Re: [GNC] Bill allocated to the wrong account

2023-11-15 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 15:09:09 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 13:55, Maf. King wrote: > > On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 13:36:20 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > Hi David. > > Hi Maf > > > I presume these are vendor bills and were ent

Re: [GNC] Bill allocated to the wrong account

2023-11-15 Thread Maf. King
7;t > seem to see this "Assign as Payment" option on any transaction in the bank > account - including those where a single payment was made for a single > bill. > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 15:32, Maf. King wrote: > > On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 15:09:09 GMT David Ki

Re: [GNC] Adjusting column width on Gnucash

2023-11-17 Thread Maf. King
Hello Olaide, Welcome to the list. In brief, you need to be very precise with your mouse and manage to drag the right-hand side of the credit column to the right to make it more than 0 pixels wide. It can be a very difficut thing to actually do, though. see: https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 18 November 2023 04:17:50 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > Unfortunately, when entering the transaction into GnuCash, I created a > split and put the £7 bank fee into Expense -> Bank Charges. The result is > that £7 is accounted for twice. I'm show it as an expense, but the bank > statement

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 18 November 2023 15:45:07 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > *I have discovered that's not the source of the problem, which explains why > it does not go away if I delete the transaction! * OK, that clears up one part of the mystery! > > Debit: Expenses -> Stock £214.45 > Credit:Assets

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-19 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 19 November 2023 04:49:33 GMT G R Hewitt wrote: > I don't know if GC supports this, but when I was using Sage Line 50 you > could alter the VAT amount to match the invoice > before committing the transaction, and I often had to do this. > > G > I quite often have to include a line ite

Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions

2023-11-19 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 19 November 2023 06:17:07 GMT Liz wrote: > > Certainly being involved in a major data loss made me wary about my > credit card. > And that is a clear example of why, IMHO, one should enter txns "on the go" (daily / weekly / whatever) and not rely on the bank's statement (or downloa

Re: [GNC] Can I produce a trial balance as a simple CSV file?

2023-11-21 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 21 November 2023 12:58:32 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > I can see I can produce the trial balance as a PDF, but I can't see a way > to convert it to a CSV file, which I think he would prefer. The usual advice is the either: a. save the report as HTML b. select and copy the text of th

Re: [GNC] Last reconciled transactions have an error.

2023-11-22 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 22 November 2023 11:25:16 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > > Can I simply unreconcile them in this order? > > 1) 17/3/2023, > 2) 28/2/2023 > 3) 23/2/2023 > Yes. just unreconcile back to the known good date and work forwards again. I don't foresee any harm to your records (and a lo

Re: [GNC] Can I find transactions into an account that has only one split?

2023-11-25 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 25 November 2023 04:44:42 GMT Liz wrote: > > The new subscriber welcome message says > "Note that this list is configured NOT to automatically send replies > back to the list (as per > ). > That seems to be a dead link. Maf. > *** P

Re: [GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-27 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 27 November 2023 20:41:52 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > Business -> Payable Ageing > > gives me what is owned *today*, which is nothing. Can I find out what was > owed at the end of the accounting period? That's what I want. Short of > perhaps changing the date on the computer, which I'd r

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote upgrade

2023-12-04 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 4 December 2023 07:55:05 GMT James Edmunds wrote: > I tried to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 . There was some file > ! Can't configure the distribution. You probably need to have 'make'. See I don't know the exact package names for Ubuntu, but it looks to me that you need

Re: [GNC] How to export reports to spreadsheet format(s)?

2023-12-05 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:11:26 GMT Eric Chapman wrote: > When I try to print to file from GnuCash 4.14, I only see the three > options in the screenshot attached: PDF, PostScript, and SVG. Hmmm… > > On 12/5/23 10:08, Eric Chapman wrote: > > I did find this, but it does not appear to have

Re: [GNC] Two questions

2024-01-09 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 9 January 2024 14:37:57 GMT Fred Bone wrote: > On 08 January 2024 at 16:35, Barry Mahon said: > > [...] > > > 2. I subdivided an a/c to create a 2024 version, using the latest bank > > account balance as the opening balance. All Ok, but the entries are in > > red I cannot find in

Re: [GNC] How do you record the rounding of your netpay?

2024-01-27 Thread Maf. King
I don't have this sort of rounding arrangement on my paychecks, but I do have similar with one shareholding I have. I suggest you use GC to model reality, as far as possible.. Each paycheck gives you pennies of a liability (loan) from your employer. So use a liability account in your GC tre

Re: [GNC] 'Total Period' shows 'Total' for one bank account

2024-02-03 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 3 February 2024 15:16:40 GMT G R Hewitt wrote: > What's not to like? the length of time it takes to toast a marshmallow or a smore . ;-0 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences o

Re: [GNC] Export values to Excel

2019-11-03 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 3 November 2019 12:00:02 GMT Bumbling Amateur via gnucash-user wrote: > In order to submit my VAT return to HMRC I need to populate an Excel > spreadsheet with some values (maximum of 9) from various accounts in > gnucash. The spreadsheet then submits the values to HMRC. > > For exampl

Re: [GNC] Export values to Excel

2019-11-04 Thread Maf. King
; ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.g

Re: [GNC] How to create report on checking showing only withdrawals? Or only deposits?

2019-11-11 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 11 November 2019 18:39:25 GMT Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: > > But, going the Transaction Report route will not let me see only deposits or > only withdrawals... so your way is best because it actually works :-) > Thanks again, Fran3 > > just a thought, can't the transaction report

Re: [GNC] Locked out of gnucash

2019-11-18 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 18 November 2019 16:51:14 GMT Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I agree, using the PID won’t work, because although GnuCash is not (yet) a > multi-user app, some people do use it from various machines with the file > stored on a network. A PID check won’t mean anything to one machine when > th

Re: [GNC] UK. Value added tax.

2019-11-20 Thread Maf. King
i.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- Maf. King PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7 2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542

Re: [GNC] UK. Value added tax.

2019-11-21 Thread Maf. King
I didn't make it clear that they offer a bridge spreadsheet for Linux... On Wednesday, 20 November 2019 21:23:33 GMT Maf. King wrote: > I have used this bridge product twice now, with experimental CSV report > directly output by GC > > https://www.chm-software.co.uk/ > >

Re: [GNC] Compacted column

2019-12-09 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 9 December 2019 14:07:53 GMT Tony Vanson wrote: > Hi all, > I've somehow managed to vertically compact an account column so that it > only shows as a thick vertical line and I cannot see what's in it. I seem > to recall a fix, to expand a column, some time ago but cannot locate it. > I'd

Re: [GNC] How to change default book/file to open in GC 2.6 under

2020-01-10 Thread Maf. King
brux > > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see &

Re: [GNC] Lost all and why backups are not backups?

2020-01-27 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 26 January 2020 20:11:07 GMT Deane K Yamane wrote: > I lost all my GnuCash changes even if I saved everything with the latest > 3.8. I would love any help or ideas for recovery. Also why do all backups > only bring up the latest GnuCash file instead of the back up from that > date? It’s

Re: [GNC] Missing invoice on Income & GST Statement Report

2020-02-02 Thread Maf. King
gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> If you are > >> using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > >> <https://wi

Re: [GNC] Gnu Cash Reports

2020-02-15 Thread Maf. King
On Friday, 14 February 2020 16:14:43 GMT FRANK WILSON via gnucash-user wrote: > Good afternoon > Are there any reports, or can reports be created, that will list; > i) All disbursements from start of financial year to end of financial year? > ii) All receipts from start of financial year to end of

Re: [GNC] How to balance checking account in GC?

2020-02-29 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 29 February 2020 15:50:16 GMT Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: > First, since IANAA I'm unsure if there is a difference in "reconciling" your > checking account vs "balancing" your checking account... The later used by > me to note that I've matched the bank statement to my entries in th

Re: [GNC] Fastest ways to enter my transactions into GnuCash ?

2020-03-01 Thread Maf. King
Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- Maf. King PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7 2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] Multiple copies of gnucash-user messages from the list

2020-03-02 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 2 March 2020 20:09:37 GMT Alan wrote: > > yet I'm still receiving hundreds of dupe > messages with [via GnuCash]appended to each user name. You had that info > two months ago. I don't see [via Gnucash] (or anything similar) routinely appended to messages from the list. I respectfull

Re: [GNC] Multiple copies of gnucash-user messages from the list

2020-03-03 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 2 March 2020 21:26:57 GMT David H wrote: > Maf, > > I'm using the gmail web interface if I open your email and click the > dropdown triangle next to you details this is what I see - note the via > gnucash :-) > > from:Maf. King via >

Re: [GNC] Help Find Feature

2020-03-07 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:34:33 GMT Gio Bacareza wrote: > Hi, > > I've read the manual, tried everything and searched the lists but can't > seem to figure out how you can search for ALL expense transactions from a > certain account. > > Any help would be appreciated. Try the transaction repor

Re: [GNC] How to track Family expenses ?

2020-03-12 Thread Maf. King
subscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or

Re: [GNC] How to track Family expenses ?

2020-03-14 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 14 March 2020 04:04:51 GMT Long wrote: > It's many things to resolve if you : > 1 - Changed Account's structure (open your eyes, edit your XML very careful > to update your account's structure). You can change the accounts structure inside gnucash easily and at any time - no need to

Re: [GNC] Switching from PC to chromebook

2020-03-26 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 21:03:06 GMT Bel Cevallos wrote: > Hello, all - > My PC recently died and took with it my amazing gnucash. Thankfully, I > backed everything up so I have the backup files, but my new computer is a > Chromebook. I looked online to see if I could find ways of importing the

Re: [GNC] Starting Balance in Reconciliation Window wrong

2020-04-06 Thread Maf. King
scribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List

Re: [GNC] Export & Import Account tree for a new file

2020-04-20 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 19 April 2020 15:36:30 BST Anita Graves via gnucash-user wrote: > Dear Gnucash people, > > I have tried unsuccessfully nearly 20 times to export the account tree from > last year and import it to a new file for this year. > > Do I have to close the book??? I do not want to do that. >

Re: [GNC] Gnucash logs

2020-04-26 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 26 April 2020 15:38:41 BST Stan Brown wrote: > > And I would urge strongly that the setting should default to the normal > location for temp files, not to the same location as the data file. > Again, I'm thinking of the new user who is surprised to find dozens or > even hundreds of ext

Re: [GNC] Change account type by editing XML?

2020-04-29 Thread Maf. King
unts hierarchy and all > seemed well. > > Before I do this to all instances in my working file are there any > potential adverse consequences that doing this could cause that I am > not aware of? > > Thanks. > > David -- Maf. King PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A9

Re: [GNC] Reporting combinations of accounts

2020-04-30 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 29 April 2020 23:51:13 BST Ruaraidh wrote: > I'm in the UK where married couples are taxed separately and have to file > separately. I'm not a tax expert, but I've just googled it and find > confirmation on both government and accountants' web sites: husbands and > wives (the words us

Re: [GNC] Reporting combinations of accounts

2020-04-30 Thread Maf. King
On Thursday, 30 April 2020 10:30:04 BST Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton wrote: > Thanks Maf, > > You're right it's not a big deal, there aren't many additional calculations > to do, and they're easy calculations. But hey, GC is an accounting system > and it can do the sums needed for our tax reports,

Re: [GNC] Stock quotes for BT.A

2020-06-06 Thread Maf. King
preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation Roll Back

2024-05-28 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 28 May 2024 09:49:05 BST Peter Cuthbert via gnucash-user wrote: > The reason I suspect > is that the opening balance that it picked up seemed way too high but I > know of no way to make sure that the opening balance is the correct one. Only by visual inspection - if you completed th

Re: [GNC] Adding ASSETS & LIABILITIES to sub accounts

2024-05-31 Thread Maf. King
Hi Luis, Welcome to GnuCash! On Friday, 31 May 2024 06:09:12 BST Luis Sini wrote: > Dear Jim, > Since GnuCash is open source, i was wondering how members are able to > contribute to it? Who adds features and make changes to the software. Im > not a programmer, but perhaps i could find someonw th

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

2024-09-04 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 3 September 2024 22:54:42 BST Kalpesh Patel wrote: > Couldn't one can elect to track paycheck by net rather than gross? > One could. but one probably shouldn't. Extending the thought exercise, one could elect to just record all income / expenses to the singular top-level accounts,

Re: [GNC] GNU generated report in HTML to XL

2019-01-02 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 15:24:57 GMT Finbar Mahon wrote: > Hello, > > I exported a GNUCash report to HTMl, but I don't seem to be able to > import it to LibreOffice Calc, the LibreOffice xl equivalent. > > Does anybody know if I must use 'real' MS XL to receive the HTML file? > In LibreOffic

Re: [GNC] Car loan with downpayment using a credit card

2019-01-05 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 5 January 2019 00:34:59 GMT Taymour A. El Erian wrote: > > Message: 5 > > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 19:59:55 -0600 > > From: Adrien Monteleone > > To: Gnucash Users > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Car loan with downpayment using a credit card > > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; c

Re: [GNC] Stocks/Equities queries (Australian Based)

2019-01-05 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 5 January 2019 06:42:58 GMT Xboxboy Mageia wrote: > But for the time being, my question is: > If I setup my accounts as they are now, using an opening balance, can I at > a later date go back and adjust, and enter the earlier purchases/dividends > of stocks/equities? > Yes, but you'

Re: [GNC] How do I access the forum without using Nabble

2019-01-19 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 19 January 2019 10:10:57 GMT john_mike wrote: > I am very confused as to how I am meant to access the forum. I am posting > this via nabble. I seem to remember that that isn't necessary. That being > the case how am I meant to access it and create a new thread. > Hi Johnmike, your c

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what to do??

2019-01-19 Thread Maf. King
er period may have been (unwittingly) un- reconciled by you editing something in one of the other registers affecting the transaction. Have you possibly put a transaction in the wrong column - eg a retailer refund to a credit card is easy (with auto-complete's help) to put in as a purchase with

Re: [GNC] Date Completion - sliding 12 month window

2019-01-21 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 21 January 2019 08:43:36 GMT Geert Janssens wrote: > Op maandag 21 januari 2019 00:09:28 CET schreef John Ralls: > > > On Jan 20, 2019, at 1:48 PM, Colin Law wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2019 at 19:20, Parke wrote: > > >> ... > > >> Come 2020, I may try switching to Lubuntu 20.04

Re: [GNC] Date Completion - sliding 12 month window

2019-01-21 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 21 January 2019 16:24:36 GMT John Ralls wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2019, at 12:43 AM, Geert Janssens > > wrote:> > > Op maandag 21 januari 2019 00:09:28 CET schreef John Ralls: > >>> On Jan 20, 2019, at 1:48 PM, Colin Law wrote: > >>> > >>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2019 at 19:20, Parke wrote: > >>

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what to do??

2019-01-29 Thread Maf. King
stand the idea of an imperfect reconcilliation. Either you & your bank agree about things, or you don't. I get that you can look at the running balance of an account and say "yep, close enough" but that is NOT reconcilling. Maf. > > Maybe I should just work

Re: [GNC] Recording/Reporting transfers between accounts

2019-02-01 Thread Maf. King
On Friday, 1 February 2019 14:31:21 GMT Finbar Mahon wrote: > Hello, > > At year end I need to record the transactions that have been made > between accounts. > > Firstly, I am not sure of the logic to be used - > > So, if I want to transfer €1000 to another a/c, I fill in 'transfer to > x' in

Re: [GNC] Liabilities and Net Worth in Android app

2019-02-01 Thread Maf. King
On Friday, 1 February 2019 09:27:29 GMT Chris wrote: > Dear GnuCash community, > > I recently installed the Android app for the first time and played > around with it. I noticed two things that I am not sure about and wanted > to ask your opinion/advice. > Hi, I imagine that it will come as a su

Re: [GNC] Liabilities and Net Worth in Android app

2019-02-02 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 2 February 2019 11:29:20 GMT humming.b...@posteo.net wrote: > > Thank you for your friendly clarification. Apologies for this. I will > write to the email you provided. (Indeed I got to write to this list > through the GnuCash.org website since the Android app is promoted there > and

Re: [GNC] Backup recovery

2019-02-11 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 11 February 2019 09:10:30 GMT Finbar Mahon wrote: > that I was working on another backup. I don't recall making one > specifically but it was probably part of a 'general' HD backup. However, > I have no idea how or when I restored it, if I ever did, Finbar, re-read the GC info abo

Re: [GNC] Backup recovery

2019-02-11 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 11 February 2019 10:35:30 GMT you wrote: > OK, thanks. So, it is 'normal' to be using it? > No, you risk data loss at the point of opening the backup. let me clarify. Your data file is called (for example) "mybooks.gnucash" All timestamps are made up (but plausible) you enter a tra

Re: [GNC] Backup recovery

2019-02-11 Thread Maf. King
Hi Finbar. Comments in-line below... On Monday, 11 February 2019 13:24:32 GMT Finbar Mahon wrote: > Wow, this is getting (more) complicated - > > You said - > > [When Gnucash starts, it *normally* opens the file that was open when > you shutdown last time around, > > so it is fairly easy to ge

Re: [GNC] Backup recovery

2019-02-12 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 12 February 2019 12:09:22 GMT Finbar Mahon wrote: > Well, I hope I understood all that. > > I did a save as in a new folder called GNU FEB 12 2019, >Saved all the > open accounts, >closed them, >quit and then reopened GNUcash. > > Voila, afaics, a file opened called GNU FEB12 2019.gnu

Re: [GNC] how do I choose no file to open when opening gnucash?

2019-02-13 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 13 February 2019 13:47:04 GMT D via gnucash-user wrote: > Invoke Gnucash from a terminal window with the --nofile option. > > Does --nofile work on a Mac? I thought there was no way to stop the last-used file opening on OSX? Maf. _

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-02-17 Thread Maf. King
__ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Ma

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-02-17 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 17 February 2019 11:57:58 GMT Christopher Lam wrote: > > I can amend Income-GST-statement, which is tailor-made for periodic > GST/VAT returns, to output CSV or XML. But so far there's little demand > nor willing beta-testers. > *Raises Hand in the Air* I'll volunteer to test. With

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-02-19 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 17 February 2019 12:23:39 GMT Maf. King wrote: > On Sunday, 17 February 2019 11:57:58 GMT Christopher Lam wrote: > > I can amend Income-GST-statement, which is tailor-made for periodic > > GST/VAT returns, to output CSV or XML. But so far there's little demand

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-02-19 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 19 February 2019 11:41:12 GMT ref...@gmx.net wrote: > I am struggling to.understand at the moment the reporting language, which I > understand is a lisp variant. But what I can see from reading the > transaction report's source files, is that all logic is very nicely > compartmentalized

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-02-19 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 19 February 2019 12:25:30 GMT Maf. King wrote: > automatically drop CSV files on a > user's disk is such a so smart! > That's what happens when the phone rings... gibberish out. started off as "...user's disk is such a good idea" and got half-edi

Re: [GNC] QIF import - Loss of sign

2019-02-23 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 23 February 2019 03:37:15 GMT Rustyc wrote: > Derek - Second question re your response: > > > > Edit the account in question and check on the account type. > > Looked at the Account but could not see an option anywhere to specify > "Account Type" - apart from "Asset", "Expense" etc.

Re: [GNC] Test email to Mailing List: I've been having Issues Sending to list

2019-03-06 Thread Maf. King
man/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- Maf. King PGP Ke

Re: [GNC] Using a mysql database?

2019-03-13 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 13 March 2019 12:53:13 GMT Joseph Vernice wrote: > There are no logon credentials for an XML database, making it easy for > someone to access your data. I use a mysql database that requires > credentials to log on. Also, I change the port from the default 3306 to > something else.

Re: [GNC] HELP! No lock!?

2019-03-13 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 13 March 2019 18:09:12 GMT Jack Slater wrote: > Just tried to start up GC. Fresh boot of Win 10 PC and I get a message > window: > > "GnuCash could not obtain the lock for C:\" ( etc. file location) > > option to open read only (wont work for me!),create new file, open anyway, > qui

Re: [GNC] How do I create a last year (2018) expense report

2019-03-15 Thread Maf. King
On Friday, 15 March 2019 19:53:55 GMT Jack Slater wrote: > By Category? I'd start with the transaction report, I think. HTH Maf. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https:/

Re: [GNC] Saved report configurations

2019-03-19 Thread Maf. King
te your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - > Please remember to CC this list on all your re

Re: [GNC] macOS Mojave 10.14.3 cannot open GNUCASH

2019-03-20 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:52:28 GMT suk wah Bernstein wrote: > fyi FINDER not responding. force quit? > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 11:34 AM suk wah Bernstein < > > sukwahbernst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > fyi color wheels still spinning in desktop where icon is and Applications > > after several

Re: [GNC] Bills in Gnucash

2019-03-30 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 30 March 2019 09:09:21 GMT Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I haven’t started a new file since 3.2 but that used to be an option when > doing so. It could be done later if not in the startup wizard. Perhaps > choosing the business account s template set the preference for you. > > Regards,

Re: [GNC] Bills in Gnucash

2019-03-30 Thread Maf. King
process. Of course, GC allows the editing of the tree at any time, and there is a pref (somewhere) for business details so it can all be done manually after the wizard has run, I don't recall an "enable business" flag/option as such in GC HTH, Maf. -- ~~

Re: [GNC] QIF Import Fails

2019-04-04 Thread Maf. King
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Re: [GNC] Restoring backups

2019-04-05 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 6 April 2019 00:25:12 BST Fuchs Ira wrote: > I wanted to go back to a saved .gnucash file but when I open it, it contains > transactions that were entered after the date of the file. What am I doing > wrong or how do I return the ledger to a saved point in the past? Are you using a Ma

Re: [GNC] Restoring backups

2019-04-05 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 6 April 2019 01:04:22 BST Ira Fuchs wrote: > Yes. > OK, that probably explains your problem. On Macs, you can't open a GC file by clicking on it. GC *always* opens the last-used data file. to swap files on a Mac, you have to use File -> Open and navigate to the file you want to

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

2019-04-10 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 9 April 2019 19:21:16 BST rmom...@gmail.com wrote: > If you create an invoice that later becomes uncollectible, there is no way > to charge it off to a bad debt expense account from within the invoice. > Suggestions? > Hi, haven't had to do this for a while (thnakfully!), but ISTR th

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-04-11 Thread Maf. King
On Thursday, 11 April 2019 04:48:31 BST Christopher Lam wrote: > 3.5 is out and I promised to offer CSV output. Has anyone confirmed the > exact CSV (or JSON) format desired by their *bridging* software? > > Please be aware that direct communication to HMRC is best done by bridging > software out

Re: [GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

2019-04-13 Thread Maf. King
Hi, Answers inline below... On Saturday, 13 April 2019 09:14:39 BST ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > Hi All, especially Adrian, > > Here is what I have so far. > > I have two accounts: > "Little Visa", which is a Credit card account > "Little Visa -- Expense", which is an expens

Re: [GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

2019-04-14 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 14 April 2019 07:59:55 BST ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > Hi Adrian, > > I found a slick way of switching every thing around. > No, you stumbled onto the correct way to do it... as described in the docs. Maf. ___ gnucash-use

Re: [GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

2019-04-14 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 14 April 2019 09:12:20 BST ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > Maf. > > The docs described the mouse and minus sign? Can you give me a > link. There must be a bunch of neat tips there! > > :-) > there are neat tricks documented all over the place. https://www.gnucash.org/doc

Re: [GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

2019-04-15 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 14 April 2019 23:40:03 BST ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > Hi Maf, > > Cool. Thank you! > > I am finding that I like the View --> AutoSplit Ledger the best. > > Just out of curiosity, did your have Bookkeeping / accounting > experience before starting with GnuCash? > Hi Tod

Re: [GNC] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-16 Thread Maf. King
; Regards, > Justin Mathew > mjus...@protonmail.com > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > h

Re: [GNC] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-16 Thread Maf. King
wrong analytics, > etc.). > > If this behavior isn't because of the way we (users) are doing it, shall I > notify in the development list to consider this as an error and correct it? > > > - > Regards, > Justin Mathew > mjus...@protonmail.com > > Sent wit

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-17 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:35:15 BST Christopher Lam wrote: > I suspect there's vocabulary issue here. > > Justin are you talking about Dividends whereby the business owner (with > shareholders) sends monies to shareholders? I don't know how to book these > transactions. Asset:Bank -> Expenses

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-17 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 17 April 2019 08:51:00 BST Maf. King wrote: > Said text goes on to explain that the act of declaring a dividend to be > payable creates a liability account on the company. When dividends are > paid, that liability account is cleared from equity:retained Earnings >

Re: [GNC] VAT Reporting

2019-04-25 Thread Maf. King
Hi Laurel, not got time at the moment to answer you properly, but I do VAT reports with a few runs of the transaction report. Christopher Lam has supplied a GST report that I'm looking at for the impending Make Tax Difficult transition. I am confident there will be a solution that will be wo

Re: [GNC] VAT Reporting

2019-04-26 Thread Maf. King
> > All best, > > -Laurel. > > > On 25 Apr 2019, at 18:02, Maf. King wrote: > > > > Hi Laurel, > > > > not got time at the moment to answer you properly, but I do VAT reports > > with few runs of the transaction report. > > > > C

Re: [GNC] Tips for reporting

2019-04-27 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 27 April 2019 15:53:38 BST V. Vatsal via gnucash-user wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to get a more granular look at one of my expense categories, and > hoping that one of the gurus can tell me how best to do it. > > Basically, I want to be able to set a date range, and see all the >

Re: [GNC] Tips for reporting

2019-04-27 Thread Maf. King
s have changed dramatically between 2.x > and 3.x, so the OP would need to be using 3.5 to get those features. But > otherwise you are correct. > > David > > On April 27, 2019, at 9:29 PM, "Maf. King" wrote: > > On Saturday, 27 April 2019 15:53:38 BST V. Vatsal via gnu

Re: [GNC] Dimensions in Accounts

2019-04-29 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 29 April 2019 11:18:31 BST Sachin Danave wrote: > Sorry I was not clear on my requirement. > > I want a Classification field which is attached to an account. This could > be an "owner", so while we have a single Parent Bank account, and 2 > accounts of me and my wife below it, I need so

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-04-30 Thread Maf. King
gards, Maf. On Thursday, 11 April 2019 11:08:27 BST Maf. King wrote: > On Thursday, 11 April 2019 04:48:31 BST Christopher Lam wrote: > > 3.5 is out and I promised to offer CSV output. Has anyone confirmed the > > exact CSV (or JSON) format desired by their *bridging* software?

Re: [GNC] CN?

2019-04-30 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 30 April 2019 18:30:55 BST David Burleigh wrote: > On the "Due Bills Reminder" that pops up whenever I start GnuCash, what > does the column heading "CN?" mean? I believe that is "Credit Note" HTH, Maf. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnuc

Re: [GNC] Please respond to this request for help!

2019-04-30 Thread Maf. King
On Tuesday, 30 April 2019 19:02:07 BST David Jaggar wrote: > Hello All: > This is my second request; no response to my first one. > I cannot get Gnucash 3.5 to install on Windows 10. The dtaus.xml file is > suspended during the installation process and the whole installation hangs > up. Gnucash 3.5

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-05-01 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 1 May 2019 01:14:34 BST you wrote: > Oops realised that recording the capital purchase as expense then > immediately create a kludge txn from expense to capital-asset won't work: > it would be classed as a 'refund'. I have no other workaround. > > Just wondering what exactly are the

Re: [GNC] Please respond to this request for help!

2019-05-01 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 1 May 2019 17:32:49 BST David Jaggar wrote: > Hello Sachin, > I'm in Britain, so with the time difference, it has meant a delay in > following up. > Good thinking to install on another computer. I did that on a friend's > computer (also Windows 10) and it installed with no problem. Ho

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

2019-05-02 Thread Maf. King
On Wednesday, 1 May 2019 01:14:34 BST Christopher Lam wrote: > > Sorry for long answer, hope is informative. If you have a better strategy > > to offer, to account for your Asset:Bank -> Asset:CapitalAssets + > > VAT:Paid-on-Purchases use cases, I'm all ears! Meanwhile the short > > workaround abo

Re: [GNC] Liabilities

2019-05-04 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 4 May 2019 20:20:40 BST Stephen C. Camidge wrote: > New user, may be obvious. > > For some reason the parent account Liabilities shows up after Income. Income > shows up after Expenses. How do I reposition them? > Hi Stephen, You mean in the Chart of Accounts? I think that is sort

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