[GNC] Assets with two different currencies and buy/sale in different currencies?

2024-08-26 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. I'm starting to set up my accounts on GnuCash and I'm actually stuck understanding how (or even if) I should add the following. I do own a music studio with a collection of vintage instruments. As the whole gear is worth quite some k, I thought I'd add it as an asset. So first questions her

Re: [GNC] Assets with two different currencies and buy/sale in different currencies?

2024-08-26 Thread Boniforti Flavio
radmorri...@sonic.net>: > Hi Boniforti/GnuCash, > > What version of GnuCash are you using? What operating system are you > using? https://gnucash.org/download.phtml > > --- > Thanks, > > Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ & > https://norcal.social/@Br

Re: [GNC] Assets with two different currencies and buy/sale in different currencies?

2024-08-26 Thread Boniforti Flavio
diales > > > Murugan > ------ > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Boniforti Flavio < > bonifort...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 26 August 2024 14:13 > *To:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org > *Subject:* [GNC] Assets with two differe

Re: [GNC] Assets with two different currencies and buy/sale in different currencies?

2024-08-26 Thread Boniforti Flavio
entry for opening > balance for your current stock in each currency. > > Dr. Vintage Instrument Asset account(USD) > Cr. Equity > > > Dr. Vintage Instrument Asset account(CAD) > Cr. Equity > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > > --

[GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. I've received 100 bucks from a relative as a gift, which he sent to me via bank wire transfer. In my GnuCash accounts I do have one called "Income:Gifts Received" and I also of course have the "Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account", where the money from the gift finally landed. How shoul

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
ed is > exactly what I would use too! > > For Salary, Debit Checking Account, Credit Income:Salary Received. > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 2:22 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Hi all. >> I've received 100 bucks from a relative as a gift, which he sent to me via >&g

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
e Income placeholder > accounts under your top level income account and under which you place > the Income-Gifts > > David Cousens > > > On Tue, 2024-09-03 at 20:20 +0200, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi all. > > I've received 100 bucks from a relative as

Re: [GNC] [newbie] how to treat a gift?

2024-09-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
the checking account. > The > income acconts are accounting records of where the money in the checking > account came from. > > At Tue, 3 Sep 2024 21:54:58 +0200 Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > > > > > Hi David and thanks for your reply. > > As I'm really a

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-10-13 Thread Boniforti Flavio
dmin to do first, plus I have > to install winget on a Windows box and validate and test the changes. Won’t > happen today. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 13, 2024, at 09:24, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Thanks. Will leave it as it is, because MS won't for sur

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-10-13 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. Does anybody know when the latest 5.9 release will be available for Windows via winget? F. Adrien Monteleone schrieb am So., 13. Okt. 2024, 03:20: > Joseph, > > Those are the direct download links in the e-mail, which eventually > appear on the website. They usually are already there by

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-10-13 Thread Boniforti Flavio
why you'd need to use a package manager to install it. > > David T. > On Oct 13, 2024, at 5:20 PM, "sunfis...@yahoo.com" > wrote: >> >> Try www.gnucash.org >> >> David T. >> On Oct 13, 2024, at 1:45 PM, Boniforti Flavio >> wrote: >&g

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-10-13 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Thanks. Will leave it as it is, because MS won't for sure do anything... sunfish62--- via gnucash-user schrieb am So., 13. Okt. 2024, 18:22: > And I answered. I don't see this as any different from a Linux user (say, > of Ubuntu) asking for an update to the repository, only to be advised to > sp

Re: [GNC] Two currencies involved in purchase and reimbursement

2024-10-14 Thread Boniforti Flavio
. > > Geoff > +33 6 22 93 00 53 > +44 7770 58 48 38 > > > On 14 Oct 2024, at 17:45, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) < > stan...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >  > > > > On 2024-10-14 04:10, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > > >> I bought an item for 1050 EUR,

[GNC] Two currencies involved in purchase and reimbursement

2024-10-14 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. Again with some "complex" (at least for me) transaction. I bought an item for 1050 EUR, which I took from my EUR checking account. Then the seller reimbursed 50 EUR because of some issues on the item. This reimbursement in EUR was done via PayPal, where I do have both EUR and CHF currenci

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-07 Thread Boniforti Flavio
.pm exist? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 6, 2024, at 11:45, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi John. > > The output of "sudo cpan Test::Simple" is very long, the last part being: > > Appending installation info to > /Library/Perl/Updates/5.34.1

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-04 Thread Boniforti Flavio
tall Finance::Quote, see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Installing_Finance::Quote_on_macOS_from_a_Terminal_prompt > . > > That doesn’t explain why perldoc can’t find Finance::Quote though. Does > /Library/Perl/5.34/Finance/Quote.pm exist? > > Regards, > John Rall

Re: [GNC] Entering my real estate and mortgage?

2024-09-29 Thread Boniforti Flavio
action if I were in your > situation...", and that may be helpful for you. After gathering up a bunch > of data, analyze it, and then the way to get best advice for your situation > is to take your information to a professional who can and will represent > you. > &g

Re: [GNC] Entering my real estate and mortgage?

2024-09-29 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi Michael. AFAIU in Switzerland you get the bank to lend you the money for the mortgage, which in my case represents 65% of the price of my real estate. 35% I paid down from my equities (cash on my bank accounts, 3rd pillar savings). By paying as much as 35% I am excluded from amortization, becau

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-05 Thread Boniforti Flavio
shell startup to place that first in $PATH so that > which perl > would return /opt/homebrew/bin/perl` instead of /usr/bin/perl. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 5, 2024, at 01:27, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi John. > I followed the instructions at: >

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-05 Thread Boniforti Flavio
/UserAgent.pm line 1002. F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Sa., 5. Okt. 2024 um 21:54 Uhr schrieb Bruce Schuck < bsch...@asgard-systems.com>: > On 10/5/24 01:29, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > > The output o

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-06 Thread Boniforti Flavio
endencies,, so try > sudo cpan Test::Simple > If you followed Bruce’s instruction to chown ~/.cpan leave off sudo. > > What’s the output? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 6, 2024, at 03:39, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi John. > > Yes, indeed I us

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-06 Thread Boniforti Flavio
tall > it with gnc-fq-update failed. You ran sudo gnc-fq-update and that created > a ~/.cpan owned by root, which is why attempting to run cpan Finance::Quote > bailed with the permission error. > > What;s does > ls ~/.cpan/build > report? > > Regards, > John Ralls

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-07 Thread Boniforti Flavio
single test in Finance::Quote to fail. You can use cpan -f > Finance::Quote to force it to install anyway. Do that after everything else > is installed, you don’t want to force all of the dependencies. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > On Oct 7, 2024, at 00:29, Boniforti Flavio

Re: [GNC] Another "multi-account" logical issue - any advice on how to register this?

2024-10-02 Thread Boniforti Flavio
les" and "Expenses:Postage" is your > profit on the transaction and the difference between the balance of > the top level Income account and the top level Expenses account will > represent your overall profit. If you needed to know the profit on an > individual item yo

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-05 Thread Boniforti Flavio
The output of the short script you've pointed at: Searching: /Library/Perl/5.34 Searching: /Network/Library/Perl/5.34 Searching: /System/Library/Perl/5.34 Searching: /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.34 BTW: I don't remember installing Perl via Homebrew, how would I verify that? Thanks, F. htt

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-05 Thread Boniforti Flavio
bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Fr., 4. Okt. 2024 um 22:17 Uhr schrieb John Ralls : > Flavio, > > The almost empty /Library/Perl/5.34/ means that you didn't install > Finance::Quote there. Please link the instructions that you used. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-16 Thread Boniforti Flavio
anks, F. John Ralls schrieb am Mi., 16. Okt. 2024, 04:24: > Flavio, > > Where it always is on Mac applications: In the application (Gnucash) > menu, and since macOS 14 it’s called Settings instead of Preferences. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Oct 15, 2024

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-19 Thread Boniforti Flavio
r than a nice way to > >tidy up commodities into groups. > > > >I must have misunderstood its purpose ... if it is indeed tied up like > >that then the source of pricing dictates the name set in the namespace? > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Bonifor

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-19 Thread Boniforti Flavio
specified more than once https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Sa., 19. Okt. 2024 um 20:12 Uhr schrieb John Ralls : > > > > On Oct 19, 2024, at 02:34, Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > > > > Hi M

Re: [GNC] Dealing with mutual funds

2024-10-20 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Thanks Jim. I'll go through the tutorial and will come back to have my approach validated. BR, F. Jim DeLaHunt schrieb am Mo., 21. Okt. 2024, 03:56: > Boniforti: > > On 2024-10-20 04:08, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I'd like to get som

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-20 Thread Boniforti Flavio
think from memory the > first time I ran it manually it created a $0.00 USD entry. > > Cheers David H. > > > On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 at 05:04, Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Hi John. >> >> This is the output: >> >> me@MacBook-Pro ~ % /Applications

[GNC] Dealing with mutual funds

2024-10-20 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. I'd like to get some suggestions/guidance and eventually validate if my way of doing this is correct. I've put some money into IBKR (CHF) which I then converted into USD to buy VT. For the time being, I've just added the transactions in the "CHF Cash" account on IBKR, where I now see the

[GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-02 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. On MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 I've just followed the instructions from the GnuCash documentation to install the Finance::Quote module. After finishing without errors, I tried to use it but it won't initialize - see here: me@MacBook-Pro ~ % /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/M

[GNC] Strange display of share price

2024-11-04 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi there. I've been adding transactions for my VT share purchases, when suddenly the display of the share price changed to something like this: [image: image.png] What's the reason for this type of display? The first row should be 116,9395, whereas the second should be 119,1200. I do have some othe

Re: [GNC] Dealing with mutual funds

2024-11-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
e things. Dividends that are not > reinvested, will be entered in the sweep fund instead of purchasing more of > the mutual fund, but would still be assigned to the dividend account. > > > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 7:04 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Hi all. >>

Re: [GNC] Dealing with mutual funds

2024-11-03 Thread Boniforti Flavio
uot;market value" in some way or not. F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am So., 3. Nov. 2024 um 21:50 Uhr schrieb Jim DeLaHunt < list+gnuc...@jdlh.com>: > Boniforti: > > On 2024-11-03 02:25, Boniforti

Re: [GNC] Showing account totals as of today

2024-10-28 Thread Boniforti Flavio
y will move forward in the ledger and give the same result > for the current month. > > Hope this helps. > > Geoff > +33 6 22 93 00 53 > +44 7770 58 48 38 > > > On 28 Oct 2024, at 15:54, Mark Penner wrote: > > > > Oct 28, 2024 08:45:31 Boniforti Flavio :

Re: [GNC] Showing account totals as of today

2024-10-28 Thread Boniforti Flavio
hrieb Fred Bone : > On 28 October 2024 at 16:30, Boniforti Flavio said: > > > Hi Geoff. > > Thanks for chiming in. > > Of course I've already entered the future transactions with their > > execution date (in the future). This is why I now see the "Total" v

[GNC] Showing account totals as of today

2024-10-28 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. I've already deducted from my checking account some payments in the future (because I've already given the execution to the bank). Now, is there a way to have GnuCash show the account total as of today, like not considering the transactions already entered in the future? Thanks, F. https

Re: [GNC] Showing account totals as of today

2024-10-28 Thread Boniforti Flavio
d.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Mo., 28. Okt. 2024 um 15:53 Uhr schrieb Mark Penner : > Oct 28, 2024 08:45:31 Boniforti Flavio : > > > Now, is there a way to have GnuCash show the account total as of today, > > like not considering the transactions already

Re: [GNC] Strange display of share price

2024-11-11 Thread Boniforti Flavio
mean that they > will. The rollup of values on the Accounts page will always be at the > latest prices. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Nov 10, 2024, at 08:46, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi Inma, thanks for your reply. > Indeed I see now where you got the

Re: [GNC] Strange display of share price

2024-11-11 Thread Boniforti Flavio
tup, but here, the cash values are kept > in a "sweep" fund that is also a stock. My "cash" fund is actually a mutual > fund that keeps the price stable at USD 1.00. But it ought to work with a > bank type also, I would think. > > On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 8:01 AM Bo

Re: [GNC] Credit cards - how to deal with those?

2024-09-18 Thread Boniforti Flavio
works > out. > > Anyway, I hope that helps. > -greg > > -Original Message- > From: gnucash-user [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+fromvendor= > outtacyte@gnucash.org] On Behalf Of Boniforti Flavio > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 4:43 PM > To: gnucash-user@gnucas

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
mthe Debit column is always the first and the > Credit column is always the second followed by the Balance colum last. > > Note that in any transaction the sums of all the debit and all the credit > entries have to be equal, which was not the case for your proposed entries. > > Ch

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
equency of trading, > you might elect to have multiple asset accounts to reflect different types > of equipment or even for individual pieces of equipment > > In standard accounting, I don't know what a Music Equipment Sold account > would represent. Though your equity account co

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
rdiales > > > Murugan > > -- > *From:* Boniforti Flavio > *Sent:* 23 September 2024 11:44 > *To:* Murugan Mariappan > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time > period in the past which is not in GnuCash? >

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Cordiales > > > Murugan > ------ > *From:* Boniforti Flavio > *Sent:* 23 September 2024 12:40 > *To:* Murugan Mariappan > *Cc:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time > period in

[GNC] Reconciliation question

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi there. When I reconcile my credit card, I'm faced with two dates: - the date when the bill was created (e.g. 13.02.2024); - the date when the bill was paid from my checking account (e.g. 28.02.2024) When I reconcile, what date should I enter? The billing date or the date of the effective payme

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
g me better understand. F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Mo., 23. Sept. 2024 um 19:09 Uhr schrieb R Losey : > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 8:20 AM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Hi list. >>

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation question

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
ept. 2024 um 19:18 Uhr schrieb R Losey : > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 11:20 AM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Hi there. >> >> When I reconcile my credit card, I'm faced with two dates: >> - the date when the bill was created (e.g. 13.02.2024); >>

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
of having the last balance in the old match the starting > balance in the new. > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 12:13 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Hi Richard. >> So you suggest setting the opening balance on the "Liabilities:Credit >> Card" to

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation question

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
u neglected to mark the payment as reconciled. > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 12:23 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Thank you Richard. >> I replied to Patel, but forgot to "reply to all" - so here it is: >> >> This leads to the next question: why am I not

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation question

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
ons from the bill – i.e., all debits, > and all credits resulting from either as a payment or as a result of > returning back an item – not just purchases (debits). > > > > > > PS: Please don’t forget to carbon copy to the mail list so that either > other members can assist o

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
card, I had an entry on 31 Dec of the prior year that > called "Opening Balance" - the amount is the amount carried forward, and > the other account is "Equity:Opening Balances". > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 12:30 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >>

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Thank you Stan for your contribution. I understand that my questions are not GC-related ones, but instead more related to accounting. As I'm no accountant and I'm trying to use GC to keep track of my personal finances and my total wealth, I try to rely on this mailing list for help. So far it worke

[GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi list. I don't know how to phrase it with a one-liner, thus the subject line might be unclear :-( I'll try to explain. I've started with GnuCash a couple of weeks ago, trying to understand how it works and how I can apply it to my personal finances. At one point I decided to put some real value

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation question

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Am Mo., 23. Sept. 2024 um 23:29 Uhr schrieb Maf. King : > On Monday, 23 September 2024 18:31:48 BST Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Oh, ok! > > So I have to tick "R"econcile on the left part (Funds In) as well?! > Indeed, > > by doing so it lets me finish the r

Re: [GNC] How to handle a purchase I paid using money from two different sources?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
your > statement. Just the way you would if you were balancing your checkbook. > > Hope this helps at all. To me you are doing extra, unnecessary work for > no gain. But then, we all have different needs. > Po > > On Sep 23, 2024, at 4:27 PM, Boniforti Flavio > wrote: >

[GNC] How to handle a purchase I paid using money from two different sources?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi. As per the subject line: I bought an item for 4500 and paid 2000 with my credit card and 2500 by wire transfer. How should I proceed to correctly register this transaction? Thanks, F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com

Re: [GNC] How to handle a purchase I paid using money from two different sources?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
t; > On Sep 23, 2024, at 4:18 PM, Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > > > > Hi. > > As per the subject line: I bought an item for 4500 and paid 2000 with my > > credit card and 2500 by wire transfer. > > How should I proceed to correctly register this transacti

Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period in the past which is not in GnuCash?

2024-09-23 Thread Boniforti Flavio
effect of "undoing" the errors in the original entry, > but it's not as immediately clear as to how it should be entered. > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 1:16 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> mmm... OK, so now it can get very tricky (at least for me

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
, 24 Sep 2024 23:15:59 +0200 > Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > > Hi Chris. > > One account for each instrument? Really? To me this sounds > > exaggerated - or am I wrong? > > F. > > Quite reasonable to make one account for each asset, particularly if > your ta

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
n a single report over some of that information. > So when I moved to GC I made sure that the information I keep and track > (and my accounts are pretty sophisticated) are things I care about running > reports on or tracking in GC. So I am trying to do "just enough", but > plenty.

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
n of profit is thrown out of whack and if you do that your > taxation authorities tend to start accusing you of trying to avoid tax. > Such Inventory and CoGS accounts can have subaccounts for specific items > or classes of items where knowing that information is material to the > mana

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation question

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
dsheet and > manually match and check the items in the reconciliation panes and the > spreadsheet, particularly when reconciling my credit card because there > are generally more date mismatches, less so with bank accounts. > > David > On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 19:14 +0200, Boniforti Fl

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Stradivarius +$4000 > Income:CapGain -$4000 > > Asset:Bank +$14000 > Asset:Stradivarius -$14000 > > On Wed, 25 Sept 2024, 4:28 am Boniforti Flavio, > wrote: > >> Hi David. >> >> In fact I don't buy instruments with the goal of making profit out of >> them

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation question

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
ecord (statement) and your record, the Credit Card account in GnuCash. > > David Cousens > > On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 23:40 +0200, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi Maf. > > > > I understand reconciling the "Fund Out" - I compare the right part of > > the >

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation question

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
< tommy.truss...@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 12:16 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> >> Please excuse me that it's in German, but this is how it looks like for >> the latest credit card bill >> > > Your English seems to be very good, but you may no

[GNC] Owning stocks which are not publicly quoted - which account type suits better?

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi. I'm partner and own stocks of the company I work for. This company is not on the public market. The stock value is defined once per year and dividends are then paid out. Do I understand correctly, that I don't have to set up a "stock" type account for this, as those stocks are not publicly tra

Re: [GNC] Owning stocks which are not publicly quoted - which account type suits better?

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
ever wanted to generate them. > > What makes you believe it shouldn't be? > > -Original Message- > From: Boniforti Flavio > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 4:57 PM > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: [GNC] Owning stocks which are not publicly quoted - whic

Re: [GNC] Owning stocks which are not publicly quoted - which account type suits better?

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
not taxed) > > I'm not a financial expert, so I may have missed something. > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 3:57 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Hi. >> I'm partner and own stocks of the company I work for. This company is not >> on the public mark

[GNC] Entering my real estate and mortgage?

2024-09-28 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi. I am sure somebody can help me validate my understanding on how to add/enter my real estate and my mortgage correctly into GC. I would enter it as follows (let's assume the real estate total cost is 500k): Assets:Fixed Assets:Real Estate - increase 300k Liabilities:Loans:Mortgage Loans: - in

[GNC] Assets in different currencies and net total

2024-09-28 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi. I do have assets (and expenses) in two currencies. Am I right in understanding that the "net assets" is in my default/main currency and what I own in my second currency is not being converted into my primary currency? If it is like that, is there a way to have the value updated (from secondary

Re: [GNC] Entering my real estate and mortgage?

2024-09-29 Thread Boniforti Flavio
>: > On 2024-09-28 14:07, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > I would enter it as follows (let's assume the real estate total cost is > > 500k): > > > > Assets:Fixed Assets:Real Estate - increase 300k > > Liabilities:Loans:Mortgage Loans: - increase 300k > >

Re: [GNC] Entering my real estate and mortgage?

2024-09-29 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi Michael. Thanks for helping. In fact just reading your first sentence, made it become clear: opening the books on 31.12.2023 means that every previous transaction has already been accounted for. I'm in Switzerland and there's no thing like the escrow account you've mentioned - thanks. F. htt

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-19 Thread Boniforti Flavio
with any applicable taxes will add additional steps to the > accounting as will making allowances returns of purchases to > suppliersof faulty equipment and returns of equipment to you with > faults by customers. You should consult an accountant and consumer > legislation in your jurisd

Re: [GNC] Credit cards - how to deal with those?

2024-09-19 Thread Boniforti Flavio
r the question "what did you use your > credit card to buy?" > > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > >> Hi Greg and thanks for your reply. >> Indeed I see that I already have an account called "Credit Card", which >&

[GNC] Another "multi-account" logical issue - any advice on how to register this?

2024-09-30 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. I'm again stuck with a specific type of transaction and would like to have it validated (or corrected). Suggestions on how you would do it are welcome as well - I might not be using the most intuitive way of registering it. So... I bought an item for 300. Paid for it from my checking acco

Re: [GNC] Another "multi-account" logical issue - any advice on how to register this?

2024-09-30 Thread Boniforti Flavio
;s time to mention that there are different systems of inventory > (FIFO/LIFO/Specific lot/average cost). > > > > On 09/30/2024 9:47 AM PDT Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > > > > > > Hi all. > > I'm again stuck with a specific type of transaction and would

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released

2024-09-30 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Do you know when the newest version will be available on Windows via "winget"? Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) schrieb am Mo., 30. Sept. 2024, 22:07: > I kind of thought that, John. Thanks for confirming. > > Maybe that should be added to the donation page? > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https

[GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-18 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi. Still very noob here, so bear with me please. I've got the following accounts (among others): Music equipment Music equipment sold Checking account When I buy music equipment, I take the money from my checking account and add it to the "music equipment" account. When I sell music equipment,

[GNC] Credit cards - how to deal with those?

2024-09-18 Thread Boniforti Flavio
... and another question from a noob: how to deal with credit card transactions? I usually would register it the day that I've done the transaction, so that I can trace each single credit card transaction. Of course I know that the money has not yet been deducted - it will happen once a month when

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
lt; stan...@fastmail.fm>: > On 2024-09-24 23:11, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Thanks for your input - it seems cumbersome to me, adding accounts for > each > > instrument I buy. Nevertheless, in my accounting ignorance, I think I > > understand it and it looks very nice and d

Re: [GNC] How to treat a sale which involves more accounts?

2024-09-24 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi Chris. Thanks for your input - it seems cumbersome to me, adding accounts for each instrument I buy. Nevertheless, in my accounting ignorance, I think I understand it and it looks very nice and detailed. I might try this next time I buy some instrument indeed! Thanks, F. https://www.instagram

Re: [GNC] Another "multi-account" logical issue - any advice on how to register this?

2024-10-02 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Thanks. I will continue looking it at this way. F. Chris Miller schrieb am Mi., 2. Okt. 2024, 16:28: > Hi Flavio, > > > I will think about whether I want to consider the shipping expense as > part > > of the value of the goods I bought or not. I understand the difference > and > > keeping shippi

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize

2024-10-02 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Oct 2, 2024, at 12:03, Boniforti Flavio > wrote: > > > > Hi all. > > > > On MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 I've just followed the instructions from the > GnuCash > > documentation to install the Finance::Quote mo

Re: [GNC] Dealing with mutual funds

2024-11-06 Thread Boniforti Flavio
of VT stock (using simple numbers to keep it >> easy), you have a transaction in IBKR-VT that purchased 5 shares for $100 >> and the "other" account would be an income account -- for me, it goes in >> "Income:Investment Income:Taxable:Dividends". >> >>

[GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-15 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. I've added VT security in my Security Editor. I've chosen to have it automatically updated using Alpha Vantage, for which I got an API key. Now, some instructions I found tell me to go under "Edit - Preferences" but on MacOS with GnuCash 5.9 there's no such menu option. So my first question

Re: [GNC] Dealing with mutual funds

2024-11-06 Thread Boniforti Flavio
al amount) are entered. The > ratio between these two numbers will remain the same always. > > But if GnuCash reports the price as 0.4615384615 and your broker says it's > .46, are you going to worry that your books don't match your broker? > > David T. > On Nov 6,

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

2024-11-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi Stan. You're right - it's not GNC, it's my (lack of) accounting knowledge. I might give a repeated read of chapter 2 - in the meantime I am still thankful for all the people on this list who are giving advices and helping me (and others) out. F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https:/

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

2024-11-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
but the way above, everything is recorded for future reference, > if need be. The shipping expense account will show both an increase of 50 > that the buyer paid in, and the decrease when the shipping was paid. > > How does that sound? > > > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 6:59 AM

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

2024-11-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
alue of my instrument), 35,49 (for the shipping) and a third one which goes into my "gain"... What do you think? F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Sa., 23. Nov. 2024 um 17:37 Uhr schrieb Michael or Penn

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

2024-11-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
etired and these days she only occasionally sells paintings mainly > to close friends - any income earned from that for example is > reportable, although not necessarily taxed. The devil is in the detail > here, hence our suggestions about getting professional advice. > > David > > >

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

2024-11-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
; being passed to the shipper through you, so the second treatment is most > likely to be appropriate but I cannot know for sure. > > Cheers > David > > > On Fri, 2024-11-22 at 09:14 +0100, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi David. > Shipping is factually paid by me with my money

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

2024-11-22 Thread Boniforti Flavio
t account an expense account. > > > > I don't see an Income anywhere in the list. > > > > Your asset should have gone down by 800 EUR, as you did. The gain in > > this > > sale is 414 EUR, of which the shipping should be an expense, and the > > Income &g

Re: [GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

2024-11-22 Thread Boniforti Flavio
u > meant to make that account an expense account. > > I don't see an Income anywhere in the list. > > Your asset should have gone down by 800 EUR, as you did. The gain in this > sale is 414 EUR, of which the shipping should be an expense, and the Income > will be 1214 minus

Re: [GNC] Multi-currency split

2024-11-28 Thread Boniforti Flavio
This is what I had to learn as well! I had the same issue, which was not logical to me... Well, I took a note and refer to that when I have such transactions. F. Fred Tydeman schrieb am Do., 28. Nov. 2024, 11:59: > Thank you for your help. > > It appears one has to enter values in the currency

Re: [GNC] Finance-Quote 1.64 released!

2024-11-28 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Do we need to do something to upgrade? Is it encouraged? F. Bruce Schuck schrieb am Do., 28. Nov. 2024, 03:11: > New version 1.64 of Finance-Quote is available with the following changes: > > * Update AlphaVantage.pm - Issue #447 > * Fix to Stooq.pm - Issue #445 > * Updat

Re: [GNC] Question about credit card reconciliation and invoice payment date.

2024-11-19 Thread Boniforti Flavio
get added, and then changed the date to match the > real date > > 2) Turn off the automated payment system, and enter the payment yourself > (Settings->Register and in the Reconciliation section, uncheck the > "automatic credit card payment") > > > > On Mon, Nov

Re: [GNC] Question about credit card reconciliation and invoice payment date.

2024-11-18 Thread Boniforti Flavio
have actually made that payment or not. I would probably use a special > text (maybe Sched?) in the Num[ber] box when first entering it, then change > the number to something real when I actually make the payment. If you carry > a balance you would need to adjust the amount too. > >

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