Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Michael: On 2021-05-31 14:36, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: I suspect you were not seeing the behavior you thought you were seeing.… I see the same behaviour as David, in GnuCash 4.2.  I just created a credit card transaction, and intentionally left the other Account field blank. GnuCash

Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread David Carlson
DaveC49, Your information is interesting, but it does not restore the behavior that previous releases already had, and the current release lost, as David T pointed out. I think he is saying that in his opinion, it wasn't broke, didn't need fixing. On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:24 PM DaveC49

Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread DaveC49
David, I'm not sure why the behaviour has changed, but from a programming prospective, it is much simpler to create the imbalance accounts at the top level. There is no need to search for a location which may be different in every user's CoA. One reason perhaps for keeping it at the top level is

Re: [GNC] Question about Profit-Loss Report

2021-05-31 Thread Howard M. Fried
On 5/31/21 9:08 PM, Alan Hopkins wrote: Hello Howard I agree with both Michaels - you need to understand the difference between accounting records & reports prepared on an accruals basis vs a cash basis. You should do some reading on basic accounting. GNUCash used for business uses the accrual

Re: [GNC] Question about Profit-Loss Report

2021-05-31 Thread Alan Hopkins
Hello Howard I agree with both Michaels - you need to understand the difference between accounting records & reports prepared on an accruals basis vs a cash basis. You should do some reading on basic accounting. GNUCash used for business uses the accrual basis - (invoices are

Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Michael, I'm not sure what behavior you think I am seeing? I do think you're missing my point, which is that prior to 4.5, automatically-generated entries for Imbalance-USD would be placed in my existing Imbalance-USD account, which is located under Special Accounts. That is,  "Special

Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/31/2021 1:08 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: Please re-read my email. In it you will see that I am NOT/NOT asking about how to handle entries that are automatically added to Imbalance-USD. I am fully aware of Gnucash behaviors in regard to the creation of entries into

Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
@Derek: Please re-read my email. In it you will see that I am NOT/NOT asking about how to handle entries that are automatically added to Imbalance-USD. I am fully aware of Gnucash behaviors in regard to the creation of entries into Imbalance-USD, and I have a long-established workflow in

Re: [GNC] Question about Profit-Loss Report

2021-05-31 Thread Howard M. Fried
On 5/31/21 10:42 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: On 31 May 2021, at 15:10, Howard M. Fried wrote: I have several invoices that were issued in 2020 but paid in 2021. These funds are not included in a P report for 2021, apparently because the report is based on date of invoice issue, or have I

Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread David Carlson
The Imbalance-xxx account will reappear the next time an error is made in balancing a transaction, or if a transaction is intentionally left out of balance to be fixed later, so it is useless to delete the account. I agree with David T that new entries should go to the existing account, even if it

Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread Derek Atkins
The existence of an Imbalance account means you have an error in a transaction. So you should fix it and empty it.. -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On May 31, 2021 10:34:48 AM "D. via gnucash-user" wrote: Hello, I have noticed a new behavior in regards to the

Re: [GNC] Question about Profit-Loss Report

2021-05-31 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 31 May 2021, at 15:10, Howard M. Fried wrote: > > I have several invoices that were issued in 2020 but paid in 2021. These > funds are not included in a P report for 2021, apparently because the > report is based on date of invoice issue, or have I missed something. > > Is it possible to

Re: [GNC] Question about Profit-Loss Report

2021-05-31 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/31/2021 10:10 AM, Howard M. Fried wrote: I have several invoices that were issued in 2020 but paid in 2021. These funds are not included in a P report for 2021, apparently because the report is based on date of invoice issue, or have I missed something. Is it possible to get the 2020

[GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior

2021-05-31 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Hello, I have noticed a new behavior in regards to the automatic creation of entries to Imbalance-XXX (in my case,  Imbalance-USD). When I first started using Gnucash, I found the creation of a top level imbalance account to be additional unwanted clutter to my Chart of Accounts. I found, by

[GNC] Question about Profit-Loss Report

2021-05-31 Thread Howard M. Fried
I have several invoices that were issued in 2020 but paid in 2021. These funds are not included in a P report for 2021, apparently because the report is based on date of invoice issue, or have I missed something. Is it possible to get the 2020 Sales that were paid in 2021 into the report for