentation, and don't have time to learn just now. But if you'd like to use what I wrote for that purpose (possibly modified), you have my blessing. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-11-14 14:56, flywire wrote: > https://lists.gn

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-11-14 14:36, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > Yes would be under assets. But we are discussing personal books, not > books of a business (accrual basis so can use business features like > invoicing). Probably no "accounts receivable". You do not need to issue invoices or use other bus

[GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread flywire
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2022-November/103481.html Stan, that's well explained and tracking travel expenses is a common enough situation that would be a worthwhile example in the documentation. A brief explanation of the accounting makes all the difference.

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 11/14/2022 4:36 PM, Stan Brown wrote: Hi, Esteban! I assume these travel expenses are going to be reimbursed by your employer. In effect, you're making a loan to your employer, which creates an account receivable. This is an asset account, not an expense, so it is kept completely separate fro

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread David Cousens
Esteban, These expenses are not expenses to you as they are reimbursable. You could set up an asset account (similar to an accounts receivable account (with sub- accounts for the various expense categories) which you would debit when the expenses are incurred instead of an expense account you woul

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Stan Brown
Hi, Esteban! I assume these travel expenses are going to be reimbursed by your employer. In effect, you're making a loan to your employer, which creates an account receivable. This is an asset account, not an expense, so it is kept completely separate from your own expenses. The simplest solution

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm not sure there is a 'recommended' method. (and that would be an 'accounting' question anyway) However, I have the following in my account tree: Expenses: -Entertainment: -Travel: -Food -Lodging -Transportation That way I can keep those separate from my 'everyday' ex

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Murugan Muruganandam
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2022 5:08 PM To: GNUCash User Mailing List Subject: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses What is the recommended account setup and procedure to track travel expenses (and refund of these) when I use my personal accounts (cash/credit card) to pay these? I don't want the t

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread David Carlson
back when I was travelling for business I set up accounts to match the expense forms that my company used. On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 2:10 PM Esteban Maringolo wrote: > What is the recommended account setup and procedure to track > travel expenses (and refund of these) when I use my personal accoun

[GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Esteban Maringolo
What is the recommended account setup and procedure to track travel expenses (and refund of these) when I use my personal accounts (cash/credit card) to pay these? I don't want the travel expenses to mix with my regular "monthly" expenses, although I'd like to split them into different categories