Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-21 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/21/2022 4:04 PM, R Losey wrote: Granted, and all good points, but they weren't listed in the original question, so it gives a better idea of what you are looking for. No, I was trying to explain that an "inventory system" deals with things way outside the scope of something like

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-21 Thread R Losey
Granted, and all good points, but they weren't listed in the original question, so it gives a better idea of what you are looking for. On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 5:47 PM Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 12/20/2022 6:00 PM, R Losey wrote: > > I guess it would depend

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Eric Chapman
Good idea, Michael! Eric Chapman GnuCash 4.13 on MacOS 13.1 Ventura running on 2018 Mac Mini (3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 On 12/20/22 18:47, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:  I've usually just used an account per batch in the general ledger and so could store that information in the

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/20/2022 6:00 PM, R Losey wrote: I guess it would depend on how detailed you wanted to be... you could create an Inventory asset category, and create as many sub-categories as you need to. Purchases add to the inventory; sales delete from it, etc. Yes, but the connection to general

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread R Losey
I guess it would depend on how detailed you wanted to be... you could create an Inventory asset category, and create as many sub-categories as you need to. Purchases add to the inventory; sales delete from it, etc. On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 8:55 AM Eric Chapman wrote: > I am wondering how, in

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There are plenty of apps out there of various sorts, many of course are open-source and free, as in beer, and not just as in speech. (usually 'community editions' of paid-for apps, but some are just free, like GnuCash) Some are quite complicated and maybe more than you want to chew on, such

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Eric Chapman
Steve, Thank you. I also think that is a perfectly good way to do it. I do understand Cost of Goods Sold (and I think it should be contra the related sales / revenue (income) account. That's the way I'll do it. Thanks so much! Eric On 12/20/22 11:25, Stephen M. Butler wrote: Eric, As

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Eric Chapman
Thanks, John, At this point, our needs for this are indeed simple. But I could see them getting more complex in the future. I do understand cost accounting and loved it when I studied it years ago. I wonder if there are stand-alone inventory management programs/apps that would work if our

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Eric Chapman
Thanks, John, At this point, our needs for this are indeed simple. But I could see them getting more complex in the future. I do understand cost accounting and loved it when I studied it years ago. I wonder if there are stand-alone inventory management programs/apps that would work if our

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread john
> On Dec 20, 2022, at 6:55 AM, Eric Chapman wrote: > > I am wondering how, in GnuCash, to account for assets bought to resell or > other assets that will later be expensed as used. > > I'm in the USA context. As far as terminology goes, I think UK and other > English speaking locales use

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/20/2022 9:55 AM, Eric Chapman wrote: I am wondering how, in GnuCash, to account for assets bought to resell or other assets that will later be expensed as used. .. I found something relevant in the wiki: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Inventory_Handling. Best I can tell, GnuCash does

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Stephen M. Butler
Eric, As you noted, they are an Asset.  Now, I'm not a CPA or even a book keeper (though my wife did that job for a number of years for an architect).  Here is how I am doing it. 1.  Setup an Asset account for Inventory (or whatever you want to name it). 2.  Setup an account for Cost of

[GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Eric Chapman
I am wondering how, in GnuCash, to account for assets bought to resell or other assets that will later be expensed as used. I'm in the USA context. As far as terminology goes, I think UK and other English speaking locales use the word "stock" to refer to inventory, but, in my experience, that