Re: [GNC] Newbie

On 8/8/2019 6:47 AM, S. Sliackus wrote: Hi guys I am new to GnuCash. I came up with this piece of software by searching practical solution to couple of my charities and small business. I have quite mixed feelings about this program, I found some things over complicated (some invoicing aspects,

Re: [GNC] Questions on how best to setup a non-profit account in gnucash

On 8/8/2019 12:24 PM, Larry Wagner wrote: I would like some comments about how one would set up gnucash for a non-profit. Here are some of the specifics: What kind of non-profit are you? What do you have to file with what jurisdictions? << There are non-profits that do not pay taxes, but a

Re: [GNC] journal entries

On 8/12/2019 12:45 PM, Clint Chaplin wrote: This is also similar to NetSuite, which is an on-line double entry bookkeeping service, and where "journal entries" are a special case transaction, even though by definition everything is really a journal entry. It is definitely a terminology confusio

Re: [GNC] journal entries

On 8/13/2019 10:57 AM, Dale Alspach wrote: The Gnucash documentation could make some general statements about differences between Gnucash and other accounting software, but it would be too much to expect specifics about the other software. Dale Gnucash IS ordinary, run of the mill, double entr

Re: [GNC] Bookkeeping for a club's charity account - use business features?

On 8/23/2019 10:59 AM, Wm via gnucash-user wrote: For example, the price of the meals at meetings is rounded up to the nearest pound, and the remainder is earmarked for “Charity Choice”. Not all members attend every meeting, and some members skip the meal and make a token payment to Charity C

Re: [GNC] Bookkeeping for a club's charity account - use business features?

On 8/24/2019 11:57 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: Thanks, Mike. The club itself keeps its own financial records for running expenses etc. Any income arising from charitable activities is passed to a trust which is registered as a charity with OSCR (the relevant regulatory authority in Scotland).

Re: [GNC] Bookkeeping for a club's charity account - use business features?

On 8/24/2019 5:39 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: This is for the Gift Aid claim. We have to put in an annual claim to the taxman, identifying each contributor and his/her total amount donated during the year. Many UK charities use this method to boost their income - for example, when you pay the N

Re: [GNC] Bookkeeping for a club's charity account - use business features?

sier to export full reports and then copy into a document that gets edited to remove extraneous detail, insert annotations, etc. On 24 Aug 2019, at 23:03, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: On 8/24/2019 5:39 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: This is for the Gift Aid claim. We have to put in an annual claim

Re: [GNC] Bookkeeping for a club's charity account - use business features?

On 8/26/2019 6:49 AM, Greg Feneis wrote: Michael, I use GnuCash for my cash business and don't have any trouble with it. I think the only trouble you may have is with report generation. Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Pixel 3) Well yes, it is precisely that, adjustments necessary to convert "accru

Re: [GNC] Bookkeeping for a club's charity account - use business features?

On 8/27/2019 2:40 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: I had understood from a recent response from Mike Novack that using an accrual-basis system for cash-basis organisation would be wrong. "Wrong" is the wrong term. I did not say that. I said that adjustments might have to be made (the books kept on ac

Re: [GNC] 2 Questions About Debit Cards

On 8/28/2019 5:52 AM, Haim Roman wrote: I get separate statements for the checking account & debit card. On the checking account, it just notes that money was transferred to the debit card. It's the debit card statement that says to whom I paid. In addition, sometimes the checking statment notes

Re: [GNC] Non-expense, non-income transactions?

On 9/3/2019 3:08 PM, Roderick Anderson wrote: This might be on the edge between using GnuCash and Accounting principals. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. I am the Treasurer for a small 501(c)(3) with all my accounting knowledge as OJT. Nothing formal. I am looking for suggestio

Re: [GNC] Thank you

On 9/4/2019 9:09 AM, Doug wrote: Thanks Adrien. Every year I need to send my data to my accountant who does not (yet) use Gnucash. I did not have any success exporting to .qif files: not sure why. (Would not read into Quickbooks) I thought a spreadsheet might be better way to go. This is a n

Re: [GNC] Simple Reports

On 9/9/2019 10:28 AM, mrtibbsabq wrote: Hi. I have been using GnuCash for awhile now but I cannot see a way to tunnel down into the data and generate some simple reports. I would like to generate a report between two dates that show only the expenses for a specific expense category. That seemed e

Re: [GNC] Assign one payment to multiple invoices (from several customers)

On 9/12/2019 7:40 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: Um, no, it does not appear regularly. Indeed, this is the first time in 19 years that someone has asked about paying invoices for multiple customers with a single payment. I would think this situation rare, but not unheard of. As the customer, I usual

Re: [GNC] How to manage earmarked funds

On 9/12/2019 1:49 PM, Fred Frazelle wrote: Dear sirs: We are a non-profit and receive contributions. Every once in a while the Assembly sets up a fund for something special, like a Center and the believers contribute. The money in this fund cannot be used for anything else. Since we ar

Re: [GNC] Gnucash not obtaining lock Solved

On 9/13/2019 1:50 PM, Bob Hammons wrote: The trouble was Windows Defender in a recent update blocked Gnucash, Quicken and Open Office data directories. This was in the Ransom ware section Here is a website that explains how to fix this .. Wasn't very nice of MS to do this without any no

Re: [GNC] Gnucash not obtaining lock Solved

On 9/14/2019 5:59 PM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: Well, actually, yes. And it makes sense. They’re trying to protect you from ransomware - software that encrypts your stuff and then offers to give you the decryption key if you pay up. The idea is that a known list of applications are allowed to

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

On 9/15/2019 9:15 AM, Daniel Wieberdink wrote: I was hoping to transition to Gnucash to track finances for the small church we belong to. I started by optimistically trying to import about 3 years worth of transactions from Aplos into GC via a CSV file. That didn't go as smoothly as I hoped. Let

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

On 9/15/2019 7:03 PM, David Carlson wrote: I think other GnuCash users often resort to spreadsheets or other software when the GnuCash reports don't meet their needs. David Carlson OR additional sets of books (virtual books, etc. ) Using this sort of entity as an example, suppose a church/no

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

On 9/15/2019 10:01 PM, Peter West wrote: . That means that increases in an Asset are debits, while decreases are credits; and increases in Liabilities (or Equity) are credits, while decreases are debits. Income increases assets; an increase in an asset is a debit; therefore the balancing entr

Re: [GNC] PSD2

On 9/18/2019 3:42 PM, Fred Bone wrote: This is likely to be completely incompatible with fetching account data programatically, given that many seem to think the best approach is a one-time passcode sent via SMS to your mobile phone after validating your id and password. This seems to becomin

Re: [GNC] Bank check - debit and credit?

On 9/19/2019 9:20 AM, orn...@tutanota.com wrote: How does one debit and credit for a bank check when the person/company doesn't want to accept a personal check? I usually forgo reality and just record that I sent the personal check directly to the individual, but that's not exactly what happen

Re: [GNC] Bank check - debit and credit?

On 9/19/2019 10:35 AM, orn...@tutanota.com wrote: Let me expand a little. This is for personal use, such as the purchase of artwork or a service, so its purpose is not for a business. Recent examples were for repair of a vintage fountain pen or a wrist watch. The repairers asked for a bank che

Re: [GNC] Badly formed URL unknown-type

On 9/20/2019 1:08 PM, Uttam Chakravorty wrote: To go back a little, I have become so sure of GnuCash I have become lazy about taking a milestone backup after every session. I have no excuse as we do the books every 3-6 weeks so it was not really too hard to do. I'm sure Uttam doesn't need thi

Re: [GNC] Credit card account with two cards

On 9/25/2019 12:14 AM, Zacharie Durand wrote: Hello, I’m wondering if anyone has dealt with multiple credit cards under a single credit card account? My spouse and I each have a credit card under a single credit card account. We make purchases on our separate credit cards. Each month I receiv

Re: [GNC] Credit card account with two cards

On 9/25/2019 9:49 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: Nope, this is handled by Employee Expense Vouchers. If you have anemployee card, when you enter an expense you can mark it as Cash or Card,which dictates whether to reimburse the employee or put it on a(corporate) credit card. Multiple employees can "s

Re: [GNC] Credit card account with two cards

On 9/25/2019 1:53 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: which is contrary to your statement that GnuCash cannot do it. Would you care to specify WHERE you saw that statement you claim is from me? And I believe we are talking about VERY different issues. As I have pointed out, not MY problem since all th

Re: [GNC] Unsplitting a transaction

On 6/5/2019 3:45 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: If you did that, then you didn't properly remove the other splits. You need to go into each cell and manually remove the data, then tab out.. Then use the arrow key to move up and the split will disappear. Continue until all the extra splits are

Re: [GNC] Unsplitting a transaction

On 6/6/2019 10:07 AM, Stephen C. Camidge wrote: For personal use and for most businesses, this would be the appropriate method. For larger businesses with EDP Auditors (do they still exist?) and regulations with accountability for the how data is maintained, the transactions should be locked.

Re: [GNC] Export files for audit

On 6/7/2019 9:54 AM, Mike stagl wrote: This is end of my first year as Treasurer of a PTA, and my first year using gnucash. What is the best way to export or print a year's worth of gnucash data for an auditor to review? What is the auditor asking for? Is the auditor willing to install gnucash

Re: [GNC] Local one-on-one tutorial help with Gnucash?

On 6/11/2019 8:07 PM, Libby Shaw wrote: Looking for an experienced Gnucash user in or near Watertown, Massachusetts who could provide a few hours of tutorial help with Gnucash. Libby, I am both an experienced gnucash user and been Treasurer for 501(c)3's. Unfortunately, at my age, Wat

Re: [GNC] New computer to set up gnucash and migrate from old.

On 6/16/2019 2:22 AM, rhrosebr wrote: Just bought a new win 10 computer. Old computer hd unstable. How do I get gnucash to new computer? Do I install latest version then copy whole directory and overlay new directory. I'm not seeing anything on migrating gnu to new computer. TIA Randy If you ar

Re: [GNC] New computer to set up gnucash and migrate from old.

On 6/16/2019 5:41 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Randy, If the old computer still runs at all, you can network them together and use the Windows User Migration feature. (not certain of the exact name, but that term should get you close in a search engine) It will move all of your data and setti

Re: [GNC] New computer to set up gnucash and migrate from old.

On 6/17/2019 12:58 PM, Randy Rosebrock wrote: Under normal default install where are these files location I need to copy from? On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 8:49 AM Mike or Penny Novack mailto:stepbystepf...@comcast.net>> wrote: Since you did not tell us the operating system of the old co

Re: [GNC] New computer to set up gnucash and migrate from old.

On 6/17/2019 7:29 PM, Randy Rosebrock wrote: I'll check it out. You would thing gnucash would build in a backup/export/import function. You are slightly misunderstanding the problems because you are thinking of gnucash as being used to keep only one set of books. Also, gnucash keeps a list of

Re: [GNC] Balance sheet report period

On 7/2/2019 4:20 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: Looking in the Guide the only reference I see to 'balance sheet report' is a brief description. When I prepare the report the only date option I see is the ending date. Is the start date that of the first entry in GnuCash? Can I produce a balancve sheet

Re: [GNC] Balance sheet report period

On 7/3/2019 9:44 AM, Christopher Lam wrote: Or, you could download 3.6 and test the new experimental multi date balance sheets :-) THAT, however, has nothing to do with this question. The "multi date balance sheet" report ISN'T a balance sheet with multiple dates but a report that shows multip

Re: [GNC] Change a batch of transactions from income to Expense

Morayweb, Gnucash, well any method of double entry bookkeeping can do so much more for you. What you have described is much as double entry was many centuries ago. You can (and should) set up the accounts so that you can get much more information about the finances of the camp. Imagine (w

Re: [GNC] Change a batch of transactions from income to Expense

On 7/4/2019 10:06 AM, morayweb wrote: That sound brilliant. What would be the costs for that. I am in Scotland just thinking of time diference. Thank you. No charge (I am long retired from doing systems/business analysis for a living). Time difference matters less when it is exchange of emai

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

On 7/17/2019 3:42 PM, Bob Sisk wrote: I tried setting up another set of books, then when I tried to open my original set it would not allow me to open it, it kept opening the second set. I had to uninstall Gnucash then open my backup date to open the original set of books. ? Misunderstand

Re: [GNC] multiple accounts

On 7/18/2019 3:27 AM, David Cousens wrote: Bob An additional point. At least on Linux you can have multiple instances of GnuCash running open at different files at the same time. David But a word of warning. You might think you could save time by having more than one set of books open at a ti

Re: [GNC] Non-profit accounts - reporting of restricted funds and of future commitments

First of all, in theory appropriate spreadsheets obviously COULD be used. Remember,in the old days there was just pen and ink on paper. Still legal, and so would be spreadsheets with columns just like the old style accounting paper had. I do NOT recommend this because: 1) You would need to b

Re: [GNC] Inventory

On 7/24/2019 9:38 AM, David Carlson wrote: Basically, GnuCash cannot handle inventory. It may be possible to create a fictitious commodity and assign a value to it, but You cannot do any of the usual inventory functions such as tracking locations, etc. Or store the other information (location,

Re: [GNC] Gnucash bug

On 7/30/2019 3:52 AM, Wm via gnucash-user wrote: On 09/07/2019 03:45, John Ralls wrote: On 8 juil. 2019, at 08:55, R. Victor Klassen wrote: Perhaps this has been fixed. I’m using 2.6.21 for production. Using SQLite I am expecting every transaction to hit disk immediately. Saturday we had

Re: [GNC] Club membership fees and charitable contributions - Business Features or Assets?

On 8/2/2019 3:34 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I’m not sure about keeping track of member donations in an Asset account. There are difficult issues doing financials for non-profits which can require some fiddling using gnucash (or any alternative). For example -- the members may want to recei

Re: [GNC] Club membership fees and charitable contributions - Business Features or Assets?

On 8/2/2019 1:21 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Yes, I understand they are different. The Business Features *could* still be used, just not considered in a formal way. But certainly, manual entries are possible. The tough part of pledges is they really don’t go anywhere in the account tree that

Re: [GNC] Income statement incorrect

On 8/3/2019 6:16 AM, Liz wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: Would be nice to have a cash accounting option in addition to the default accrual accounting option. Whether a business uses cash or accrual accounting in Australia is set by the tax authorities, so I

Re: How to deal with the cash flow and the credit card.

On 9/24/2017 8:31 PM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: Folks, I think the original poster is looking at how to forecast cash flow. Given the credit cards have different due dates, and assuming they are paid on their due date, does the account from which they are paid have enough in it for the coming

Re: Cash Basis Reports

On 9/28/2017 5:20 AM, Warner Losh wrote: I'm converting from quickbooks. In quickbooks, it was super simple to have a 'cash basis' system, and still keep track of the monies owed using things like invoices and accounts receivable. In the US, business smaller than a certain size can be on a cash

Re: Report Question

On 10/2/2017 4:42 AM, Joseph Hesse wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version 2.6.17 of gnucash. I just ran the report "Expense Over Time = Expense Barchart" with the maximum number of vertical bars selected. The report lists all my expense items including one called "Other". Since the amount o

Re: Vendor Bill - Invoice Entries

On 10/15/2017 10:08 PM, DaveC49 wrote: Hi, The facilities you are requesting are likely to require an inventory management system. At present Gnucash is an accounting package and currently does not incorporate any features for inventory management. As far as i know there are no plans to incorpor

Re: GNU Cash Transactions - Wiped Out

On 11/9/2017 3:39 PM, Roy Molepo wrote: Greetings I have been using GNU Cash and processed transactions for 12 months. Today when I opened the Program all my processed transactions have been wiped out / disappeared. All balances are now ZEROS. How can I recover my processed transactions? Help w

Re: Bank reconciliation

On 11/13/2017 1:14 PM, Cam Ellison wrote: On 13/11/17 09:45 AM, David Goodenough wrote: Does no-one else have this problem? I have dealt with this by setting up a separate Asset account for receiving payments, similar to what you have. When a payment is received, it goes into this "Payment"

Re: Two different sets of accounts

Guncash, opening in its default mode, will always open the last file you had opened. a) You can "tell" gnucash not to do this, but instead open "nofile" and then you have to choose which file you want to open (there is even a drop down list for the last several you had open). That is what those

Re: Two different sets of accounts

On 11/20/2017 9:14 PM, Jean-David Beyer wrote: On 11/20/2017 09:47 AM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: I have an additional solution, practical since I am the administrator of this computer. I have my own private accounts, and if I am logged into my machine as me, if I run GnuCash, I get those

Re: Could not obtain the lock

On 11/20/2017 9:49 PM, moi...@web.net wrote: No, the files are not "Read-Only". My username for Windows??? Yes, it is different on the new computer. Does that matter? In general, yes, and not only for gnucash. Would affect ALL situations were a path name was saved because the path name is now

Re: Unable to create liability account under expense account

On 11/23/2017 2:17 PM, Suresh Saragadam wrote: I am working on a small construction work where i need to record my expenses for both material and men (labour) i am purchasing cement on credit(Loan) that is accounts payable i.e. liability Here i need to create liability account for cement under

Re: Unable to open 2nd set of accounts on one MacBook Pro

On 11/24/2017 12:25 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: This has long been an issue with GnuCash on the Mac, such that most of us have simply gotten used to it. I will add something to the wiki FAQ shortly. It has been entered as a bug (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761024

Re: Unable to create liability account under expense account

On 11/23/2017 10:07 PM, Suresh Saragadam wrote: Hi Buddha, Thanks for the reply,Now I understood may be it is not a general accounting practice. To my requirement i am not required to record double entry, I know that i am spending from my pocket there is no need for income or profit and loss sta

Re: Unable to open 2nd set of accounts on one MacBook Pro

On 11/24/2017 10:24 AM, D wrote: Michael, your "shortcuts" are essentially the command line entry I provided. The OP could put that in a text file and make it executable on a Mac, for sure. It's a little more involved to set up. They are both still methods to work around a default behavior tha

Re: Unable to open 2nd set of accounts on one MacBook Pro

On 11/25/2017 11:41 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: John, I know you and the other developers are doing huge service to the rest of us with your work. I truly wish I had the skills that allowed me to help with this; years of attempts have shown me that this is beyond me, however. Thank y

Re: Reconciliation Report

On 11/29/2017 11:07 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Rick, Try the Transaction or Transaction by Payee report (the latter posted here on the list). You can show the Reconciled Date using the display tab in options, and/or sort by the reconciled date in the sorting tab. Unfortunately, I don’t thi

Re: How to create an asset with a reduced value compared to my regular currency (dollars)

On 12/3/2017 10:16 AM, Ronal B Morse wrote: Adrian, is there a reason you treat the rebate as a negative expense instead of miscellaneous (non-taxable) income? To me, the rebate is something you get rather than something you don't give, but my analysis could be incorrect, and if it is I'd like

Re: Enhancement Request for GNUcash

Most of us reading this are having more than a little difficulty understanding for WHAT you are asking. To whom it may concern, Given how limited and un-free our monetary system is nowadays, I think GNUcash would make a great tool for the following freedoms below: What does the free or unfree s

Re: How to create an asset with a reduced value compared to my regular currency (dollars)

On 12/7/2017 5:53 PM, David Carlson wrote: Adrian, While I am not an accountant, historically I have used a method similar to that suggested by Adrien. However, I am intrigued by the answer provided by Michael Novack, as it avoids the problem of overstating potentially taxable income without ne

Re: Invoice & Bill Posting Date Issues Across Multiple Periods

On 12/9/2017 7:38 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Thanks Maf., But it seems the entire invoice posts together on the posting date, not by line-item date. I just double checked several of them that crossed period boundaries. I’m in the U.S., not sure what the specific rules are on invoice time fr

Re: entries

On 12/10/2017 7:33 PM, Christine via gnucash-user wrote: Whenever I have a DR and a CR the summary shows that although it balances all the amounts are showing as negative. Does anyone know what I have done wrong here as I cant work it out. Christine My suspicion is that you are entering transact

Re: Cannot edit opening balance

On 12/11/2017 3:17 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: I would suggest reading section 4.4 of the tutorial, where the issue regarding handling starting balance problems is addressed directly. David I would also suggest learning how to CORRECT errors, which in formal accounting is not done

Re: New User to GnuCash

On 12/14/2017 2:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: I think I get what your saying and at this point (a) I have no clue how to manage/edit/adjust what I have to that type of structure nor (b) do I know enough yet to feel confident in making any changes! LOL.. I'm reconciling my November statement as we "s

Re: New User to GnuCash

On 12/14/2017 5:23 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: How could that be? I’m paying from Checking. That’s a debit is it not? If not then everything I’ve learned in 59 years is wrong! On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: Nope, you have it

Re: Invoice & Bill Posting Date Issues Across Multiple Periods

I have zero experience with gnucash's invoicing system. Nevertheless I think in this conversation dates may be confused. When I receive an invoice, say for a visit to the doctor, there are SEVERAL dates involved. a) The date the service was performed. b) The effective date of the invoice prepar

Re: Church Use of GNUCash

On 12/20/2017 2:40 PM, jcnw wrote: I am setting up our church books on GNUCash and wonder how to handle restricted funds. For example if a member makes a donation to The Organ Fund I do accounting for non-profits and so can help. There is more than one way to handle this, and factors which may

Re: Church Use of GNUCash

On 12/21/2017 4:03 PM, Aaron Laws wrote: On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Mike or Penny Novack <mailto:stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com>> wrote: My question: can you say more about using a liability (rather than asset subaccounts) for restricted funds? Perhaps a link or two, or (i

Re: Church Use of GNUCash

On 12/22/2017 1:56 PM, Aaron Laws wrote: Excellent; thank you. One more question: Assets:Chequingx Liabilities:Organ Fundx Then some expense: Expense:Organ x Assets:Chequing x But then how is the encumbrance relieved? << an adjustment transaction is ma

Re: Church Use of GNUCash

On 12/22/2017 3:30 PM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: On 12/22/2017 1:56 PM, Aaron Laws wrote: Excellent; thank you. One more question: Something which I forgot to ask: Does the organization have another bank account besides the checking account? If the organization has a savings account (for

Re: 2018?

On 12/30/2017 3:54 PM, Kelly Sandwell wrote: What do I need to do to use your gnucash in 2018? I have used it this year (2017) and I am very impressed. I don't know much about accounting but my tax preparer was very happy with the reports I showed him a month ago. Thanks, Kelly Sandwell You

Re: Company sponsored stock plan

On 12/30/2017 4:39 PM, Klaus Dahlke wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I have modeled a comparable plan as follows: first of all, I record my salary only net. Salary is what is posted to my bank account after all deductions. I you don't participate in such plan, posting is straight forward, e.g.: Bank <-> Inc

Re: Company sponsored stock plan

On 1/1/2018 4:01 PM, Klaus Dahlke wrote: Stop --- this advice depends on jurisdiction (in the US, the contributions if "pretax" are taxed only at distribution time many years down the road). But there may be other complications. The employer contribution is usually "conditional" becoming veste

Re: Check Register view disappeared; how do I get it back?

On 1/3/2018 1:38 PM, Dave Orsinger wrote: Hi, I asked this basic question several days ago and still haven't found a solution. I was starting with gnucash on a very basic, personal level. I was entering data in the basic "check" register. When taking a break, I accidentally "x'd" the check re

Re: How to deal with RRSP's (Canada)

On 1/5/2018 1:05 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: David— I see where you are coming from on this. For reference, I accept your 5 assumptions; I believe they are accurate for many US retirement accounts as well. . I guess, from a philosophical perspective, the question really is: w

Re: Income Statement report to show loan paydown amount?

On 1/9/2018 1:40 PM, Tj Junior wrote: Wondering if this is possible, the income statement appears to be the closest I've been able to find. Looking to find a summary of income and expenses summarized (e.g total over 1 year rather than by transaction), but I'd like it to show what's paid towards

Re: Collecting payments from others then remitting to one vendor

On 1/12/2018 8:48 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: You could do liability accounts for each utility bill but I like the concept of 'kitty funds' which gives you/them a real-time view of monies owed by whom. I would make the choice (asset accounts or liability accounts) depending on whether they usual

Re: Correcting Opening Balances

On 1/13/2018 5:17 PM, David Carlson wrote: Did you check the transactions as you imported them to weed out duplicates and correct errors? If not, I would suggest starting over to get at least reasonably close to a good starting point. Also, this is a case where the solution to the problem more o

Re: Double Entry of Informal "Loan" & Repayment

On 1/14/2018 1:57 PM, Keith Lewis wrote: I'm new to GC, longtime Quicken user. This is a double-entry accounting question rather than a GC question-hope that's okay in this mailing list. I made a purchase for a gift w credit card and used expenses:gifts to balance. Afterwards, a friend wanted t

Re: Year end issues

Let's discuss this (and possible options) First, you need to understand what "close the books" does do and what is does not do. It creates a transaction (or transactions) to zero out income and expense accounts to equity. It does NOT remove transactions and so will not make your file smaller.

Re: Filtered account report

On 1/16/2018 3:04 AM, AC wrote: Thanks but not exactly simple in my case as there are over 1000 transactions to the loan interest expense account. The report was mainly for my own curiosity which is why I'd rather use an algorithmic method to generate the report. This is an important point (wha

Re: Filtered account report

On 1/16/2018 6:07 PM, AC wrote: Yes except that's not how things started or ended up. Many of the transactions are from before GnuCash so they are historical records that imported that way. Second, I really wasn't paying attention to the interest in any way other than to record it for record k

Re: Accuracy / Rounding issues - Difference between gnucash and broker account

On 1/27/2018 4:54 PM, Pawel Wocjan wrote: Hi, Are there some general guidelines how to choose accuracy for fractional shares/price etc? Has anybody experience such minor discrepancies between his/her broker account and gnucash? Thank you for your help, Pawel There is no way to do this (

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

On 1/27/2018 10:25 PM, Matt Graham wrote: Nice! It seems like we are getting somewhere. I am convinced that the process we think of budgeting where we are saving up for something is really a case of segmenting money within a sub-account. And it looks like Gnucash is already happy with this kin

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

On 1/28/2018 8:11 PM, Matt Graham wrote: When you look at what liabilities really are, Adrien and I concluded on this thread that this situation (segmenting money for future) is really using a separate asset account. After all - creating a liability INCREASES your cash available. .

Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets

On 2/4/2018 1:21 AM, Christopher Lam wrote: Looks nice. My main concern with these "shadow accounts" is that they will, by default, be counted in the Net worth reports, income reports, etc, and must be manually deselected every time. In my view budget allocations are technically "outside the boo

Re: Copying transactions from an account to the general ledger

On 2/6/2018 12:15 PM, Mike Donovan wrote: Having recorded many transactions to the cash account, I would like to copy these to the GL (which has no transactions currently) and then use the GL for recording all future transactions. Can this be done? Thanks. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 Review

Re: Cash Flow View

On 2/6/2018 11:56 AM, Sean Ford wrote: Hi, Does GnuCash include a "cash flow" view, i.e., a simple line showing projected balance over time based on recurring expenses and income? Thank you! ___ Are you asking whether gnucash can produce cash flow r

Re: Keeping track of sales and expenses for a specific craft show

On 2/7/2018 12:22 PM, C M Reinehr wrote: Ravenkwill, I would suggest setting up your chart of accounts to record the revenues & expenses and then use the notes field of each entry to identify the specific craft show. Later, you can then use the notes field as a filter when running profit & lo

Re: How to relate Transfer Sales to Cash to Customer?

On 2/8/2018 4:00 PM, Greg Feneis wrote: I suspect Gnu Cash needs a point of sale (POS) module to handle this functionality. I think not exactly a module withing gnucash. What gnucash would need is the ability to accept a feed from a (typical) POS system. Whether a POS system is practical as a

Re: RFP: Generic Comparison Report

On 2/10/2018 12:52 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: David, As I noted in another thread, I'm interested in tackling this. I have a few other ideas I want to try as well. (multi-step Income Statement and Analytic/Activity style Income Statement) Let me jump in hear a moment. The "standard report"

Re: One account for both Income and Expenses possible?

On 2/11/2018 9:03 AM, Robert Heller wrote: At Sun, 11 Feb 2018 08:15:56 +0100 Jeff Abrahamson wrote: ... transfer "money" from the vegetable account to a bank account (income when you sell vegetables) and when you transfer money from a bank account to the vegetable account (an expense when y

Re: Installation

On 2/11/2018 10:04 PM, Jonathan Ames wrote: Thanks, all, for advice. Just not happening, though. I can see the latest file in a directory, but get "file not found" when clicking on it. By now, a lot of lost work. Am I correct in assuming that unlike commercial software, gnucash doesn't save itsel

Re: Installation

On 2/12/2018 10:08 AM, David Carlson wrote: Johnathan, GnuCash may or may not play well with various cloud storage services because of it's insistence (in current releases) on keeping it's automatic backups in the same folder as the data file. Just so understood why it makes sense (to me) t

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