Re: [GNC] Is anyone else getting these malicious e-mails?
On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 22:57:24 -0400 Michael DeBusk wrote: > I've gotten two or three obviously-malicious e-mails pretending to be > from this mailing list. The From: line lists the sender as "Gnucash > User" but the address is not this one. I fear a spammer (or worse) has > subscribed and is harvesting addresses. > > Is anyone else seeing this? No, and I have checked my spam and trash folders as well. I cannot stop any particular email address from subscribing to the list, and as you note then the addresses can be collected. Liz Moderator 'hat' ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] how to find open invoices
On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 20:07:26 -0700 tburmas wrote: > Hello, > > I often have invoices that are open (in progress) that are not > ready to post. Is there a way to see a list of these? The only way > I have found to do so is to remember ahead of time a customer has an > open invoice and find it. This is quite error prone. > > > Thank you, > > Ted > > Doubtless there are some smart answers to come, but my method is to use "Edit Invoice" off the top bar and alter the number So if it is invoice 700 that is unfinished, I'd change the number to 700TODO Then I can search for invoice numbers containing the string "TODO" Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] I'm looking at installing GnuCash but has a couple of questions first
On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:03:53 +1200 "Robert Dew" wrote: > I have a a number of small, separate, but interconnected companies > that I'd like to have separate accounting systems for. > > Does GnuCash allow for multiple businesses, Yes > or would I need to > install a separate version for each business No > > It's a little unclear if GnuCash operates, or can be made to operate, > via a remote web browser. No > I see references to using X-windows which > would be an acceptable option, web/browser based would be my > preference. You can use a VNC system if you wish. You can host your datafiles at home and then use the Gnucash program from a roaming computer to use that datafile and save back to your storage. > > Is there any restrictions on the self hosted version. No Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)
On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:11:37 -0500 R Losey wrote: > Since I first learned about recording transactions, I have always > dated a transaction on the date I wrote the check; similarly, when > entering credit card transactions, I use the date that I actually > used the credit card. > > Recently, however, I was having a discussion with a friend and he > said that he uses the bank or credit card date of entry for all of > his transactions. > > I thought this was strange - probably because it is different from the > method I've used all of my life. Perhaps I am the odd one... or > perhaps it's merely a matter of choice, so I thought I'd bring it up > to this list to see what people think about it. > > From (a very brief) research about this topic, perhaps this is the > difference between cash basis accounting and accrual accounting? > > > After thinking about it for a bit, one issue with using the date that > the transactions occur is the reports, especially if one has repeating > transactions. For example, if the satellite service bill is paid each > month on the 28th, using my method, I record a transaction on the > 28th. My friend will see it on the 29th or 30th, but if the weekend > or holiday hits just right, it can be the 1st or 2nd before he sees > it. In the long run everything should be the same, but the monthly > sub-totals can look odd. Checks can be even worse... someone may hang > onto one for weeks. > > I'd appreciate thoughts on the topic. I think it is a philosophical difference. There are legal ramifications, especially when you are spending money. If you future date transactions you may spend money you don't actually have. In my jurisdiction a business doing this is in big trouble, for "trading while insolvent". It is not the difference between cash and accrual accounting, but is part of the differences. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] gnucash-devel list down?
On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 18:39:07 -0700 Bruce Schuck wrote: > Odd, after sending a message to the gnucash-devel list early this > morning, I received an email saying my message was in a queue because > I'm not subscribed. Odd, I've been subscribed for at least a handful > of years. > > I also notice that it does not show up in the list of lists at > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo. At least I *think* I > remember it would be listed. > > Is the gnucash-devel list down? Or have I somehow become unsubscribed? > > Thanks. > > Bruce S It appears to have had a upset at the server side. I managed to get to the list of moderator requests and dump the spam this morning, and your email did not appear in the list of messages waiting. Then I could not get any further with reaching any of the gnucash-devel pages. Derek runs the server, I'm sure he will look into the problem. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Forgotten Splits
On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 17:34:26 -0500 Phyllis Bruce wrote: > Just wanting to vent for a moment. I have my income with multiple > splits in gnucash. Works fine for a while but when they change, > gnucash forgets the new splits and the old ones. I don't typically > open the imported transactions but noticed some missing from another > account and I have three months of splits to recreate. bummer! For my electricity bill I have a scheduled transaction with four splits. Each of the amounts is blank, and I fill them in once the bill arrives. Would that be a useful way for you to account for your income splits? Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] check printing
On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 22:02:39 -0500 Andrea wrote: >Actually, it’s not academic. There are still many workers in the US >that want a check payment once the work is done. Right now I have a >printer with MICR ink that does print routing and account numbers. > I print from different bank accounts, so it is so easy to print > checks on blank stock and have the different bank information printed > in MICR. I would like to find a software that can do that or > integrate with a check printing software. > >Andrea > It will be just academic. NZ (New Zealand, Aotearoa) ceased using them in 2021. Australia promises to be cheque free by 2030. My bank in Au will stop accepting cheques from this May. Sometimes the USA is world leading, and sometimes not. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Bill total does not match real total
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 17:11:29 -0500 Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > FOR EXAMPLE --- many (most?) US states that have sales tax do NOT use > rounding if you are worrying about cents. The tax is a cent for any > fraction of a cent (round up the cents) > > Michael D Novack I recommend this article https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/round-floor-software-errors-stock-market-battlefield.html for some ideas about where rounding errors can lead. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] GNC UI problem...
On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:13:45 -0600 Tommy Trussell wrote: > If you find Kalpesh Patel's procedure useful, let the list know. I > think the FAQ could be worded a bit more helpfully I think it is something that might be also shown in a video as a demonstration. Anyone good at making those sort of videos? Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Change Printed Invoice
On Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:27:49 +0300 "Fred Bone" wrote: > > You can edit invoice.scm and replace "Invoice" with "Tax Invoice". > > All invoices after will say "Tax Invoice". > > ... which no doubt contravenes the law if the invoice is NOT over > 1000 ... Fortunately not. Everything can be "Tax Invoice" even if you don't collect GST. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Change Printed Invoice
On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 17:42:54 +1000 Lester Bennett wrote: > Apparently Australian Tax Law requires an invoice over AU$1000 to be > titled Tax Invoice. How can I change the default first line of a > printable invoice to read "Tax Invoice #"? > At present I save to a pdf then edit it with a pdf editor but it > would be simpler to have it read correctly from the start. > > I have a saved report which is my Tax Invoice. It contains more customisations than just having Tax Invoice. The tax can be specifically named GST etc. Using a saved report means that the changes are preserved through updates of Gnucash. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Multiple Fiscal Years
On Sun, 4 Feb 2024 11:13:49 +1100 Jay McSkimming wrote: > Hi > > Is there any solution (other than repeated manual system-wide > changes) to allow for multiple fiscal years for different sets of > accounts arising from different country tax years? > > Are there any add-ons or means to allow this? > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > > Jay If you are on a multi-user OS, then you can have different book preferences for each user. If this is an ongoing need, consider making some more logins, one for each country involved, and split those accounts into the appropriate "users". Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?
On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:23:05 -0700 Simon Roberts wrote: > Is this not a feature that would find fairly widespread use? Indeed, > is it not a feature that might facilitate easier use of the software > and encourage wider adoption? I can see a point, but I don't encourage my accountants to send me lists of which changes they made. I'm sure their list of my business depreciation differs from mine, because I just need an approximate value for my decisions, and they need an exact one to give to the tax people. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Receipt scanners and software
On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:30:58 -0600 "W. Neal Lewis" wrote: > I would also like to get barcode access as well. A bar code reader is simply a serial or USB entry device. It will give you the numerals in the bar code and let you enter them into a document / file / database etc. Turning those listed numerals into an item requires a database and a lookup table. My experience was with trying to catalogue the books in our house, using a bar code reader for the ISBN codes. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] End of Year?
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 11:19:26 -0600 R Losey wrote: > But the larger issue is that I believe this email list could benefit > from a FAQ that is posted monthly or every other month to this group. > The wiki has some neat ideas about tracking year to year equity > growth. You will need to convince me, because I would get to implement it. Liz (Moderator Hat) ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:08:14 -0600 David Carlson wrote: > I consider the SX to be a graphical form of a script, and so I am not > sure how the editor could detect what is safe to call an expression > that could be evaluated while it is being edited. > So would you like a button which gives an option to make a test run? Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:53:58 -0600 Jack Slater wrote: > I am and have been doing for years. First time ever GnC burped up > "rogue" transactions. I also edit transactions in the middle of reconciliation. My repetitive saving started when I couldn't get stuff to balance and started doing really small amounts at a time to make progress. I realise that I may have struck the same as Jack, but have not actually checked closely enough to find where something didn't balance last time when I have used the same figures on the second run. I'm going to pay more attention next month. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:11:13 -0600 Jack Slater wrote: > 90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end of > the final account. Oddly, even though GnuC auto saves periodically, > it seems none of any add/delete/balance transactions were saved in > any account! Why would that be Please give your OS and your version of Gnucash. It will make it easier for others to help. Personally I always save repetitively when reconciling. If its an account with a lot of transactions I may do a page at a time, and sometimes less. Every finalised reconciliation I save immediately. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Can I find transactions into an account that has only one split?
On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:27:50 + David Kirkby wrote: > Apologies for not sending to the list. Have the admins considered > making that the default behaviour, which is the case with other > mailing lists I am on. It is correct that the email sent from the list could contain advice on the appropriate "reply to", but the long standing choice of the admins is not to set a "reply to". Here is Mailman's opinion "reply_goes_to_list (general): Where are replies to list messages directed? Poster is strongly recommended for most mailing lists. This option controls what Mailman does to the Reply-To: header in messages flowing through this mailing list. When set to Poster, no Reply-To: header is added by Mailman, although if one is present in the original message, it is not stripped. Setting this value to either This list or Explicit address causes Mailman to insert a specific Reply-To: header in all messages, overriding the header in the original message if necessary (Explicit address inserts the value of reply_to_address). There are many reasons not to introduce or override the Reply-To: header. One is that some posters depend on their own Reply-To: settings to convey their valid return address. Another is that modifying Reply-To: makes it much more difficult to send private replies. See `Reply-To' Munging Considered Harmful for a general discussion of this issue. See Reply-To Munging Considered Useful for a dissenting opinion. Some mailing lists have restricted posting privileges, with a parallel list devoted to discussions. Examples are `patches' or `checkin' lists, where software changes are posted by a revision control system, but discussion about the changes occurs on a developers mailing list. To support these types of mailing lists, select Explicit address and set the Reply-To: address below to point to the parallel list. " The new subscriber welcome message says "Note that this list is configured NOT to automatically send replies back to the list (as per <http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html> ). *** Please remember to CC All Replies back to the list! *** " Liz with Moderator Hat. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions
On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 04:37:26 + G R Hewitt wrote: > What's not to like? My credit card provider lost my data in a big hack. So far my bank has done better, although hackers are everywhere now. Certainly being involved in a major data loss made me wary about my credit card. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Reconciliation with a strange opening balance
On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:39:19 +0100 Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote: > Aha, as usual you are correct Maff. I'll just have to soldier on. I > already found two deposits entered as withdrawals. > > Barry At this stage, consider how you could use the search feature to find these sort of errors. If the deposits have a unique description, search for that description in the account and then check that all the entries are in the appropriate column. Sadly the autocomplete features autocomplete errors equally as well as good work, so think about how you can get the accounts sorted out other than through the reconcile feature. liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Old book not opening
On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 08:45:20 -0500 Ken Farley wrote: > The files you want to open have names of the format " Name>.gnucash". You need to find those files, without the .gcm or any > Name> > other suffix. A very old Gnucash file will not have a suffix. Examples Current file name accounts.gnucash Metadate file name accounts.gcm Very old file name accounts Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] New Balance entry
On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:21:20 +0200 Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote: > Hi, > > After my previous experiences on here, I am almost afraid to ask a > new question, but, here goes. > > When Reconciling, what exactly is the effect of introducing a "new > balance entry" as is available as the first option on the bar. > > There is nothing under the help that I could identify. > > Thanks, Finbar My simple take is a disaster. The program inserts a transaction which "balances" the account. I've made the error once and not done it again, as I had to undo it all and then fix up the genuine errors in the reconciliation. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] I need basic help
On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 05:58:30 +1000 David Cousens wrote: > While I agree with Liz's point with regard to different learning > modalities, I still think it is a good practice to at least skim the > available documentation and particularly read at least the Basics > section of the Guide before diving in. If a person can read all those words and it does not help them understand, they may understand with a different method. There are some videos in English available. I can't tell whether they are good or bad, does anyone have any favourites which would help someone like Edwin? I am imagining that a beginner video would talk through basic concepts and then demonstrate how Gnucash handles those concepts. It may follow through the Guide or Tutorial. Suggestions welcome, then they could be linked from the wiki. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] I need basic help
On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 09:12:57 -0700 "Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)" wrote: > It strikes me that you're trying to use GnuCash without first reading > the documentation. That's like trying to run before you can walk. > Others have already made the suggestion, but maybe you missed their > messages. People learn in different ways. So Edwin learns by doing and asking when reaching a difficulty. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Transaction inconsistency when deleting account
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 00:28:35 -0400 Jediator wrote: > The use case: I was importing credit card transactions to an account > via csv. After importing, all transactions got double-entried to the > default Inbalanced-USD account. After changing the Inbalanced-USDs to > the correct expense accounts for all the imported transactions, I > realized that I wasn't using negated amount for the credit card > before importing. So I decided to get rid of the credit card > account and create and re-import everything from scratch (luckily GC > allows you to do this), thus the inconsistency problem. > > Thanks! Another way of approaching this is to duplicate your book for the purpose of learning how to run an import or other more complex job. Then you can import the transactions, and instead of having to try to delete stuff, just start again on a fresh copy until everything is to your satisfaction Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Fwd: Gnucash
On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 17:40:16 -0500 Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Barry, please respond and confirm, but specifically, don't just > confirm if you use a Gmail interface (it appears some times that your > e-mail origination is *not* Gmail) but confirm what APP you use to > access and send e-mail. That is: do you log into an e-mail website, > or do you have a separate 'Mail' application you use. And in each > case, WHAT specifically do you use. (that is, what is the EXACT URL > of the website you use to access e-mail, or what is the actual name > of the e-mail app you use if not web-based) > > Regards, > Adrien My observation from the headers was Thunderbird Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Ajuda na Tradução da Documentação para Português Brasil
On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:19:30 -0500 Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Thank you for the correction John. And thanks for the 'good to know' > info. > > I didn't think any of you spoke/write Portuguese, but I also didn't > think very far, that because of this, ya'll are less likely to peruse > that list... > > My apologies for any noise, and I'll endeavor to remember this tidbit > in the future. I certainly don't want to direct someone to a place > that won't result in a proper answer. > > Regards, > Adrien It is a bit more complex, because Marcondes Araújo is not subscribed to this list, so I have vetted the email, and decided to let it through to the list. Then John replied to Adrien's message, and then Marcondes was not copied into John's reply, so I have chosen to forward it. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] GNU Cash for Android
On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:01:15 + Paras Desai wrote: > I looked for Android fork for GC and was presented with two apps > 1. GNU Cash > 2. GNU cash mobile. > > I think they are independent and not connected with GC ORG. > > However, I just wish to understand if I use any of the two android > app just for basic day to expense posting, sync with say.. gdrive. > And on desktop, if I access the file from gdrive folder (synced), > then my account stays in sync. Is this possible with kind of GNU cash > file structure.? > > Thanks > > Paras > > I did once use gnucash for android. I could export a file and import that into my desktop. It wasn't worth the trouble, as others have mentioned, making a note on your phone is just as easy to handle. I now have a policy of asking for a paper receipt or an emailed receipt. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Consolidation of family member accounts
On Sun, 13 Aug 2023 17:04:26 + Paras Desai wrote: > 4. Neither is a good practice, as at family level, it will > erroneously show duplicate expenses (mine as gift to wife and, wife's > actual expenses with gifted fund) consider another reason it is not good practice 5. At some time I anticipate your son will leave home and set up an independent household. Having to disentangle accounts at that time would be very difficult. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to transfer all my accounts etc. to new computer. Linux version
On Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:50:26 +0200 "Frank H. Ellenberger" wrote: > Updated. BTW the FAQ is a terrible place because it is hard to > maintain. In most cases wiki's search offers more recent topics. I deliberately chose the FAQ because it was recommended to the Windows user changing computers. It's far too long and contains a lot of information. I can understand that it is hard to maintain. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to transfer all my accounts etc. to new computer. Linux version
On Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:46:14 +0200 Geert Janssens wrote: > That data is managed via GSettings, which on Linux uses dconf as > back-end. I have no idea how dconf manages its internal database > unfortunately. It's tied into dbus but that's a black box for me. > > You can dump the the contents via dconf or GSettings tools and then > import this on the new machine. As I'm not near a computer right now, > I can't offer much more than a pointer in the right direction. > Old machine $ dconf dump /org/gnucash/ > /home/liz/gnucash-dconf $ scp /home/liz/gnucash-dconf l...@192.168.xxx.xxx:/home/liz/gnucash-dconf New machine $ dconf load /org/gnucash/ < gnucash-dconf The last matter of the date settings was that when the locale was set in Debian the default went to "none" instead of en_AU. Running "dpkg-reconfigure locales", not adding any and setting the default locale was necessary to fix that. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to transfer all my accounts etc. to new computer. Linux version
On Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:46:14 +0200 Geert Janssens wrote: > That data is managed via GSettings, which on Linux uses dconf as > back-end. I have no idea how dconf manages its internal database > unfortunately. It's tied into dbus but that's a black box for me. > > You can dump the the contents via dconf or GSettings tools and then > import this on the new machine. As I'm not near a computer right now, > I can't offer much more than a pointer in the right direction. > Someone on reddit has supplied some answers here https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/oqbyqr/how_to_copy_dconf_settings_from_dead_machine/ and I'll report on success or failure, as I can ssh into the old machine. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to transfer all my accounts etc. to new computer. Linux version
On Sun, 13 Aug 2023 14:08:49 +1000 David Cousens wrote: > I have to confess I don't know where that info is hiding. I tried > changing the format from the default locale for the date but couldn't > see anything changing in the .gcm file. Same for invoice number. > John may be able to tell us where the various bits of info go. I used > "find - mmin -120" to try and locate any files which had changed in > the last 120 min with no luck. if we can get the info then I can try > updating the wiki and work longer term perhaps on getting that info > into the documentation. > > David I just don't know, and having used rsync -av to move everything, I am not sure what has been missed. If the data has moved in the upgrade I can understand that my method may have not been a sure method of data transfer when changing computers. Certainly once we have the data we can update the documentation. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to transfer all my accounts etc. to new computer. Linux version
On Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:15:52 +1000 David Cousens wrote: > The saved reports are in > /home/liz/.local/share/gnucash/saved_reports2.8. GNC_USERDATA_DIR is > the location for the user preferences data all very well, but that file ~/.local/share/gnucash/books/*.gcm contains the data for the registry displays but where is the date format, the last invoice number, accounting period and so on? Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to transfer all my accounts etc. to new computer. Linux version
On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:00:35 +0300 Shevach Pepper wrote: >I’m sure this is really simple but I’m not successful. > >I installed gnucash on new computer but I can’t find an option to >import all my old accounts from old computer. I’m sure this has > been asked before, but I can’t find any instructions on how to do it. > > I've just had to do this because I dropped my laptop. I've gone from 4.14 to 5.1 in the same move. I've transferred my ~/ (home directory) from one computer to the new one. Gnucash opens, but a lot of my preferences are gone, and even which is my next invoice number. I open Gnucash > Help > About, and attach the screenshot. This tells me where to look for my preferences, data etc. GNC_USERDATA_DIR is /home/liz/.local/share/gnucash Nope, my data files are in subdirectories of /home/liz/Nextcloud/gnucash/ My *.gcm files are under books in ~/.local/share/gnucash/ $ ls /home/liz/.local/share/gnucash accelerator-map deviceidhashsaltsqif-accounts-map storage booksexpressions-2.0 saved-reports-2.8 stylesheets-2.0 checks hsts-storage.sqlite saved-reports-2.8-backup translog GNC_USERCONFIG_DIR is /home/liz/.config/gnucash Nope, this directory is empty (and I checked two other computers that have shared this data and all are empty directories here) What does the FAQ say? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_moved.2Frenamed_my_data_file_and_my_reports_disappeared._How_do_I_get_them_back.3F "Reports are stored in a separate file in the ~/.gnucash/books directory." Nope, no such directory $ ls ~/.gnucash/books ls: cannot access '/home/liz/.gnucash/books': No such file or directory OK, I am supposed to know what I am doing, and I can't this time, having advanced from 4.14 to 5.1, find where to put my preferences file(s). There is a serious disconnect between the documentation and the new version here. I can understand that a person less familiar with Gnucash could have a lot of difficulty moving to a new computer. And by the way, where does the new version expect to find my *.gcm files?? Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Trouble building 5.3
On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 18:27:52 -0700 John Ralls wrote: > > On Jul 22, 2023, at 5:15 PM, Liz wrote: > > > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 14:25:38 -0700 > > Steve Butler wrote: > > > >> First I would upgrade those 191 packages. > >> > >> sudo apt update > >> sudo apt upgrade > >> > >> Make sure everything upgradable was upgraded. > >> > >> Check that you have build-essentials. > > > > May I suggest checking what would happen if you did upgrade first? > > sudo apt update > > sudo apt -s upgrade > > > It won't help. Ubuntu doesn't update Gwenhywfar and AQBanking > post-release, and they're not in focal-backports. Gwen 5.6.0 and > AQBanking 6.2.10 are in Debian's buster-backports > (https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/) so you could see if you > can install them from there. > > If that fails they're both pretty easy to build from source. Download > from https://www.aquamaniac.com. > > Regards, > John Ralls > I was thinking that the user would check the output, and see if gwenhywfar or aqbanking were in the list to be upgraded before upgrading any packages. As you note, they wouldn't be, and then the next option is to build the required packages as well as Gnucash. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Trouble building 5.3
On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 14:25:38 -0700 Steve Butler wrote: > First I would upgrade those 191 packages. > > sudo apt update > sudo apt upgrade > > Make sure everything upgradable was upgraded. > > Check that you have build-essentials. May I suggest checking what would happen if you did upgrade first? sudo apt update sudo apt -s upgrade Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to record payments for several items paid with a single transaction?
On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 17:56:09 +0100 Chris Green wrote: > But what if one has cash from two collections to go to the same > account. I.e. a collection on 22nd July and a collection on 29th > July both paid in at the same time? One way of doing this is with an intermediate account. You take the cash from 22nd July and put it in the intermediate account, which could be called "undeposited funds" or "cash on hand". You do the same with the cash from 29th July. On banking day you put the cash from the cash tin in the bank, and move it in your books from the intermediate account to the bank account. Summary Physical movement of funds collection > count done > cash tin 2nd collection > count done > cash tin > count done again cash tin > bank (and another count) Recorded movement of funds collection > cash on hand 2nd collection > cash on hand cash on hand > bank I'm sure you will sort this out shortly. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Should GNUCash allow a split to reference the same account twice
On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 18:46:08 +0100 Henry Law wrote: > Earlier today my wife was running GNUCash to update "her" bit of the > accounts and got into a serious tangle because she (inadvertently) > changed a newly-imported transaction so that its two splits -- which > should have been our current account and her credit card account -- > both referred to the credit card account. She then reconciled one > half and not the other, which caused a cascade of issues which took me > several hours and a manual edit to the GNUCash file to fix. > > Should GNUCash refuse to allow a transaction to have two splits into > the same account? My knowledge of accounting is scant, but with it I > can't see why one would ever legitimately do that. With the benefit of hindsight, would going back to a previous save have been a better thing from a time perspective? Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] GNUcash 5 - Trial Balance
On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:44:17 +0100 Chris Bastock via gnucash-user wrote: > I also not that on the TB there is no way to filter for accounts with > a zero balance. This means manually removing them. Is this really desirable? If I was your auditor, I would want to see accounts with a zero balance. They may have had a balance in a previous period. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Reorganize Trading accounts
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 12:49:29 -0400 King Mak wrote: > Hi, > > I have just acquired a new computer. I moved all my gnucash files to > the new computer by copy-paste. But when I open my accounting files > in the new computer, I notice that some of the transactions are > missing . What do I do? start a new thread here after doing your basic checks on file sizes etc. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Lost Transactions - HELP
On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 14:57:57 -0400 "Jonathan A. Cohen" wrote: > I acted too quickly. For whatever reason, the last save was not > complete. The file size was only 600k instead of 4.7M. After a > search, I restored from the last automatic backup. All good now. Pleased to hear it is all OK. My first thought was "disc space?" Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Entry of unknown transaction
On Mon, 6 Feb 2023 00:16:01 -0600 Jeff wrote: > Easiest example that I can remember off the top of my head is, my > wife recently wrote a check from her business account (her weeks > wages) and deposited it directly into our personal account. The OFX > import, and statement, from our bank show it but there is no matching > transaction in the business account. Our statement has an image of > the check plain as day but there is no match, period, in her business > account statement(s). And what really has me bumfuzzled is both sets > of books are reconciled per their respective statements. And it's > not just one transaction involved, there are multiples. That check > did not bounce, it just seemingly like magic appeared in our account > out of thin air. Magic money. > > > For now I have the check recorded as a deposit to our account and > withdrawal from Imbalance-USD. Just wanted to get your input on if > that is the best way to handle transactions like that. Thanks for that, now I have understood. You are depending on the bank's version of your account(s) to maintain your view of your accounts. Your view is of course far more up to date, because you know that the money was transferred from X to Y. These are personal choices on how you maintain your accounts, nothing is right nor wrong. I had initially thought that you had made an entry in Gnucash and that entry had lost one side of the transaction. Cheques (checks to you) have multiple delays in processing and data entry in any bank's procedures. Personally my wages go by direct transfer from business to personal, on a regular schedule booked online with my bank. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?
On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:38:12 -0700 Simon Roberts wrote: > I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution > of GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run. > Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be > navigable. > > Has anyone tried this? Is such an installation a possibility? (I'm a > Linux user, and it's not unusual to run software that's just "sitting > around in a directory tree", but such is not always possible in > windows, so that alone might prevent this.). I do it, and the year I didn't provide the .exe file I got asked for it. That was related to Covid lockdown and sending the files electronically, instead of my usual CD-ROM Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account [FIXED]
On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 15:09:41 -0600 Adrien Monteleone wrote: > You need to have at least one 'anchoring' split to that register. If > you have more than one split for that account, it will make you keep > the first one, but you can delete the others. On occasions Gnucash refuses to delete a split which is not the anchoring split to the register. I see it about twice a year, I have never chased down the cause, and find it easiest to Jump to another register and remove the split I don't want from there. I suspect a bug underlying the problem but am not bothered enough to collect the data. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Gift of stock
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:34:51 +1100 flywire wrote: > I doubt your jurisdiction is that naive. I'd expect you'd pay tax on > the $25k capital gain on disposal and your son would have a $30k > basis price. I agree, you gave your son the equivalent of $30K, and you get to pay tax on the capital gain. However if your jurisdiction sees it as your son paying the capital gain, then you gave him $5K in your books. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] QIF upload ends abruptly at import step, last message "Transaction with no or only one associated account"
On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 09:12:23 -0500 Jan via gnucash-user wrote: > I do have 20+ years of Quicken 2002 data (German Version), but only > tried to upload 2022 to GnuCash via a QIF down-/upload. It ends > abruptly (program vanishes completely) at the import step. The last > message I see on the screen is "Transaction with no or only one > associated account". One method of approaching this is the binary split method. Instead of all 2022, split it into two parts, try importing one. If it fails, ignore it, and try the other one. Split the one that fails... Repeat until you find the problem, then deal with the problem. We do suggest importing small files sequentially to train the importer, so you may choose to stick with small files until 2022 is finished. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?
On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:47:13 - "Fred Bone" wrote: > While you could use SXs, given that you (presumably) know exactly > what the depreciation schedule is for each item, you could equally > well enter all the future amounts now. It's arguably simpler than > setting up the SXs. +1 As every item can belong on a different depreciation schedule I do them all after purchase until value zero, then I am not trying to work out which percentage or any other variable in the future. I just note my method so that the accountant can check I was choosing the correct rate. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] exporting from gnucash to Excel
On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:45:20 +0300 "David T. via gnucash-user" wrote: > Indeed. > > I don't have to comply with this either, but it seems to me that > "pressing a button" to export to Excel provides exactly the same > automated reliability as CTRL-C/CTRL-V (two buttons, if you will) > into Excel. The data in both cases will have the same reliability. > > David T. It's come from the same purveyors as many other things which sound good but don't work in the real world. Data can get changed at any point, and it doesn't have to be as obvious as a lightning bolt hitting your house. Automating the proceedings doesn't guarantee accuracy, it hides the potentials for error. When you write your script to do this little task, there are opportunities to add to or subtract from the data. That's what scripts do well ;) Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Request for Automatic Reconciliation Function
On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 15:42:41 +0800 Bite Gao wrote: >GnuCash Developers and Maintainers: > Hello! While your software has done many tedious jobs previously >done by >accountants manually, it cannot automatically reconcile its > accounting data >to the bank statement in its digital form. In my opinion, the >automation of >reconciliation is not only efficient but also accurate since it > reduces human-caused errors. > I would appreciate you a lot if you could add an > auto-reconciliation function to your software. > Yours, > Bite Gao >Jan 4th, 2023 Bite, this is an interesting idea, but to me reconciliation requires human input. While I manually reconcile, I have to attend to pending transactions, for example a payment made on a card which never is taken from the bank account. At what time do I take that from the active list? Where will I put the the never finished transactions? A number which is different in my list to the banks? How will I check for the correct number? When do I contact the bank? They are human decisions, different in each jurisdiction. They are the reason I reconcile - not to have my numbers the same as the banks, but to see the discrepancies and decide on an action. Could you please describe more what you want from automated reconciliation? Your statement about "human-caused errors" implies that reconciliation introduces errors rather than highlights them. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?
On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 23:54:05 + "Dr. David Kirkby" wrote: > I think that I am in a minority here using them. They seem to make > things more complicated. I just hope that the benefits outweigh the > complications. > > Dave. I use them to create invoices and check that I have been paid but not to pay money out. Just going back to the data entry error, you typed 'P' and got 'payroll'. You can make sure that all your accounts have fairly unique first two letter combinations, so 'Pa' would be Payroll and 'Po' Postage. Then typing 2 letters should get the correct account, or you may decide to type three letters as a habit. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete
On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:01:44 +1000 David H wrote: > Amar, > > Please use "Reply All" to keep the conversation on the mailing list > so other users can chip in and help. Amar is not subscribed to the list. Any replies will wait for me to let them through. None waiting up to one minute ago. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How to get screenshots to go through to the e-mail list?
On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:54:17 -0500 Eric Chapman wrote: > Hi, > > I'm rather a newbie both to GnuCash and the list. I try to attach > screenshots and they do not go through. Can I do anything to get > approved for them? Or do I just need to wait? Maybe it's a function > of time or the number of emails sent to the list? (I realize the need > to not let first time posters include images.) Sorry. Eric, the moderator (me) does not have special powers over images. Just attach them to the email. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Inaccurate information about GnuCash at https://www.capterra.com/
On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 22:53:43 -0500 Glenn Fowler wrote: > Anyone can make an account a submit a review - even fakes. > Also, most FOSS users probably aren't on Capterra. > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 10:19 PM Dr. David Kirkby < > drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > > I stumbled across this link, comparing Sage to GnuCash > > > > > > https://www.capterra.com/accounting-software/compare/125092-168740/GnuCash-vs-Sage-One-UK > > > > The list of features given for GnuCash is a small subset of the > > actual features. GnuCash scores 3/13, and Sage 13/13. See the two > > screenshots. > > > > I don’t know if it’s considered worth advising them of the serious > > errors in their feature list. I don’t know if GnuCash can do > > everything on the list, but it can certainly do more than 3. > > > > > > -- The name is familiar to me, because I get to sort through all the emails which offer to post review, put us first on google search and similar. Was one of the 13 items "The program gets to help itself to your bank account?" Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Splitting a Transaction (Newbie Question)
On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 13:15:41 -0600 Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I'm not certain of the exact keyboard mechanics you used to cause > this, but the solution is simple. It is often caused by pressing the Enter key prematurely. Adrien knows that, I'd just like to suggest it here, so you can watch what happens in future. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Reconciling PayPal
On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:42:13 + "Dr. David Kirkby" wrote: > It’s annoying that the sellers names are not shown, as here in the UK > it’s a legal requirement to have that information if one is running a > limited liability company. Also the buyers name, unless one is > running a retail store. The sellers' names came from Paypal. I redacted them. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Reconciling PayPal
On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:45:15 +0300 "David T. via gnucash-user" wrote: > At paypal.com, click the Activity tab, then click the download icon > at the top right. This takes you to a hidden area that includes a tab > for Taxes and Statements. At least, that's what I see on my machine. > > David T. I followed those instructions. To see the balance you can only have csv export. https://imgur.com/jPP5Fol.png is the screenshot with the sellers names redacted Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] QIF Import troubles
On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 22:26:40 + (UTC) Steve Silva via gnucash-user wrote: > Hi All, > Thanks a lot for your input. Based on your observations, I really > don't think I am going to make gnucash work for me, I have nearly 30 > years worth of QIF data files and it seems like this odd double entry > method is something I can't control, nor can I go back through 30 > years of data and try to correct it. Trying to get away from quicken > sure is a chore and I am not going to pay for their program every > year. I appreciated your time. Steve You are welcome. If you feel you want a program closer to Quicken, indeed look for one. We don't want to force you in any way. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:44:49 + Mahon Finbar wrote: > Another possibility? > > In March 2021 I was reimbursed 1,340.98 by an airline for a trip to > Japan which was cancelled due to Covid. > > In error I entered the reimbursement against my credit card, although > I had paid it from my bank. > > That would account for the 'credit' on the credit card? > > However, the original spend was allocated to 'expenses' > travel. > When I try to rectify it as a rebate on the expenses a/c the column > option is 'rebate' but it appears twice, as an expense and a rebate > and the expenses a/c does not reflect the reduction in the outgoings? > > Why? > > Finbar > Finbar I am loath to add more advice, because I'm not sure where you are in solving this. Let's just imagine that you have just found the error, that the reimbursement is in the wrong account in your books. Maybe you found it when the bank account reconciliation was incorrect. At this point Did you add the transaction to the bank account in Gnucash? Go to your Expenses:Travel account. Is that reimbursement recorded once or twice there? You would expect to have one entry, linked to the bank account. It should decrease your expenses. If you have two entries, delete the one linked to the credit card. If you have one entry, and it is linked to the credit card, edit it to be linked to the bank account. Of course, any of us would have already noticed an extra thousand dollars in a bank account and tried to find the reason. ;) Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Net Worth Barchart
On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 00:57:44 -0600 Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Liz, > > I just ran the chart for myself and indeed, it appears your > Liabilities are backwards. That is, if you owe money, they should > have a Credit balance, but yours show as Debit balance. (The *normal* > balance of a Liability account is Credit, not Debit) > > What is your preference setting for Accounts > Reversed Balanced > Accounts? > > If it is "none" or "Income & Expense" then your Liability accounts > will show as negative amounts in the Accounts tab if they are a > Credit balance. > > If it is "Credit accounts" then they will show as positive on the CoA. > > If your balances are opposite of that, then your balances are > reversed. (they are 'contra balances' from what is normally expected) > > - > > As to your specific situational question: > > I'm not real clear on your SX template. Can you provide it for > clarification? (no need for amounts, It's just to clear up which > splits you have as Debits & Credits) > > From what I gather, this is a transaction to record money you pay as > wages (to yourself or others), the liability for taxes on those > wages, and super (??) payments. (not sure what that last part is) > > I'm not quite understanding why that is all in one transaction. But > I'll take a guess, maybe my below examples will be roughly correct... > > > > 1. Payments of wages by a company to employees would simplistically > be something like: > > Dr. Expenses:Labor >Cr. Cash > > > > 2. A (likely) separate transaction would record payroll tax liability > such as: > > Dr. Expenses:Payroll Taxes >Cr. Liabilities:Payroll Taxes Due > > (arguably, you can put this all in one transaction) > > > > 3. Then when you make the actual payment: > > Dr. Liabilities:Payroll Taxes Due >Cr. Cash > > Which reduces the previous liability incurred and recorded, by the > amount of your payment. > > You'd repeat that second transaction for any adjustments you are > advised to make as you note, and then zero it out with another > payment. (or otherwise your 4th Quarter payment is simply larger) > > - > > If the situation is concerning something like a 'self-employed' > status and you're making quarterly estimated income tax payments, the > treatment would generally be similar, just different terminology > and/or account names. > > - > > Now, in the case (which it appears you are dealing with) that you are > paying that tax liability at the same time as wages are disbursed, > the treatment is similar save that you can record the payment all at > once and *maybe* skip the intermediary step of 'Taxes Due' splits: > > Dr. Expenses:Labor > Dr. Expenses:Payroll Taxes >Cr. Cash > > You would still record the Liability of Taxes Due when you are > provided the adjustment you need to make, and then zero it out with > the final payment. > > However, I'd bet good practice would be to record those Liability > splits regardless, just to show a trail that they were incurred, and > then covered, thus: > > Dr. Expenses:Labor100 > Dr. Liabilities:Payroll Taxes Due 10 > Dr. Expenses:Payroll Taxes 10 >Cr. Liabilities:Payroll Taxes Due 10 >Cr. Cash 110 > > (the Credit to Cash being equal to the first two Debits and splits 3 > & 4 must be also equal to each other) > > *Hopefully* the three middle splits are all equal, but if the > Liability as estimated is not fully paid for, or overpaid, the Debit > to the 'Due' account (split #2) would be less or more accordingly. > > > Regards, > Adrien > > p.s.—that's how it would look on paper! > Thanks Adrien No I didn't have any reversed balance accounts set and it wasn't the Payroll tax, that was OK. 'Super' is the standard way of pronouncing 'Superannuation' here, and that is retirement savings in plain English. The image is the three monthly accounting for GST and company tax prepayment (PAYG) and the monthly payroll tax payment. Liabilities: Tax Liabilities is the same value as Expenses: Salaries : tax payments Expenses:Company Tax is after Geoff put me straight Part of my problem was calling everything "Tax" instead of being more specific. Now if I rename the Expenses:Salaries:Tax payments to Ex:S:Payroll Tax that could help the next lot of confusion. For those who wonder why I have so many blanks in a scheduled transaction, every three months I do some computation to fill in the blanks. A prepared template means I don't miss any and claim everything they owe me. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Net Worth Barchart
On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 17:30:35 +1100 Geoff wrote: > Hi Liz > > I think the other side of that liability entry should be something > like "Expenses:Company Tax". > > Regards > > Geoff > = > Thanks for that. A bit of rearranging and now the Net Worth barchart looks a bit more logical. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Net Worth Barchart
On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 15:40:06 +1100 Chris Grinton wrote: > The charts suggest that you have *negative* liabilities. That is, > while the underlying accounts may have a type of "Liability", the net > balance of these accounts is negative, so are effectively an asset. > > For "normal" positive liabilities, the red bars in the chart would be > above the $0 line as per the attached screenshot. > > Chris I accept that there is likely a logical fault in my account setup. I'm not sure how or where, certainly when I pay my tax out of the bank account my liability for paying tax goes down. So at the end of the month I enter a transaction by scheduled transaction to list my wages, tax and super payments. That transaction results in an increase in my Tax liability account, which when I pay up a few weeks later, the liability decreases. But what I have done, which I'm sure is my problem, is I haven't got the tax payments going to the correct logical place but recursively I have hurriedly filed them under tax liabilities. So my liabilities in my books are increasing regularly instead of being zeroed. This payment is the amount which the tax people tell me I'm going to pay to account for my company tax. They ask for 4 payments each year, and then the accountant sorts out annually what else I have to pay. So I think it comes to What are appropriate splits for the prepayment of my company tax? One side is tax liabilities, and the other I can't work out. No use Michael telling me that I need to decide what I would do on paper, I'm lost. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Net Worth Barchart
Gnucash Version: 4.12 Build ID: 4.12+(2022-09-24) Here is a screenshot of my Net Worth Barchart. I have checked that Assets are type "Assets" and Liabilities are type "Liabilities" Can someone explain to me why or how my Net Worth is greater than my Assets despite the existence of Liabilities? I have removed the actual values, they do not materially affect the question. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] How can I enter all fixed assets?
On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 01:18:00 + "Dr. David Kirkby" wrote: > It would be a bit tedious to create accounts for every item > individually > > Assets -> Test equipment -> VNA > Assets -> Test equipment -> Signal generator > Assets -> Test equipment -> Frequency counter > > and set each to have an appropriate opening balance. > That's what I do, then check the depreciation tables and then enter a part year, and then annual depreciation entries until the value is zero, many years ahead, and I don't look at that again. Reporting can then pull the end of financial year value for the appropriate year. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Can I export a list of vendors and customers?
On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:58:56 -0800 Cam Ellison wrote: > On 2022-11-18 13:55, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Unfortunately no. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 11/18/22 12:11 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > >> Is it possible to export the customers as a .csv file in a > >> database, and also I'd like to export the vendors. There are no > >> transactions with these > >> yet. > > > > > If you store your transactions in a database instead of the standard > flat file, it's actually quite straightforward, especially with a > web-based database manager. Trying to work from the command line may > be a little more complicated. > > Cheers > > Cam > You could save once only in a suitable database format to get the data, then immediately save in compressed xml again if you don't want to use the database again. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Paying invoices from the edit invoice screen
Background Debian 11 Gnucash 4.11 Workflow I use the business features to note income which is invoiced through another program. I copy invoice numbers and amounts into a Gnucash invoice so I keep track of my income through Gnucash. This money comes frequently (which is a ‘good thing’) and sometimes I get behind in my invoicing. Then I can be doing the invoice when I already have the money in the bank account, and can choose to “pay invoice” from the dropdown menu for post or unpost the invoice. Problem I had noticed money not arriving in Gnucash’ data for the bank account when I pay the invoice from that dropdown menu. The customer report showed the money had been paid, but the bank account didn’t show the deposit. Friday night I spent some time posting, unposting, paying and unpaying the same invoices until I opened the relevant split in ‘Accounts Receivable’ and found that the money had gone to the Liabilities top level account. This account has no entries but I have not marked ‘placeholder’. Question Why is the money in Liabilities? The ‘Process Payments’ child window is defaulting to ‘Liabilities’ when I have never used this. It used to default to ‘Assets > Bank Account’, where the money has been deposited. How can I stop this occurring? Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] invoicing
On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:58:34 + (UTC) arthur brogard via gnucash-user wrote: > For this simple thing. A single tenant's rent. Never mind a > business with many ongoing customers. Got some way to go. > > :) It is a great idea to start with a small set of transactions and work out your methods before starting with lots of transactions. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Import Map Editor
On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 14:28:21 -0700 Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > On 2022-10-06 05:58, Carl S. wrote: > > > I'm curious about the Import Map Editor and what it's for. > > Have you read the documentation about it, at > <https://lists.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-help/trans-import.html#ImportMatchEditor>, > > yet? > > > > It does say I've got something like 300 invalid mapping and asks if > > I want to delete them. > > > > No idea what to do with itand certainly don't want to create a > > disaster. > > > The documentation does not describe that message. Perhaps post a > screenshot of the message? Does the dialogue indicate which entries > are "invalid"? Can you post a screenshot of those entries? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Carl > Good luck, > —Jim DeLaHunt May I suggest you make a copy of your file and experiment with the copy? That would make a disaster less likely. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Troubleshooting and/or database repair
On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 18:11:37 -0400 wrote: > When I click on add an account or edit an account nothing happens. I > presume something got corrupted in the database or the install? How > to repair please? > > > > Thanks > > > Can you please advise Version of Gnucash Operating System New install or upgrade If upgrade, from which version When this started to happen eg no known cause upgrade of computer operating system upgrade of Gnucash Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Opening Gnucash
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:34:07 -0400 Richard Barmann wrote: > I may have been double clicking because my hands shake and I find > myself typing double letters when I type. I carefully tried closing > and it is working. I will just have to watch what I do. I am 90 and > will watch what I am doing. Thank you for all that help. > > Richard Barmann The mouse double-click speed can be changed, here is one article with the information. https://www.myofficetricks.com/how-to-adjust-the-double-click-speed-in-windows-10/ Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?
On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:08:35 -0500 "W. Neal Lewis" wrote: > David, > > That's where this all started. > > It didn't make sense so I thought I would ask people who were more > knowledgeable. > > I did look on line and nothing on line made any more sense. > > So, thank you for your help. > > Best regards, > > Neal Lewis Putting on my educator hat Not everyone understands the same way, people read the same words and assign different meaning to those words. So we need access to lots of different approaches. Putting on my moderator hat . Officially this list does not support accounting discussions, but it is one of the things we do here, as well as how to use Gnucash. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Mailing list options (was Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 90)
On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:48:41 -0700 Stan Brown wrote: > On 2022-08-31 15:15, Phyllis Bruce wrote: > > Robert, I am not interested in any of the business accounting or > > stock accounting questions. I followed your instructions to change > > my options which were already set as you suggested. However, I was > > unable to find a list of topics to limit what I will receive, or a > > way to enter said topics once I find the list. > > Please don't use the digest title as a subject line. Phyllis has not been a person who has used the digest, nor used the digest title as a subject line. I'm not sure how she got tangled up in this thread. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices
On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 18:13:29 + Eric Hammond wrote: > Hi Derek, > > So this is a "hidden" feature! > On the unposted invoice, Billing Information panel, the Customer > field has an "Edit..." button, which to me means I can select the > customer. Instead, it only allows altering the Customer information. > > Currently the proper way is to go to the top GnuCash ribbon and > select "Edit Invoice" which then allows the proper "Customer ... > Select" option. > > This is very non-intuitive: I can't think of any reason I would want > to edit the basic Customer information from an invoice. Possibly a > fix for a later release? > > Thanks for your help, > Eric > I had tried to alter an invoice to a different customer and found myself with a similar problem. Now I have all of that data under one customer and a customer entry now called "Reuse me" for next time I have a new customer. I see Derek said its by design, but it caught me too. I was not aware that the menu entry "Edit Invoice" had different powers to choosing "View/Edit Invoice" from a search panel. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Copy/Paste Transaction Issue
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:06:18 + Gyle McCollam wrote: > Liz, > Just wanted to mention that if you post to cash ledger and meant to > post to a card, instead of cutting and pasting, in the cash ledger, > you could click on the transaction and then the split icon. Then > click on the line for the cash ledger. You will then have the down > arrow for the account selection. You can then select the appropriate > card account and it will move the transaction and your debits and > credits will be correct. This may sound more involved, but it is a > lot easier than it sounds and you don't have to move between accounts > when cutting and pasting. I am doing that. But I wanted to say that the copy/paste transaction item is problematic. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Copy/Paste Transaction Issue
On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:12:29 -0500 Jack Slater wrote: > When I tried to Copy a transaction from an account named Checking and > Paste to the same account at a later date, the debit amount in the > original Withdrawal column did not appear in the pasted transaction > but the credit amount showed up in the Deposit column?? > > I have screen captures of both if needed. > > I've copy/pasted transactions before and never noticed the problem. > > Jack in Illinois I have seen this happen when trying to move a transaction to another account, for example when I entered the transaction in the cash ledger and had really paid by card. When pasted into the card account, I would find a deposit instead of a withdrawal. I haven't ever taken the time to report and discuss the problem, but learned that jumping to the Expense account involved and moving the transaction from there was more reliable. I have vague memories that it wasn't always like this, but I've been on Gnucash since about V1.6 and I didn't pay attention to when this started. I haven't even tried it more recently to see if I can still reproduce the problem. Summary: I also think copy and paste of a transaction has problems. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Random List Maintenance Question: Regarding Nabble
On Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:14:45 +0300 "David T. via gnucash-user" wrote: > Hello, > > Since the Nabble mirror of Gnucash lists went down (last year?) and > doesn't seem to be getting up again, is it time to remove references > to it on the wiki and in every message filter? > > TIA, > David T. > ___ > 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/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. Yea, I could change it. Life has been busy since that Covid thing arrived and I have sometimes thought about it. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] rookie question Imbalance-USD
On Sun, 19 Jun 2022 10:57:19 -0400 "David T. via gnucash-user" wrote: > I made my comment from that perspective; your snarky comment just > underscores for me the kind of person YOU are. Go stuff yourself. > > David T. David, As the moderator, I don't want to see such words in the archives. You put in lots of good information, please refrain from those sorts of comments. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Online crypto value quote
On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:51:25 +1000 Geoff wrote: > [Etiquette - always include the list in > all your emails.] The OP is not subscribed to the list, and so has to wait for me to approve the postings. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Language settings
On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:36:07 -0500 wrote: > How do I get my GnuCash back to Spanish? Version 4.6 installed Spanish > automatically but it recently switched to English. > > > > Third time to ask for help with this question. > > > > Thanks, > > Roger Gnucash runs according to your system settings. So if you set your computer to a language, that is what you should see. This wiki page gives some information on how to change for Windows users https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Locale_Settings#Changing_the_Language_on_Windows Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] edit --> find --> description contains fails to show accounts receivable items
On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 21:25:54 -0500 Adrien Monteleone wrote: > You don't need to 'select' an account before doing a search. (it has > no bearing on the search at all) > > Always conduct searches when viewing the main accounts tab, and if > you want to specify accounts, do that in your search criteria. > > Regards, Having an account "in focus" when starting a search restricts the search to that tab/account. Either a neat trick or a trap for the unwary. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Import is finding no matching transactions
On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 00:00:19 + Gyle McCollam wrote: > Aaron, > 1st David is correct, you don't set up the expense account as > subaccounts of your checking account. They are Expenses and you > debit the expense account and credit the bank account. By looking at > the expense account you get the "running total" of the expense. But don't panic, the accounts in the inappropriate place can be moved, by editing the accounts from the Accounts screen. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Am I in business?
On Tue, 17 May 2022 21:20:14 + (UTC) arthur brogard via gnucash-user wrote: > I've got this continuing problem with my inability to properly > understand how to use this list. I get an email from a member > addressed to me that's fine. I can respond to it and choose 'reply > to all' as suggested or requested in the template footnote But mainly > I just get mailing list updates with a number of subjects listed at > the top. I look at that and see if my query is in there. If it is I > go read it and then perhaps, like now, I'd like to respond to that > particular person. But I don't know how to do that. Except perhaps by > noting the email address, noting out subject line, noting the text, > writing a new reply email and inputting all that and making the reply > go to 'reply all' or something. Its surely easier than that. What > should I be doing? > You have chosen to receive mailing list mails as a digest. There is an alternative, where you get each email individually. Your method of replying to a digest is appropriate, other than please remove the excess because there are still some people on this list on slow internet. We ask that you "reply to list" or "reply to all" to keep the conversation in the archives. It may be appropriate to reply to an individual, but for those searching the archives it is helpful to find the answers and not just the questions. As for Australian law on advice? You can get your medical advice from anybody on Facebook but not your financial. I guess the legal firms and government entities uploading financial advice are covered by employing people who are allowed to give advice. I've altered the text at the bottom of the emails very rarely. I guess I could add something about "ask your accountant" in the future. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Am I in business?
On Sat, 14 May 2022 02:31:52 + (UTC) arthur brogard via gnucash-user wrote: > I and my ex jointly own four properties two of which are rented out. Thinking differently here, I see a red flag because there is an unexplained relationship between the owners of the properties. I'd suggest that these are kept in separate "books" and quite separate from any of your personal accounts. As already mentioned, excellent records are required to be sure that all allowable deductions are received. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Configuration dilemma -- How best to share Gnucash between 2 users
On Tue, 10 May 2022 14:06:02 -0600 John Griessen wrote: > That sounds great for two people in an office. How would you get > the benefit of doing bookkeeping on a laptop and then at a desktop > machine alternating back and forth? > > I get a flexibility benefit using unison to sync files. I don't > share use of bookkeeping files with another person, just me with > laptop and me with desktop. So far no troubles for a year. This > method does not expose my bookkeeping to internet server attacks > either -- it all stays behind a firewall. I too alternate between desktop and laptop. I host my own Nextcloud instance and syncing is automatic after each save. I have had problems when something went wrong with network connectivity. At this point I have different files, and the server keeps a copy of each so you can recover more easily. Being able to use the laptop has increased the accuracy of my records - when travelling I can still record purchases in the main accounts, and gave up use of the Gnucash app on the phone. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] default local currency
On Tue, 10 May 2022 12:17:22 +0800 "David Long" wrote: > Hi, > > > > Actually, I tried a re-install, thinking I had missed a trick in the > installation process, but exactly the same. > > > > Regards > > > > David David, could you advise your OS, because this may offer a different way of altering your locale settings. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] How to copy a GnuCash 'installation'?
On Fri, 6 May 2022 18:58:13 +0100 Chris Green wrote: > However there are other files one needs to copy if you want reports > and screen layout and things like that to be the same. Is this > documented anywhere? Of course. It's in the wiki, and you will find it in the FAQ under "Backups". Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] QFX file for Bank of American business account not invoking Import Matcher
On Wed, 4 May 2022 03:25:25 + Peter Wu wrote: > 1. Beside the mailing-list. Does anyone know a forum where we can > ask and discuss issues? I feel it maybe easier to > search/discuss/answer questions than a mailing list. This mailing list leads to the expertise, or the brains trust of Gnucash. You can also use IRC if you prefer. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] New to GnuCash SQLite on Windows: I have questions
On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:02:16 +0100 Chris Green wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 09:20:56PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > > > > 1. Is there any way to get GnuCash to save its file, by default, > > > with an appropriate suffix other than "gnucash?" > > > > Sure, tell it to do that. It only adds ".gnucash" by default, but > > it won't override what you tell it. > > > Where do you tell it that? > "Save As" in the menu should do it. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] File browser file type filter and bookmarks
On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:06:53 +0200 James Thorpe wrote: > I have two questions regarding usage of the file browser dialog to > open a gnucash accounts file. > > > > many thanks > James, one way of dealing with this is to make changes to your user menu on Linux. Not that I remember how to do it, because it has been working for many years on my desktop, survives upgrades and so on. My menu, under "Office" has Gnucash Gnucash Business Gnucash Home Gnucash Super Gnucash Trust You didn't say which desktop environment you are using, so more specific advice would need that data. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:36:41 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > Every now and then one of my bank accounts doesn't reconcile because > what the bank shows differs from what GnuCash shows. The amounts are > significant. What puzzles me is that the previous month's balances > (bank and GC) match and so do all the transactions. But, the end of > month balances don't match. Rich when I get into a mess, I do very small increments on the reconcile. For example, just choosing a date about 10 transactions down, or one week, and then I will go through very slowly, doing small chunks. Assume this is one month, and I am doing weekly... I find the bank's ending balance for 7th of month, put 7th of correct month and the balance from the bank statement into the reconcile dialogue, and check off that week's items from the bank statement. When the residual is zero, I mark finished, and move forward to the 14th. (Procedure loops) By looking at such a small number of transactions it is possible to find whatever the errors are. I too have been on Gnucash for a couple of decades, but still found 4 errors in one file this March, payments not entered as received, and digit transposition. I hope you find what is happening and let us know. liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Report - Income Statement - Layout problem
On Sat, 26 Mar 2022 23:58:16 +0100 Carl-Kensaku HERBORT wrote: > But I will test it with my current one as soon as the 4.10 version > comes to Ubuntu (or if it takes too long, I will download it > manually) and let you know if it works on my end. Ubuntu seems to be very slow getting updated Gnucash versions, building it yourself would be worthwhile and should be much less than 3 months. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Question about Assemblies
On Thu, 17 Mar 2022 01:59:28 + Frederick wrote: > Hi there, i am a interested in abandoning my Accounting software and > looking to see if Gnucash will work for my one person business. > > The main issue is that i manufacture items to sell and need software > that can account for assemblies. This can go by the name of > manufacture/build or assembly. Sage 50 calls this Assembly. > > If someone can let me know if builds are easily possible with gnucash > and direct me to literature on this matter, it would be greatly > appreciated. > > take care, fred > I'm assuming here that you mean "manufacture a widget" for assembly and build. There are other meanings of build that software developers use. When I make an invoice I can invoice different items. I can invoice Time, different types of Service, and different Goods. We don't know how you account for manufacturing costs when you invoice, nor how you spread this income in your accounts. If you give some more details, someone who is already doing similar with Gnucash can advise. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Gnucash 3.8 Questions
On Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:56:47 +0800 Lokesh Yagnik wrote: > Questions > - Can this version (or any version) of Gnucash allow remote access? Or > (from what I think is the case) will just have to allow him to remote > log in to my computer and then look at Gnucash > > - Since I was learning, I have resisted the temptation to update to a > newer version of Gnucash. To upgrade, my understanding is that I need > to upgrade each version to the most uptodate stable version. > As for backing up the current stuff, I will need to back up the > various XYXYXY.gnucash files or does the entire string - > Folder1/folder2/folder3/XYXYXY.gnucash has to be replicated? > > thanks in advance > > LY Remote access can be achieved, but it involves technological knowhow to do it safely and securely. You could decide to email the file each reporting period, and have the accountant make any notes and email it back. I make the reports that my accountant needs and provide those. Keeping up to date with Gnucash is a *good idea*. Catching up when your version is a long way behind is difficult. I am not usually on the *latest* but one or two releases behind. What to back up is covered in the FAQ https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Questions_about_Backups which I see now leads to longer articles in the wiki Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] reports
On Sat, 5 Mar 2022 20:36:24 -0700 Chuck wrote: > I am sorry but I do not understand how to select multiple accounts & > some of tier daughters & leave out everything else in the report > Chuck And we are short of information, too. Can you write out what you are trying to do first? Then someone can help you chose an appropriate report. Then we can progress to the next stage. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Keeping tenant accounts on Gnucash - periodic 'rent owing' ?
On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 19:26:04 -0500 Glenn Fowler wrote: > Hi, > > I use GnuCash for rental properties as well. Setup your accounts under > expenses for repairs, insurance, utilities, etc. In my case, I setup a > recurring transaction for rental income. Then, you only need to make > changes as needed instead of doing it manually every month. You need to have some idea on the tax implications of your expenses. In AU, this is where we start to rival North American sales tax ;) So some expenses are recurring - like rates and insurance and are tax deductible Some expenses are general maintenance - the bills from the plumber and electrician for callouts and are tax deductible Some expenses are capital - when you decide to replace the kitchen because it is wear and tear and scruffy, but not if it is seriously damaged by floods (topical here), that would be maintenance or on the insurance. Some expenses can be sent back to the tenant to pay (here we charge water usage to the tenant, but not if you didn't fix the leaky taps or cistern) Whether interest charges on the mortgage you have over the property are expenses which are tax deductible or capital expenses depends on the flavour of government - it seems to oscillate slowly here. If you are not sure about the expenses, make lots of expense subaccounts to keep them in general categories, and rationalise them when you have had a chat with your accountant. In GnuCash its easy to join subaccounts and tedious to split them. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Automatic sales tax
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:58:20 -0500 Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > It's incredibly complex. And Australians have all been led to > > believe that we have the most complex tax system on the planet. > > > > Liz > > > The reason is that here in the US sales tax is not national. The US > is a federation of states and commonwealths. You would not be > surprised if 50 countries had highly different rules about sales tax, > whether or not had one, what rates and what applied to and we were > discussing transactions crossing country boundaries. So why does it > seem surprising with our states. > > We haven't even begun to discuss another level of complexity for the > proposed software to deal with. It would also have to be able to be > turned off for each state by date range! That's because it is not at > all unusual for the governor of a state that has sales tax to declare > a "tax holiday" << to boost business >> > > Michael D Novack > Last century, when it was easier to reach political consensus, state sales taxes were all abolished. Now the States argue over the carve up of the pie. But there are plenty of other taxes to make life exceptionally complex here, do not worry, the accountants and tax people have plenty to keep them busy. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Automatic sales tax
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:58:08 -0800 Stan Brown wrote: > On 2022-02-28 06:34, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > But if not a remote sale, if person living in state A buys > > something at a seller in state B (and state B has sales tax) > > collected based on that. Now the buyer might still owe sales tax to > > state A when bringing the whatever home. > > The tax the buyer pays to their home state after "importing" goods for > personal use is called use tax in every state I've lived in. > > You didn't mention the case where buyer and seller are in different > taxing jurisdictions within the same state. I don't know how other > states do it, but when you live in county C in California, go to a > dealer in county D in California, and buy a car, the dealer is > required to charge sales tax at county C's rate, not county D's. > Probably the same is true for boats. For smaller items, you pay at > the rate of the seller's county, and there's no credit if you take > the goods back to your home in a lower-tax county. > > > When they pay that on their state return, they can claim > > credit for the sales tax (if any) already paid for that thing to > > state B. > > Maybe. Some states don't allow it, or allow it only up to the home > state's tax rate. It's incredibly complex. And Australians have all been led to believe that we have the most complex tax system on the planet. Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Directly posting payments
On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:29:53 +1000 David H wrote: > Jim, > > If you're only using your Windows 7 pc for your previous software > have you tried installing/running it on Windows 10 in "compatibility > mode"? Some older software will run ok on Windows 10 using this > feature. > > Cheers David H. Perhaps even a virtual machine, just for that software (extreme, but another solution) Liz ___ 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/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.
Re: [GNC] Automatic sales tax
On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:54:21 -0600 Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Keith, > > I’m not a mod. > > The instructions for unsubscribing are at the bottom of each e-mail. > You have to do it yourself. > > You can turn on Digest Mode if you prefer in your preferences. > > Please don’t e-mail list members personally unless requested to do > so, especially without copying the list. > > Regards, > Adrien And as the person with the password to subscribe and unsubscribe people, I am not going to do such a thing on that sort of request. My mail client will happily substitute different email addresses so I am well aware that something which says its from a person's email may well not be. Requests can be genuine or not. To unsubscribe yourself you need your password, and can have one sent to you to accomplish the task. Liz ___ 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/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.
