Re: [GNC] Cashflow-like report to show realized and unrealized gains / balance sheet delta report

2019-02-27 Thread Chary Chary
Christopher, thanks. But I must say, I still have a sneaky feeling, that I may be missing something, because I just don't understand how people who deal with several currencies and who have stock can possibly live without such report, which would show unrealized gains. Without report with unreal

[GNC] Help! Decimal point won't enter; description freezes

2019-02-27 Thread Finbar Mahon
Hello, Using - Version: 3.4 Build ID: 3.4+ (2018-12-30) On Windows 10 Home, version 1803, on a Lenovo PC Entering data in a bank account, exisiting, not new. Entering description, freezes, won't move on; then, if it does, entering amount won't take the decimal point. This does not happen fo

Re: [GNC] Accounting for gold coins

2019-02-27 Thread Gary Holtum
Adrien, I guess I am missing the point here. I can't enter a simple transaction for buying gold coins. I know the quantity and the total cost. I cr cash and dr gold acct. I get imbalance. I don't understand need for "Trading Acct" on. I tried "buy" gold and "sell" cash but got imbalance errors.

Re: [GNC] Accounting for gold coins

2019-02-27 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Gnucash by policy uses the ISO currency definitions, which precludes any additions or extensions. And yes, this had been discussed before. Workarounds have focused either on treating metals like any other commodity, as you have done here, or by loading your alternative (e.g., bitcoin) on an unu

Re: [GNC] Cashflow-like report to show realized and unrealiz

2019-02-27 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
IANAA, but as I understand it, gnucash doesn't track unrealized gains well mostly because traditional accounting isn't focused on unrealized gains. I'm told that accountants want to be certain that the *amount* of what you have is accurate. The value of that is less interesting. Honestly, the d

Re: [GNC] Help! Decimal point won't enter; description freezes

2019-02-27 Thread Colin Law
Have a look in the gnucash trace file to see if there is anything of note there. Colin On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 11:53, Finbar Mahon wrote: > > Hello, > > Using - Version: 3.4 > Build ID: 3.4+ (2018-12-30) > > On Windows 10 Home, version 1803, on a Lenovo PC > > Entering data in a bank account, exi

Re: [GNC] Cashflow-like report to show realized and unrealiz

2019-02-27 Thread Chary Chary
David, but the fact is, that gnucash already shows changes due to unrealized gains in balance sheet report. It shows all the assets based on the exchange rate at that moment. It also shows change in the Net Worth report. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T3KEhAOkkytyW1Dne0vVs259cv0WxtfK

Re: [GNC] Cashflow-like report to show realized and unrealized gains / balance sheet delta report

2019-02-27 Thread David Carlson
Chary, There are some reports that do show unrealized gains, including the Balance sheet report, but as I stated in my first post you need to adjust the detailed settings carefully to get exactly the numbers you want. Unfortunately, I am not the best person to help you as I have not migrated to r

Re: [GNC] Accounting for gold coins

2019-02-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Gary, 1. Turn on Trading Accounts. File > Properties > Accounts > Use Trading Accounts 2. Set full transaction view options. (I find this helps to see everything about a transaction and to better understand double-entry) View > Transactions Journal (optionally, View > Double Li

Re: [GNC] Cashflow-like report to show realized and unrealiz

2019-02-27 Thread csingley
David wrote > IANAA, but as I understand it, gnucash doesn't track unrealized gains well > mostly because traditional accounting isn't focused on unrealized gains. > I'm told that accountants want to be certain that the *amount* of what you > have is accurate. The value of that is less interesting.

Re: [GNC] Cashflow-like report to show realized and unrealized gains / balance sheet delta report

2019-02-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If the gain is unrealized, then the account balance has not changed. If you physically (or in a bank account) have USD 1000 at the beginning of the year because you traded EUR 1000 at a 1:1 rate, and at the end of the year, have not done anything with that USD 1000, you still only have USD 1000.

[GNC] Business Feature Question

2019-02-27 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, Long time user with a question regarding the business features and grants. Specifically, I am setting up a business file for a business that receives grant monies from different organizations in exchange for various services. I’ve set up the granting agencies as customers in the books, a

Re: [GNC] Cashflow-like report to show realized and unrealized gains / balance sheet delta report

2019-02-27 Thread csingley
Adrien Monteleone-2 wrote > Keep in mind, except for very special circumstances, for most people, > ‘unrealized gains’ are simply a ‘what if’ level of thinking. They do not > belong in your books. Only actual realized gains are reflected there. I don't think "owning investments" counts as very spe

[GNC] Bouncy Check

2019-02-27 Thread subscriptions
Took a payment (check) from customer and it bounced. It was actually a mistake at the bank in printing the check #'s. They are sending me another payment. How do you handle this transaction? I assume somehow you need to unpost the last payment, Add bounce charge to invoice and then accept new

Re: [GNC] Business Feature Question

2019-02-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Not sure you really need to use invoices and customers here, but if it works... Are these recurring grants from the same sources for the same purposes? It might make more sense then. I just don’t see it for one-offs. My understanding of ‘jobs’ per previous list discussion is that ‘job’ is proba

Re: [GNC] Bouncy Check

2019-02-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Select the payment transaction in your asset register. (checking/cash, wherever it appears) Then choose Transaction > Add Reversing Transaction This will reverse the payment with a reversing transaction and de-couple the original payment from the invoice. Edit your invoice to reflect your boun

Re: [GNC] Bouncy Check

2019-02-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Your welcome. I forgot to include the step of unposting the invoice in order to edit it. Also, please be sure to always copy the list on all replies so everyone can benefit from the discussion. (and resolution of the question) Regards, Adrien > On Feb 27, 2019, at 2:19 PM, subscriptions > wr

Re: [GNC] Business Feature Question

2019-02-27 Thread David Cousens
David, Depending on who the grant is from and conditions of the grant and local legislation, it may be treated either as capital or income. Are you required to invoice the granting agency before they pay the grant money to you? If not, then there is no real need to use the business features and

Re: [GNC] GnuCash Android is dead?

2019-02-27 Thread Ngewi Fet
Hi GTI, Progress is slow due to personal circumstances of developers in the core team. We have to prioritize the very limited resources available at the moment. But the GitHub issues are being read. It is best to report issues directly on GitHub (or the developer mailing list: gnucash-android-...