[GNC] Where would enter revenue that could be paid to shareholders?

2021-12-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
If a company can potentially pay out X pounds, but has not paid out any at all, where would that be entered in GnuCash? I assume its a liability, but should it be entered into liabilities, or perhaps retained earnings? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D C.Eng MIET Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: http

Re: [GNC] Where would enter revenue that could be paid to shareholders?

2021-12-05 Thread Michael Hendry
On 5 Dec 2021, at 11:39, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > If a company can potentially pay out X pounds, but has not paid out any at > all, where would that be entered in GnuCash? I assume its a liability, but > should it be entered into liabilities, or perhaps retained earnings? I’m not an account

Re: [GNC] Where would enter revenue that could be paid to shareholders?

2021-12-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 12:19, Michael Hendry wrote: > > > I’m not an accountant. > …. > You should probably get professional advice… > > Regards, > > Michael In previous years I have submitted my transactions to my accountant as a spreadsheet. He did at one point suggest a couple of software pac

Re: [GNC] Where would enter revenue that could be paid to shareholders?

2021-12-05 Thread Stan Brown
On 2021-12-05 03:39, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > If a company can potentially pay out X pounds, but has not paid out > any at all, where would that be entered in GnuCash? I assume it's a > liability, What do you mean by "can"? If the company is not legally obligated to pay a dividend, then I belie

[GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC?

2021-12-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I've not been following this list much, but I gather the developers have been reluctant to add cryptocurrencies. But now * Many companies and charities are accepting cryptocurrencies for payments or donations. * Bitcoin (BTC) is legal tender in El Salvador * Many people using cryptocurrency as an

Re: [GNC] clearing reconciled transactions

2021-12-05 Thread paul
For the last thirty years (has it really been that long?) I have been using Quicken to track the finances of about twelve entities. Most are individuals, but there are two non-profits, a trust, and two "real" companies. Starting five years ago, I have been slowly converting these to GnuCash, and I

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC?

2021-12-05 Thread Derek Atkins
On Sun, December 5, 2021 10:30 am, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > I've not been following this list much, but I gather the developers have > been reluctant to add cryptocurrencies. But now > > * Many companies and charities are accepting cryptocurrencies for payments > or donations. > * Bitcoin (BTC)

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC?

2021-12-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 16:09, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > Is there not a case for adding cryptocurrency support? For anyone able to > > build GnuCash from the source code, I would expect it to be a trivial > > matter to add whatever currency they want, but I would have thought > > there's > > a good

Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC?

2021-12-05 Thread john
> On Dec 5, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Dr. David Kirkby > wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 16:09, Derek Atkins wrote: > >> >>> Is there not a case for adding cryptocurrency support? For anyone able to >>> build GnuCash from the source code, I would expect it to be a trivial >>> matter to add whateve

Re: [GNC] clearing reconciled transactions

2021-12-05 Thread David Carlson
What does that have to do with clearing reconciled transactions? On Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 9:41 AM wrote: > For the last thirty years (has it really been that long?) I have been using > Quicken to track the finances of about twelve entities. Most are > individuals, but there are two non-profits, a tr

Re: [GNC] clearing reconciled transactions

2021-12-05 Thread paul
Nothing! My apologies! I used an old message to get the address and forgot to change the title. I will repost it. Paul From: David Carlson Sent: December 05, 2021 12:07 PM To: p...@kroitor.ca Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] clearing reconciled transactions What does that ha

[GNC] Accidental Loss of All Existing Tabs

2021-12-05 Thread paul
(a resend of a mistitled prior message) For the last thirty years (has it really been that long?) I have been using Quicken to track the finances of about twelve entities. Most are individuals, but there are two non-profits, a trust, and two "real" companies. Starting five years ago, I have bee

[GNC] data transfer to new computer

2021-12-05 Thread Leo Bolta via gnucash-user
Hello, I purchased a new PC computer (w/Windows 10) and had the computer shop where I purchased it, transfer my data to the new computer. I download the latest version 4.8a but can't get the computer to recognize the data. I found some gnucash files in my file manager and dragged and dropped th

Re: [GNC] Accidental Loss of All Existing Tabs

2021-12-05 Thread David Carlson
Apparently you have set the option under preferences to open registers in separate windows [I don't remember the exact wording]. If you change that to the default to open in a new tab you will automatically close all register windows when you close the program. I do not use that setting so I am n

Re: [GNC] data transfer to new computer

2021-12-05 Thread David H
Leo, That file is a backup file of your saved gnucash reports so stop trying to open that with Gnucash. Where did you save your Gnucash data file on your old pc? I'm assuming you were just using the default xml data file backend previously - if so you should be looking for a file with a ".gnucash

Re: [GNC] Where would enter revenue that could be paid to shareholders?

2021-12-05 Thread davidcousens49
Dave, With the usual disclaimer that this should not be considered accounting advice the following is a possible treatment. In a conventional accounting treatment at the end of the year the temporary income and Expense accounts are normally closed by transferring their balances to equity. The ma

Re: [GNC] clearing reconciled transactions

2021-12-05 Thread Liz Dodd
On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 13:10:51 -0500 wrote: > Nothing! My apologies! I used an old message to get the address and > forgot to change the title. Changing the title is only half the job. It is appreciated if you start with a new email, copy the address for gnucash-user into place and pick an appropri

Re: [GNC] Accidental Loss of All Existing Tabs

2021-12-05 Thread Liz Dodd
On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 13:55:51 -0500 wrote: > Or is there another way of preventing this mishap? I keep my computer setup sane by having multiple desktops, for different purposes. I understand that you can now do this in Windows. I also keep all my Gnucash windows smaller than the maximum size of

Re: [GNC] Where would enter revenue that could be paid to shareholders?

2021-12-05 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/5/2021 7:19 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: On 5 Dec 2021, at 11:39, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: If a company can potentially pay out X pounds, but has not paid out any at all, where would that be entered in GnuCash? I assume its a liability, but should it be entered into liabilities, or perhaps r