[GNC] Scheduled transaction: double-prompting for a variable

2022-05-04 Thread Stan Brown
unvarying payment amount minus the variable mentioned in Interest. But when the transaction fires, I get prompted separately for each occurrence of the same variable. Have I missed something, or is this just how it works? I'm running GC 2.6.19, so maybe the behavior was changed in later versions? --

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transaction: double-prompting for a variable

2022-05-04 Thread Stan Brown
Please disregard. I must have been doing something wrong when I tried this before. Just now, in a copy of my database, I tried again, and it worked just fine: I got only one prompt. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-05-04 09:30, Stan Brown wrote: > My mortg

Re: [GNC] Investment accounts - maintain ongoing balance only

2022-05-08 Thread Stan Brown
also, I budget my income and expenses but not investment gains and losses, which are unpredictable. Since these adjusting transactions are for your benefit and not your accountant's, you can do whatever feels natural to you.) -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] How to record giving gift of shares

2022-05-22 Thread Stan Brown
so this transaction reduces the value of XXX Mutual Fund in your accounts to zero. But you still have the information about basis _and_ FMV in the transactions in that account. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-us

Re: [GNC] Export as text or CSV

2022-06-05 Thread Stan Brown
lines won't wrap. I don't know which release of GC you have, but in 2.6.19 I can click into the Accounts tab, then click File » Export » Export Account Tree to CSV. I don't suppose that capability would have been removed from later releases. -- S

Re: [GNC] Missing 2nd entry

2022-06-09 Thread Stan Brown
> reason it is allowed is that it can function as a vehicle for a comment > entry. I create single-line transactions with zero value in 2.6.19, exactly for the purpose of recording a comment. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___

Re: [GNC] How to reorganize the account tree

2022-06-11 Thread Stan Brown
an account code when entering a transaction, which simplifies data entry. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https:/

Re: [GNC] importing csv and negative numbers

2022-06-12 Thread Stan Brown
ebuilt version or you compiled it yourself.) If you mean (c), please explain all that is in the CSV file for this transaction, and all that is in the transaction after import. Screen shots might help; be sure to attach them, as opposed to including them inline in HTML. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA

Re: [GNC] How to reorganize the account tree

2022-06-13 Thread Stan Brown
s, 3000s for income, and 4000s for expense. I'm curious: why not 1000s for assets, 2000s for liabilities, 3000s for net worth (equities), 4000s for income, and 5000s for expense? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-

Re: [GNC] How to reorganize the account tree

2022-06-13 Thread Stan Brown
NN codes yet some have NNN.N codes. Gyle's suggestion of four-digit codes makes sense to me, in hindsight. I almost wrote "if I had it to do over again, I'd use four-digit account codes." But of course it's possible to change an account code at any time, so I think I'm

Re: [GNC] How to reorganize the account tree

2022-06-13 Thread Stan Brown
Accounts Receivable and Liabilities:Accounts Payable. I have found, as David T says, that GV sorts the 8NN and 9NN subaccounts under their respective main accounts, just as I wanted. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user ma

Re: [GNC] Trial Balance Help

2022-06-24 Thread Stan Brown
lance, and fix it. Then you can enter new transactions, and if an imbalance pops up you'll know instantly that it must have been from the transaction you just entered, so you can easily fix it right away. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] Duplicate Transactions

2022-06-27 Thread Stan Brown
want to have GC search every single transaction. And as far as I know, that happens _only_ when the Accounts panel is visible when you select Edit » Find. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-06-27 14:03, Gyle McCollam wrote: > Find it by using Edit/Find. You can

Re: [GNC] Split ownership

2022-06-27 Thread Stan Brown
27;re subject to US taxes. But if the sale _is_ taxable where you are, you'll need to find out the rules and compute what you owe. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-06-27 16:01, Fred Tydeman wrote: > A friend and I bought a golf cart, each paying 1/2 of the price.

Re: [GNC] Printing Chart of Accounts WITHOUT balances

2022-07-01 Thread Stan Brown
ns, and so forth. But that's kind of a pain, and if the option is in the GUI it really ought to be honored. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-06-30 14:30, David H wrote: > Stan, > > If it's available in 2.6.19 you could try File >> Export >&g

Re: [GNC] Printing Chart of Accounts WITHOUT balances

2022-07-01 Thread Stan Brown
no bug even though the GUI doesn't describe the behavior correctly" seems like merest sophistry to me. That said, the programmers are going to do what they're going to do, so I won't post on this point again. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] Terminology for Non-profits

2022-07-05 Thread Stan Brown
ve this report configuration. In future, click Reports » Saved Report Configurations and then click the green dot to the right of your Net Assets report. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucas

Re: [GNC] Blue line in checking account register window

2022-07-09 Thread Stan Brown
count -- you can enter a scheduled transaction (in the Actions menu). Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash

[GNC] Hidden accounts still visible

2022-07-20 Thread Stan Brown
. They also show up if I click the drop-down arrow in a register while entering a new transaction. Is there some preference I need to set to make "Hidden" mean hidden? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mail

Re: [GNC] Hidden accounts still visible

2022-07-20 Thread Stan Brown
July 20, 2022 4:03:40 PM GMT+03:00, Stan Brown > wrote: > > On 2022-07-19 23:40, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > If you set an account to Hidden, it will be... hidden in the > chart of accounts. > > That seems logical, but it doesn't work that

Re: [GNC] Find

2022-07-31 Thread Stan Brown
Another option is *from the Accounts tab* use Edit >Find (the plain one, not > Find Account) to search for transactions. If you are anywhere in the account tree on the Accounts tab and just start typing, it will take you to the matching account. Stan Brown Tehachapi,

Re: [GNC] Find

2022-07-31 Thread Stan Brown
> On 7/31/22 7:51 AM, Stan Brown wrote: >> If you are anywhere in the account tree on the Accounts tab and just >> start typing, it will take you to the matching account. On 2022-07-31 12:19, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > That only works for me if that part of the tree is a

Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

2022-08-07 Thread Stan Brown
appropriate one. Unlike most Windows programs, GC doesn't show you the location of each file, only its name. (At least that's true in the version I'm running.) That's why it's important to give the data files different names even if they're in different folders . S

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
s not follow account codes. However, when I type the first few letters of the desired account name, GC auto-fills the full name. You can also type the Account Code and GC will convert it to account name as soon as you press Tab or Enter. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA,

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 11:31 AM UTC -800, Stan Brown wrote:> This may be different in more recent versions, but I've found that > the drop-down accounts list when I'm entering a transaction is still > alphabetical and does not follow [i.e. not in the order of] accou

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
Actually there's a preference setting so that I need type only a few characters of the account name, ignoring higher levels. I believe it's associated with Register Defaults » Only display leaf account names. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-08-09 15:48, Dav

Re: [GNC] Confusing and inconsistent headers in transaction entry and report forms

2022-08-16 Thread Stan Brown
Balanced Accounts. I have a hunch that setting may be interacting with something else, but my version of GC is old enough that any tests I might do would probably not be relevant. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mai

Re: [GNC] Copy/Paste Transaction Issue

2022-08-18 Thread Stan Brown
ven require fewer mouse clicks than copy-paste. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gn

Re: [GNC] Copy/Paste Transaction Issue

2022-08-18 Thread Stan Brown
ke you, I find "Debit" and "Credit" easier to understand than the "friendly" labels GC uses by default. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To updat

Re: [GNC] Copy/Paste Transaction Issue

2022-08-18 Thread Stan Brown
rs of the account name. Those of us who prefer using the mouse and those who prefer the keyboard are both accommodated. :-) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscripti

Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?

2022-08-29 Thread Stan Brown
Earnings, but shows the individual account balances? That is called a Trial Balance, and GnuCash can create such a report for you. Or of course you can run a Balance Sheet for the desired date and an Income Statement (Profit and Loss statement) for the period starting the day after th

[GNC] Best practices for mailing list

2022-08-31 Thread Stan Brown
who write it. Never quote a whole issue of the digest. 3. Always use helpful and specific subject lines, not something like "gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 90". Thanks! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-08-31 10:43, James Baxter via gnucash-user wrote

[GNC] Mailing list options (was Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 90)

2022-08-31 Thread Stan Brown
that approach, but they exist so I'm not attempting to reopen the question here. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Location Question

2022-09-05 Thread Stan Brown
e give me a clue how I redirect it? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: htt

Re: [GNC] Pre-Payments into Liabilities

2022-09-11 Thread Stan Brown
suspect pretty strongly that nobody will give you any grief about which way you handle it, as long as any reports or statements of parent account that you generate make sense. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] End of year for taxes

2022-09-21 Thread Stan Brown
r necessary changes to options. 5. Click Apply. If you mean account registers for last year, just scroll in the register for older data, or use View » Filter By to filter by date. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mai

Re: [GNC] rounding of Invoice vs Accounts Receivable

2022-10-17 Thread Stan Brown
, there must be a standard way of handling these one-cent differences, because you are surely not the first vendor to run up against them. Hopefully one of our European colleagues on the list will shed some light. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com __

Re: [GNC] rounding of Invoice vs Accounts Receivable

2022-10-17 Thread Stan Brown
many products -- air fares, hotel rates, and cable, Internet, and telephone, to name just a few -- advertise an attractive low price but then charge "fees" that add a substantial increment to the advertised price. Such deceptive practice is unfortunately quite legal here in California, an

[GNC] Valuation of multi-currency accounts

2022-10-20 Thread Stan Brown
Just a reminder to all ... PLEASE don't use non-descriptive subject lines of the form GnuCash-user Digest Vol XXX Issue XX. If a newbie does it, please change the subject line to something more helpful when replying. Thanks! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-10-

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Stan Brown
tax time. You'll be able to show that X amount of money received from your employer was a non-taxable reimbursement for expenses, not a taxable payment of salary. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-11-14 12:08, Esteban Maringolo wrote: > What is the recommended accoun

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Stan Brown
name and level and just make the expense account a top-level asset if he wished. (I _did_ use the name and level Accounts Receivable, since I also had other amounts owing to me, such as health insurance reimbursements and various merchandise rebates.) Stan Brown Tehachap

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-14 Thread Stan Brown
Thank you! I don't know how to update documentation, and don't have time to learn just now. But if you'd like to use what I wrote for that purpose (possibly modified), you have my blessing. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-11-14 14:56, flywire

Re: [GNC] Tracking Travel expenses

2022-11-15 Thread Stan Brown
What was your reason for choosing Bank type? I wonder if I missed something. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://l

Re: [GNC] General journal report: limit to a period of time

2022-11-16 Thread Stan Brown
The reports that I've used have a report option (Edit » Report Options) to hyperlink or not. I'm surprised the Account Report does not. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-11-16 10:44, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > hi Brook > > you can disable the

Re: [GNC] can't find gnucash on my computer

2022-11-20 Thread Stan Brown
Explorer view. Move or copy the icon from your desktop to wherever you want it in your Start Menu. The change in the menu should be effective immediately, but worst case is you'd need to log off and log on again. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-11-20 12:00, Sa

Re: [GNC] Should one use Accounts Payable if a vendor is paid immediately ?

2022-11-27 Thread Stan Brown
endor. I think either way is valid from a strictly accounting standpoint. The choice comes down to what reporting you think you might want later. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-11-27 12:43, David Cousens wrote: > If you receive payment immediately all you need is t

Re: [GNC] Should one use Accounts Payable if a vendor is paid immediately ?

2022-11-27 Thread Stan Brown
It may be a failure of imagination on my part, but every way I can think of to report a combination of transactions, some of which are in a particular account and some of which are not, is a lot more work than just having the desired transactions in the account in the first place. Stan Brown

Re: [GNC] Should one use Accounts Payable if a vendor is paid immediately ?

2022-11-27 Thread Stan Brown
I'm not comfortable with "best", because it depends on what reports you want ultimately. But the two transactions I gave in my earlier mail preserve maximum flexibility, and for that reason I personally do it that way. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-

Re: [GNC] Should one use Accounts Payable if a vendor is paid immediately ?

2022-11-28 Thread Stan Brown
;Some Vendor" as "SomeVendor" or "Some Vendoir" I may not notice, and then any report that filters on Description will be incomplete. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash

Re: [GNC] Can I add to Equity?

2022-12-02 Thread Stan Brown
ping is standard accounting practice in the UK as well. Perhaps the accountant just assumed that Kirkby knew that and would select the appropriate account for the debit side of the transaction, or perhaps the accountant did suggest an appropriate debit a

Re: [GNC] Colum headers missing on all accounts

2022-12-04 Thread Stan Brown
a disappeared column. While you're at it, you might want to bookmark the documentation portal: https://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update

Re: [GNC] Same security, two namespaces

2022-12-06 Thread Stan Brown
through a long list. (And anyway, my version of GC doesn't have Edit » Find Account.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences

Re: [GNC] Missing transactions

2022-12-07 Thread Stan Brown
For Windows users who may be wondering: Double-clicking a *.gnucash file _does_ open GnuCash on that file, without paying any attention to the most-recently-used list. (I know this is a side issue to the OP's question, but I thought out of all the Windows users I couldn't be the only one w

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] URGENT: Fake gnucash website with fake download, most likely compromised file

2022-12-09 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-12-09 16:02, Vincent Dawans wrote: > You need to go to the main.php page link to see the fake site. Full link is > https://gnu-cash.org/main.php or possibly https://www.gnu-cash.org/main.php With both of those I see a completely blank page, in the latest Chrome on Windows 10.

Re: [GNC] Not exactly a new question. Am I introductory screwing up by entering 0 balances in accounts.

2022-12-17 Thread Stan Brown
really don't know what accounts your debits should go to, I suggest an asset or expense account called "Suspense" or similar and putting the unknowns in there. Then, when you find out, you can made adjusting entries (see my first paragraph). Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https

Re: [GNC] Roth IRA conversion

2022-12-19 Thread Stan Brown
e in the year, you may want to use the annualization method on Form 2210 to eliminate or reduce the penalty. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences

Re: [GNC] Splitting a Transaction (SOLVED)

2022-12-19 Thread Stan Brown
Ex:P:Do. I suspect it's because, in Preferences » Register Defaults, I have ticked the box "Only display leaf account names". I know there's a fair number of us who haven't upgraded, for one reason or another, so I mention this in case

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Stan Brown
is may be a good time to tell the OP that GnuCash remembers the most-recently-used file, and the next time GnuCash is opened it opens that file automatically, or attempts to. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user m

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Stan Brown
The Tutorial and Concepts Guide has a longish chapter on multiple currencies. Was that not of help to you? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-12-22 07:56, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > My Bank is a UK bank, but I sometimes buy things in $HKD, and fairly > regularly r

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Stan Brown
calls it), and drag your GnuCash data file to the USB stick. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.o

Re: [GNC] Add top-level account for both Income (Revenue) and Expenses (Other [Non-Operating] Income And Expenses)

2022-12-25 Thread Stan Brown
, like you, I'm concerned about how well the reports would cope with a sixth top-level account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-12-25 15:02, David Cousens wrote: > Michael > > If you select the Parent account as a "New top level account" in the New &g

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Stan Brown
revent myself from unintentionally changing transactions from prior years. The existing mechanism, where the only form of date range is N days before today, doesn't seem very helpful to me, since I have to change the value of N every day. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com __

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Stan Brown
Not preferences, but File » Properties » Accounts » Day Threshold for read-only transactions. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-12-27 13:58, David H wrote: > Stan, > > There doesn't seem to be an option/preference to restrict txns entered > using N

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Stan Brown
tion after the day it occurred is the exception, not the rule. So for me, the default to entering today's date works far more often than not. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnuca

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Stan Brown
its. Let me guess: you looked in the other register before you had committed the transaction. Until you commit thee transaction (typically by pressing Enter, not Tab) the change is not in the database and therefore will not show up in any register other than the one where you are editing the transa

Re: [GNC] Changing registers in the middle of entering or editing a transaction

2022-12-28 Thread Stan Brown
ly one error message, "Syntax Error", with no indication of where.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lis

Re: [GNC] Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)

2022-12-29 Thread Stan Brown
My first reaction was "what does this have to do with GnuCash"? I see I'm not alone in that! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription pre

Re: [GNC] Scary moment

2022-12-30 Thread Stan Brown
ot be picked up automatically. In that case, Losey should open the saved report configuration, click Edit » Report Options, select all relevant accounts, and save the new configuration. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-12-30 13:56, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Another pos

Re: [GNC] Scary moment

2022-12-30 Thread Stan Brown
Are you using the current version? If so, it might be appropriate to enter a bug report, mentioning each of the things you have checked for. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-12-30 17:23, R Losey wrote: > Thanks, but I am aware of this. On Wed, after I entered the d

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-03 Thread Stan Brown
liability). Similarly, when you return a purchase for a "credit", it's a credit on the bank's books (reducing an asset, Accounts Receivable) but it's really a debit to you (reducing your liability, Accounts Payable). Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com __

[GNC] Variables in Scheduled transactions

2023-01-04 Thread Stan Brown
e answer to my mortgage question will show the answer to this no-formula question as well, I'm sure.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or

Re: [GNC] Variables in Scheduled transactions

2023-01-05 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-01-05 02:17, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Are you using GnuCash 4.13? > > I just tested this and I only get one prompt. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 1/4/23 10:53 PM, Stan Brown wrote: >> Debit: Liabilities:Mortgage Principal  900-intamt >> Debit: Ex

Re: [GNC] Where do I set the "Accounting Period" for reports?

2023-01-06 Thread Stan Brown
ime period for each individual report, but you only have to do it once (per report). And if you are smart about it, you'll use settings like "start of previous month" or "end of accounting period". When you click "Save Report Configuration As", be sure to use

Re: [GNC] Recommended Method of Entry for IRA Distributions

2023-01-11 Thread Stan Brown
edger methods that are taught in basic bookkeeping courses (or used to be). Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-01-11 14:35, Milton Stern wrote: > Hi, > > What would be the recommended method of Entry for an IRA Distribution? > > The Distribution is for a pe

Re: [GNC] Recommended Method of Entry for IRA Distributions

2023-01-12 Thread Stan Brown
course in accounting, the instructor said that "debit" and "credit" are best thought of as meaning, respectively, simply "left" and "right". Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mai

Re: [GNC] Recommended Method of Entry for IRA Distributions

2023-01-12 Thread Stan Brown
nerally, if you are a U.S. citizen or a resident alien, you are not permitted to elect not to have federal income tax withheld on payments to be delivered outside the United States and its territories." Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] Recommended Method of Entry for IRA Distributions

2023-01-12 Thread Stan Brown
to do it, or you can file estimated taxes, or maybe your income is low enough that you don't even need to do that. But -- unless the money is going outside the United States -- you have a _choice_ about whether to have withholding. I gave citations and quotes from the IRS website. Stan Brown Teha

Re: [GNC] Recommended Method of Entry for IRA Distributions

2023-01-12 Thread Stan Brown
g a portion of your assets from one bucket to another. And it seems very strange to me that the one event should be recorded in a four-split transaction. ​ Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnuc

Re: [GNC] Request for Assistance with GnuCash Setup and Fundamentals

2023-02-02 Thread Stan Brown
n of reports, but at bottom it depends on your setting up your accounts as they suit your business, and then on entering transactions properly, just as you would do in a pen-and-ink ledger. Lastly, you say you "have some basic questions". What are they?

Re: [GNC] how to remove sqlite lock

2023-02-11 Thread Stan Brown
t's true. But it lets you open GnuCash, and when you subsequently close GC -- either right away or after entering some data -- GC removes the lock file at that point. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] Interest Income

2023-02-20 Thread Stan Brown
OKKEEPING FOR DUMMIES or a similar book from the library and read through it, pausing as need be to work through the examples. (The "Dummies" label is quite insulting, but in my experience the books themselves have been well done.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com __

Re: [GNC] Account Types -- what are the implications of getting them wrong?

2023-02-21 Thread Stan Brown
w buried there. And _always_ trim the list trailer before posting -- the list server will put another one there, and one is sufficient. Thanks for your consideration! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-02-21 03:33, Tim Rohrer wrote: > Hi Simon, > > I appreci

Re: [GNC] credit account negative balance increases with payment

2023-03-04 Thread Stan Brown
n minus $200? If that's what you meant, then everything is correct except that the credit-card account is showing a minus sign in front of correct balances, and for that I'd definitely have a look at "Reverse Balanced Accounts". Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.co

Re: [GNC] credit account negative balance increases with payment

2023-03-04 Thread Stan Brown
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2023, 11:54 AM Stan Brown <mailto:the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: > [snip] > You might take a look in Edit » Preferences » Accounts, under "Reverse > Balanced Accounts". I can't remember the details from when I set up my >

Re: [GNC] credit account negative balance increases with payment

2023-03-06 Thread Stan Brown
s made in this thread. I wholeheartedly agree. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Stan Brown
rwise you won't have a prayer of getting your bookkeeping right in GnuCash. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists

Re: [GNC] Help with downloading transactions.

2023-03-17 Thread Stan Brown
te program -- that's a lump sum at the end of every monthly cycle. I don't do a formal reconciliation in GnuCash, but I do check every receipt on the statement against my GnuCash account. Most often the errors I find are that I recorded a purchase against the wrong credit card.

Re: [GNC] Help with downloading transactions.

2023-03-18 Thread Stan Brown
ccount via debit card takes the money out immediately, which may cause legitimate checks or withdrawals to bounce. > I check my data twice monthly with downloads. Better than not checking it at all, but IMHO not often enough. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] Cut & Paste transaction problem

2021-05-04 Thread Stan Brown
should. I do that too. just a note: if the current view is Basic, you need to click the Split button in the toolbar to make all splits of the transaction visible. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com ___ gnucas

Re: [GNC] Discretionary taxes

2021-05-10 Thread Stan Brown
ere where I live now, or in the three others states I've lived in, so it can't be a Federal tax. Maybe you meant the Florida (or county) tax or revenue department? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com

Re: [GNC] Gnucash terminal commands not working & e-mail reply to all

2021-05-13 Thread Stan Brown
se email they're replying to. But it's never necessary, because that same recipient will be getting a copy through the list in any case. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com ___ gnucash-user mail

Re: [GNC] Gnucash terminal commands not working & e-mail reply to all

2021-05-13 Thread Stan Brown
on the specific string for the specific topic I am responding to? If the former, it is an easy copy/paste of gnucash-user@gnucash.org. Yes, it is everyone on the mail list. I sent an email to that effect about ten hours ago; maybe you missed it? On 2021-05-13 06:10, Stan Brown wrote: > >

[GNC] MRU in Windows (was Re: Frustration)

2021-06-07 Thread Stan Brown
data files. Presumably that means the MRU list can have as many as ten entries. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefere

Re: [GNC] Roundoff issues in amortized payments?

2021-06-09 Thread Stan Brown
don't have to remember to do $8.34 in some months and $8.33 in other months. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription pre

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 4.6 Released

2021-06-27 Thread Stan Brown
. My thanks to you and all the development team -- your work is very much appreciated! -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription pre

Re: [GNC] Simple Update Question

2021-07-28 Thread Stan Brown
ence, but it's not completely new. I have that feature in release 2.6.19. I believe that happened automatically after I checked (ticked) "Only display leaf account names" in Edit » Preferences » Register Defaults. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoad

Re: [GNC] Recording non-cash donations

2021-08-02 Thread Stan Brown
not new income but something that you've had all along but just not in your books.) (2) Debit: Expenses:Charity Credit: asset account -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com ___ gnucash-user mailing lis

Re: [GNC] Mortgage & Loan Repayment Assistant woes

2021-09-16 Thread Stan Brown
mention your GC version number in your follow-up to Jean's suggestion. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or

Re: [GNC] "Gnucash.exe has stopped working"

2021-09-19 Thread Stan Brown
is quite confusing to new users. Naturally we expect that File » Close will close the file, if not the whole window. It would be much less confusing if the menu item was File » Close current tab. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https:/

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 222, Issue 51

2021-09-30 Thread Stan Brown
s a significant time-saver if we can use the subject line to decide whether to open a message or delete it unread. Thanks! -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com On 2021-09-30 17:08, Steve Welch via gnucash-user wrote: > Hi Colin, > > Thanks

  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   >