Re: [GNC] OFX-DirectConnect to Chase fails on invalid password

[David Reiser via gnucash-user]

Have you read 
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/OFX_Direct_Connect_Bank_Settings#Chase_.28Bank_Accounts_and_Credit_Cards.29
 

 , and did you follow the directions for the out-of-band authentication (needed 
only once)?
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> On Jan 6, 2022, at 10:17 PM, tim.cerka.al...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> When setting up online banking it always fails on invalid password. Has
> anybody out there had the same experience with Chase? 
> 
> P.S. Version 4.9 was just installed and it fails to launch.
> 
> Tim
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> memory
>   description: System Memory
>   slot: System board or motherboard
>   size: 16GiB
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[GNC] OFX-DirectConnect to Chase fails on invalid password

[tim . cerka . alpha]

When setting up online banking it always fails on invalid password. Has
anybody out there had the same experience with Chase? 

P.S. Version 4.9 was just installed and it fails to launch.

Tim
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5200 E Main St, Lot G2
Mesa, AZ 85205


software
GNUCash v4.8
os
Linux Host 5.13.19-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT
Sun Sep 19 21:31:53 UTC 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux
host   
description: Desktop Computer
product: 90MV0001US
(LENOVO_MT_90MV_BU_Lenovo_FM_IdeaCentre 3 07ADA05)
vendor: LENOVO
version: IdeaCentre 3 07ADA05
serial: MJ0E2TS2
width: 64 bits
memory
description: System Memory
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U with Radeon Graphics
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U with Radeon Graphics
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Re: [GNC] GNUcash 4.9 on macOS 12.1 and Apple silicon/M1

[William Prescott]

It is speedy. Everything is speedy. This MBP replaces a 2014 MBP and and a 2017 
iMac and it is a world of difference.

On 2022 Jan 6, at 01-06 10:40:05, timothy.b  wrote:

Wow! Must be speedy as well.
Thanks.

 On Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:30:28 -0500 William Prescott 
 wrote 
> The pre-built binary  is running fine on my MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip. 
> Monterey MacOS 12.1
> Gnucash 4.9
> 
> Will
> 
> On 2022 Jan 5, at 01-05 07:19:11, Dustin Henning  wrote:
> 
> It's running fine on my M1 Mac Mini, but I'm still on Big Sur.
> 
> On 1/5/22 7:31 AM, timothy.b via gnucash-user wrote:
>> Can anyone confirm that the pre-built binary release of GNUcash 4.9 
>> functions properly on Apple silicon M1 based Macs and macOS Monterey 12.1 
>> without having to resort to terminal commands or other non-standard 
>> techniques?
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Re: [GNC] Cash Basis Accounting

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2022, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:


But somebody who like Rich is invoicing "clients" is perhaps not doing
sales but a service and only needs "income from clients" on a cash basis.
Could do that by having a contra account (usually zero) with a name like
"client income not yet received". Then a single adjusting before (balance
of AR to "not yet received" and a single after ("not yet received to" AR)
should do the trick.


Michael,

I have a sole professional services consulting practice, B2B, with clients.
No product sales. My approach to cash accounting has worked for me for more
than two decades; it might not work as well for others.

Regards,

Rich
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Re: [GNC] Cash Basis Accounting

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 1/6/2022 3:02 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:

On Thu, 6 Jan 2022, R. Victor Klassen wrote:


The only problem being if you want to send the invoice to your customer,
it says “invoice in progress”.


Since I don't use GC to prepare client invoices it's not an issue for 
me. I
use LaTeX for invoices. 


But somebody who like Rich is invoicing "clients" is perhaps not doing 
sales but a service and only needs "income from clients" on a cash 
basis. Could do that by having a contra account (usually zero) with a 
name like "client income not yet received". Then a single adjusting 
before (balance of AR to "not yet received" and a single after ("not yet 
received to" AR) should do the trick.


Michael D Novack

PS -- Or somebody who wants to produce invoices to send to customers but 
is on a cash basis COULD still use gnucash for that. Simply another set 
of books used JUST for producing the invoices.



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Re: [GNC] Cash Basis Accounting

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2022, R. Victor Klassen wrote:


The only problem being if you want to send the invoice to your customer,
it says “invoice in progress”.


Since I don't use GC to prepare client invoices it's not an issue for me. I
use LaTeX for invoices.

Rich
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Re: [GNC] Modify Invoice Template

[R. Victor Klassen]

And once you get one you like,  save it.  And then, find the default template 
on your file system and put your saved one there.

> On Jan 6, 2022, at 10:17 AM, Derek Atkins  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, January 6, 2022 10:01 am, Don Gray wrote:
>> My invoices print with
>> 
>> Thank you for your patronage.
>> 
>> Where can I find how to remove this, or at least change the wording?
> 
> In the Report Options.
> 
>> Running on MacOS 12.1 if it makes a difference.
>> 
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Re: [GNC] Cash Basis Accounting

[R. Victor Klassen]

The only problem being if you want to send the invoice to your customer, it 
says “invoice in progress”.

So I do find myself posting, printing, unposting (only around the end of the 
year) and re-posting as necessary.

> On Jan 6, 2022, at 9:50 AM, Don Gray  wrote:
> 
> Rich and Victor,
> 
>> What I do, on the advice of my previous accountant who's now retired, is not 
>> to enter an A/P or A/R invoice until payment is made or received, 
>> respectively. That way what you see is what you have. 
> Simple solution - I unposted the invoices which removed them from the 
> Profit/Loss statement.
> 
> In the future I'll not post invoices until I receive payment.
> 
> Thank you!
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Re: [GNC] recurring invoices

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Thu, January 6, 2022 1:20 pm, Billie-Internet wrote:
> I use QB online ( gag) because of the ability to send and collect a
> subscription payment once a month.
> What am I looking for in gnucash to see if it can do the same thing?

It cannot.
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114421

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[GNC] recurring invoices

[Billie-Internet]

I use QB online ( gag) because of the ability to send and collect a
subscription payment once a month.
What am I looking for in gnucash to see if it can do the same thing?

Billie
706-383-9057
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Re: [GNC] GNUcash 4.9 on macOS 12.1 and Apple silicon/M1

[timothy.b via gnucash-user]

Thanks for report.

  On Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:04:24 -0500 Richard Danielson  
wrote 
 > On 2022-01-05 7:31 a.m., timothy.b via gnucash-user wrote:
 > > Can anyone confirm that the pre-built binary release of GNUcash 4.9 
 > > functions properly on Apple silicon M1 based Macs and macOS Monterey 12.1 
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Re: [GNC] GNUcash 4.9 on macOS 12.1 and Apple silicon/M1

[timothy.b via gnucash-user]

Wow! Must be speedy as well.
Thanks.

  On Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:30:28 -0500 William Prescott 
 wrote 
 > The pre-built binary  is running fine on my MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip. 
 > Monterey MacOS 12.1
 > Gnucash 4.9
 > 
 > Will
 > 
 > On 2022 Jan 5, at 01-05 07:19:11, Dustin Henning  wrote:
 > 
 > It's running fine on my M1 Mac Mini, but I'm still on Big Sur.
 > 
 > On 1/5/22 7:31 AM, timothy.b via gnucash-user wrote:
 > > Can anyone confirm that the pre-built binary release of GNUcash 4.9 
 > > functions properly on Apple silicon M1 based Macs and macOS Monterey 12.1 
 > > without having to resort to terminal commands or other non-standard 
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Re: [GNC] GNUcash 4.9 on macOS 12.1 and Apple silicon/M1

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Glad to hear it's working for you!
Thanks.

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Re: [GNC] Modify Invoice Template

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Thu, January 6, 2022 10:01 am, Don Gray wrote:
> My invoices print with
>
> Thank you for your patronage.
>
> Where can I find how to remove this, or at least change the wording?

In the Report Options.

> Running on MacOS 12.1 if it makes a difference.
>
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>
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[GNC] Modify Invoice Template

[Don Gray]

My invoices print with 

Thank you for your patronage.

Where can I find how to remove this, or at least change the wording?

Running on MacOS 12.1 if it makes a difference.

Sincerely,

Don Gray - Exploring Human Systems in Action
+1 (336) 414-4645



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Re: [GNC] Cash Basis Accounting

[Don Gray]

Rich and Victor,

> What I do, on the advice of my previous accountant who's now retired, is not 
> to enter an A/P or A/R invoice until payment is made or received, 
> respectively. That way what you see is what you have. 
Simple solution - I unposted the invoices which removed them from the 
Profit/Loss statement.

In the future I'll not post invoices until I receive payment.

Thank you!


Don Gray
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Re: [GNC] Proper Way to Record Capital Gains/Losses?

[gcul209]

On 1/5/22 5:29 PM, Chris Good wrote:

Message: 9
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 09:16:50 -0500
From: Dustin Henning 
To: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" 
Subject: [GNC] Proper Way to Record Capital Gains/Losses?
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

Up until about 6 months ago, I was running an old 2.x version of
GnuCash, but when I upgraded from Win7 to MacOS Big Sur, I also upgraded
GnuCash, and I'm currently running 4.9.? Yesterday, I went to record my
first capital gain/loss transaction since that move, and I found that
the method I am using no longer works.? I thought I started using the
method I was previously using based on documentation and/or advice from
here, but that may not be the case.

Historically, I have posted two separate transactions in the stock/fund
account.

The first transaction was a normal transaction removing the number of
shares sold from the stock/fund account and adding the amount of
currency received to the brokerage account, so in a theoretical
transaction selling 10 shares @ $10 with a $1 commission, the split
would look like this (using - for null fields):

Account ?? Shares??? Price??? Buy??? Sell
Stock? 10??? ??? 9.9?? ?? -? 99
Brokerage? -???  -??? 99 -

The second transaction was only to tie the capital gain to the
stock/fund account, and it would look like this for a $10 short term
gain (again using - for null fields):

Account Shares??? Price??? Buy??? Sell
Stock? - -??? 10 -
STCG?? - -??? -? 10

The buy/sell columns would be reversed for a loss.? IIRC, all I had to
do in order to enter this transaction in 2.x was remove a default 1 from
one of the columns, but there is no longer a default 1 to remove and the
stock/fund side of the split always calculates for the Shares and Price
columns in this scenario (I don't even see a way to bypass that when
entering from the relevant capital gain/loss account).? As I can't
figure out a way to enter a transaction like this in 4.9, I assume the
method I have used historically is incorrect.? I noticed that the Shares
and Price columns don't calculate on both sides of the split if I
accidentally use the same account on both sides, so I thought maybe I
could merge the two transactions moving forward, but it seems those
columns do calculate on both split entries for the stock/fund account
when I try to set it up as a four way split.

The good news is my old transactions don't break when I look at them,
but I need a path forward regardless of whether or not I need to adjust
past transactions.? Assuming the behavior I'm dealing with isn't a bug
(and I've been doing this wrong), could someone advise on how I should
do this moving forward or point me at the correct documentation?

--

Dustin,

I think this is the same problem as reported in
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798406 :
4.9 inappropriately converts dollars to shares at $1 a piece in pure cash
transactions

Regards, Chris Good


That is exactly it, and the workaround of entering a 0 for price takes 
care of my immediate concern.  I thought about searching for a bug 
first, but second-guessed myself since it hadn't been discussed on 
list.  Thank you for posting it here,


Dustin Henning

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