I wish I'd thought of a separate account for what we owe her / she owes us earlier, sigh, and one for our son to keep things even. I didn't record things consistently because no method felt "right", and some is on a separate spreadsheet.
The current plan is print out anything that affects her and do a spreadsheet. It's fast and reliable, and time is short. (If she turns 18 before I finish, we have to formally get her permission to take money from her savings account. Not a big deal, but one more step. Although, maybe it would be best if we waited. A last-minute money grab looks bad.) On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 at 12:21, Adrien Monteleone < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Apr 26, 2019, at 8:49 PM, Cricket Onebit <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > (Aside: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#SQL_Database recommends not > using > > the SQL just yet. Several posts on this list say otherwise. Out of date > > manual, or optimistic / lucky users?) > > There was some display issue with business info when I first moved from > 2.6.19 to 3.0, but that was fixed quickly and no data was lost. That is the > only issue I’ve encountered personally, but you can check out Bugzilla and > read over the SQL bugs to see if they scare you away from it, or you find > you can live with them. (I’m using Sqlite3 backend for a few years now) > > > > > I do need to calculate how much the kids owe us for things they said > they'd > > pay us back for. The cheques we wrote are in Quicken, but I didn't split > > the transactions into "we pay / kid owes" at the time. That mess goes > back > > to 2010. I handled each big expense differently. I'll use a spreadsheet > for > > the final report rather than trying to get one from Quicken. > > I created a tree of accounts under `Assets:Current Assets` like so: > > Reimbursements:Family > Reimbursements:Friends > > and then an account for each person under those. I have 5 siblings and we > often consolidate large gift buys for our parents among other expenses, so > I use these to track who owes me or who I owe. I have an account for each > of my parents as well. Sometimes they give me money to buy something for > them. I’ll first debit it to cash and credit their reimbursement account, > and then debit their account and credit cash when I make the purchase. I > don’t involve my expense accounts in this case because it was just a > pass-through. Those aren’t *my* expenses. I suppose it could get a little > messier involving cards or bank transfers/deposits but the idea is the > same. For shared expenses like a large gift, I’ll only expense my portion > and the rest goes through the reimbursement accounts. > > I suppose you could place these under Liabilities instead, but since the > case is usually that my family owes me, I put them under assets. The sign > of the balance will tell me which it really is. > > Regards, > Adrien > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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/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. > -- +++ Not as a ladder from earth to Heaven, not as a witness to any creed, But simple service simply given to his own kind in their common need. -- Rudyard Kipling _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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/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.
