been using a simple paper invoice.
Thank you so much for the suggestion.
Tim
From: Alan Johnson
Sent: Monday, March 4, 2024 11:01 AM
To: timothyscu...@yahoo.com; 'David Carlson'
Cc: 'gnucash-user'
Subject: Re: [GNC] split transaction description field length limit
I use GNUCash
You don't need long text lines to allocate splits to rental properties.
Have a look at Custom GnuCash 5.x Transaction Report with Tags -
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-May/107048.html
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You could employ custom 'tags' for each property either in the Notes,
Action, Num, Memo, or Description fields, whatever works best for you.
Then when you run a Transaction Report, you can filter the results that
match your tag.
The only downside to this method, at this time, over setting up
Your example doesn't really need the business features. You can do that
with a single transaction too, and that isn't 'kludging' the memo fields
at all. That is what they are intended to be used for—info relating to
just that particular split. ('Notes' would be info relating to the
transaction
ociated with each expense account in a form that's easy to double
> check.
>
> Thank you again for trying to help with my problem.
>
> Tim
>
> From: Alan Johnson
> Sent: Monday, March 4, 2024 7:43 AM
> To: David Carlson
> Cc: timothyscu...@yahoo.com; gnucash-
:43 AM
To: David Carlson
Cc: timothyscu...@yahoo.com; gnucash-user
Subject: Re: [GNC] split transaction description field length limit
You don't have to have 'a business' to use the business features. You would
need to set up an AP and AR account to post the invoices to. To me, the vendor
On 3/4/2024 10:43 AM, Alan Johnson via gnucash-user wrote:
You don't have to have 'a business' to use the business features. You
would need to set up an AP and AR account to post the invoices to. To
me, the vendor bill - payment system is the proper way to store the
data, rather than kludging
Combined with the other suggestions of an outside log file, using vendor
bills, or using the Notes field, consider this:
If you are advised of work as it occurs, record transactions between the
expense accounts and a liability account named something like "Work
Payable". Put your detail in
I think you are right, the notes field also is limited to one line tall in
the register view.
On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 11:05 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> That log file can also be attached to the transaction in GnuCash.
>
> Also, explore using View > Double Line
That log file can also be attached to the transaction in GnuCash.
Also, explore using View > Double Line as that exposes a Notes field for
the entire transaction.
Regards,
Adrien
On 3/3/24 7:08 PM, Jim DeLaHunt wrote:
I suggest a workaround: write in separate log document your detailed
Whatever the actual character count limit is for the memo field in a
transaction line, I have found the practical limit is what can be printed
in reports that show that field. On the computer screen you cannot
directly see anything that is after a linefeed character unless you scroll
past that
I suggest you put your handyman in as a vendor. Then you can create a bill with
long descriptions per item, and then pay the bill with a check. If you want to
see what was paid, right click on the payment entry in the register and choose
jump to invoice/bill. You can also run a vendor report.
Hello, Tim:
On 2024-03-03 15:39, Tim via gnucash-user wrote:
The descriptions that I enter in GNU cash for split items get truncated. Is
there a way to change this or is this a hard limit?
I am not certain, having not looked at the GnuCash code, but in my years
using the program I have not
The descriptions that I enter in GNU cash for split items get truncated. Is
there a way to change this or is this a hard limit?
To provide some context, I pay a handyman to work on various projects. When
I write the check to pay him I split the amount among the various projects
(which
On 1/22/2022 9:05 AM, David Carlson wrote:
Heidi,
One day last month you went to the grocery store and bought $200.00 worth
of groceries, paying for them with your credit card. Another day you went
to the furniture store and bought two chairs, paying with your credit
card. Those two separate
Heidi,
One day last month you went to the grocery store and bought $200.00 worth
of groceries, paying for them with your credit card. Another day you went
to the furniture store and bought two chairs, paying with your credit
card. Those two separate transactions would be recorded between your
On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:16:35 -0800
"Stephen M. Butler" wrote:
> Heidi,
>
> Also, this sounds like a credit card being used for several purchases
> throughout the month. In which case it is better to record the
> individual purchases as they occur. Or, download the individual
> lines to
Heidi,
Also, this sounds like a credit card being used for several purchases
throughout the month. In which case it is better to record the
individual purchases as they occur. Or, download the individual lines
to import.
In that case, you will have a Liability:Credit Card:nameofcc account
heidi,
It would appear you don't understand the basis of double entry accounting which
is what is used in accounting practice generally and by GnuCash.
The Tutorial and Concepts Guide for GnuCash,
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/index.html, has a brief outline
of the basis of
I am going to try one more time before I give up regarding the split
transaction. Let’s say last month I paid from my checking account a credit card
balance of $500.00, the credit card charge was $200 for grocery, $300.00 for
two chairs. So I recorded a split transaction of debit grocery
On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 at 10:14, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
wrote:
>
> I just bought the stock and I got a dividend and I don't know how often
> I will get them. So setting up a scheduled transaction for it is not
> practical.
You might like to think of scheduled transaction LIz describes
I think you're recording the dividend into the Brokerage cash account only.
Beware the Advanced portfolio report (and upcoming IFRS average cost
report) will not recognise this dividend because it has no split into the
stock account. So, you'll want to record as follows:
Asset:Broker:Stock 0
I just bought the stock and I got a dividend and I don't know how often
I will get them. So setting up a scheduled transaction for it is not
practical.
The response Gyle sent was the solution what I was trying to do.
Thanks.
On 10/9/21 8:59 PM, Liz Dodd wrote:
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 11:46:14
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 11:46:14 -0400
Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:
> Yes it was a big help.
> Thanks.
>
> On 10/9/21 10:23 AM, Gyle McCollam wrote:
> > This would be your entry:
> >
> > Parent Brokerage Account $8.61
> > Tax Account $1.52
ober 9, 2021 9:51 AM
*To:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org
*Subject:* [GNC] Split Transaction Confusion Again
I'm having trouble entering a split transaction for a stock dividend &
the tax that was withheld.
The stock has a dividend of $10.13
Tax withheld is $1.52
This leaves a cash deposi
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From: gnucash-user on
behalf of Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 9:51 AM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: [GNC] Split Transaction Confusion
I'm having trouble entering a split transaction for a stock dividend &
the tax that was withheld.
The stock has a dividend of $10.13
Tax withheld is $1.52
This leaves a cash deposit of $8.61 in the parent brokerage account.
How do I enter a split transaction that shows the dividend of
Hi,
There are multiple ways to fix this.
1) Let the system auto-complete and then Right-Click -> Delete Splits
2) Let the system auto-complete and then manually remove the additional
splits.
3) Try to convince the system not to autocomplete (usually this can be
done by adding an extra space at
I have entered a split transaction and now I can't enter a one line, not
split transaction for the same vendor.
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Help.
Billie
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On 2020-07-02 10:24, Antonio Roberts wrote:
…Yes, I think I confused you a bit with my description. Just so we're
on the same page I'll try.
I've transferred (as an example) €200 to my GBP account and it's now
£177. I had a £10 bank charge and so I'm trying to split the £177 but
when I do this
.
Original Message
From: Antonio Roberts
Sent: Thu Jul 02 13:24:00 EDT 2020
To: "D."
Cc: Adrien Monteleone , Vinayak Vatsal via
gnucash-user
Subject: Re: [GNC] Split transaction on invoices in foreign currencies
Hi David,
Yes, I think I confused you a bit with my description. Jus
gt;> strongly implies this). If this is in fact what you did, then you can either
>> enter the same exchange rate as John suggested, or enter the transaction
>> from the GBP account and avoid the subsequent request.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> ---
Got it, thanks.
Regards,
Adrien
> On Jul 2, 2020 w27d184, at 12:13 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>
>
> Read it again: "That currency is determined by the account from which the
> TRANSACTION IS CREATED." Once the transaction is created its currency is
> immutable. It matters not a whit in what
est.
>
> David
>
>
> Original Message
> From: Antonio Roberts
> Sent: Thu Jul 02 12:44:26 EDT 2020
> To: Adrien Monteleone
> Cc: GnuCash Users
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Split transaction on invoices in foreign currencies
>
> > Unless I read the ori
Read
> On Jul 2, 2020, at 9:39 AM, Adrien Monteleone
> wrote:
>
> Unless I read the original post wrong, and the OP could clarify, but it looks
> like they were entering this split in a GBP based account (the GBP bank
> account) and adding a GBP split for the bank charge.
>
> Regards,
>
, or enter the transaction from the GBP
account and avoid the subsequent request.
David
Original Message
From: Antonio Roberts
Sent: Thu Jul 02 12:44:26 EDT 2020
To: Adrien Monteleone
Cc: GnuCash Users
Subject: Re: [GNC] Split transaction on invoices in foreign currencies
> Unless I read the original post wrong, and the OP could clarify, but it looks
> like they were entering this split in a GBP based account (the GBP bank
> account) and adding a GBP split for the bank charge.
Yes, that is correct. I transferred the funds from EUR to GBP account
and in that
Unless I read the original post wrong, and the OP could clarify, but it looks
like they were entering this split in a GBP based account (the GBP bank
account) and adding a GBP split for the bank charge.
Regards,
Adrien
> On Jul 2, 2020 w27d184, at 11:34 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>
>
>
>> On
> On Jul 2, 2020, at 9:08 AM, Antonio Roberts wrote:
>
> I'm in the UK doing most of my accounting in GBP (£) but in this case
> I invoiced someone in EUR (€). Following the advice from here I sent
> up a Bank in EUR, invoiced them in EUR and then transferred the EUR
> into my GBP Bank with
Hi,
Am 02.07.20 um 18:25 schrieb w...@theprescotts.com:
> I don't remember the circumstances, but it seems like I have had the same
> issue on transactions that are half in one currency and half in the other. It
> will sometimes ask for the exchange rate, when it doesn't need it.
Each
If you are adding another split to the same transaction that contains an EUR
split, it will need to balance that bank charge split as well. It may be trying
to balance all GBP splits with all EUR splits. That might be considered a bug,
but you can work around it.
Either adjust the EUR split,
I do a lot of that since I live in Mexico and have bank accounts in both the US
and Mexico.
I don't remember the circumstances, but it seems like I have had the same issue
on transactions that are half in one currency and half in the other. It will
sometimes ask for the exchange rate, when it
I'm in the UK doing most of my accounting in GBP (£) but in this case
I invoiced someone in EUR (€). Following the advice from here I sent
up a Bank in EUR, invoiced them in EUR and then transferred the EUR
into my GBP Bank with the current exchange rate (my bank supplies the
rate at the time of
It’s there, section 6.2 There is a big special “Note” in the middle of the page
explaining Enter vs. Tab functionality with respect to transactions and
additional split lines. The remaining info in that section should make the
process pretty clear.
Regards,
Adrien
> On Apr 15, 2019, at 2:37
Rich,
Rich Shepard writes:
> Derek,
>
> Thank you. I did not see that in the user guide, nor became aware of using
> the tab key by reading messages to the mail list.
I am very surprised to hear this is not in the document. I suspect it
is, but you missed it. This feature has been around
On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, Derek Atkins wrote:
No need to do that. Just tab off the second row (TAB off, don't hit
Enter/Return), and Gnucash will create a new row for you. Enter that row.
Tab off the end. Poof -- another row. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Only hit Enter/Return when you are DONE with the
Two other ways that could work include a) tab after entering the
description might trigger auto complete into a full clone of the last
transaction or b) use auto split ledger view or transaction journal view
. Either of those methods add extra rows for additional split accounts.
David Carlson
Rich,
On Sat, April 13, 2019 3:10 pm, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, Christian Kluge wrote:
>
>> Just change the values in the debit and credit columns.
>> As long as the sums of debit and credit don’t match you can add further
>> entries.
>
> Christian,
>
> That works as long as
Am 13.04.2019 um 21:10 schrieb Rich Shepard:
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, Christian Kluge wrote:
>
>> Just change the values in the debit and credit columns.
>> As long as the sums of debit and credit don’t match you can add further
>> entries.
>
> That works as long as there are available rows. Two
On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, Christian Kluge wrote:
Just change the values in the debit and credit columns.
As long as the sums of debit and credit don’t match you can add further
entries.
Christian,
That works as long as there are available rows. Two are the default so when
I want to add two more
Am 13.04.2019 um 20:37 schrieb Rich Shepard:
> Is there a way to open the split with more than two data entry rows? If not
> I'll just continue doing what I have been, but would like to avoid
> closing/re-opening the transaction if there is a way to do so.
Just change the values in the debit and
When I enter a mortgage payment I credit the checking account and have three
off-setting debit accounts: principal, interest, and escrow.
The split transaction button opens only two rows so I enter the checking
account credit and the principal amount debit, then close the transaction
and re-open
Thanks for feedback Adrien. Some new things to try. I have resolved as noted in
prior posts.
> On Oct 19, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Adrien Monteleone
> wrote:
>
> Personally, I got so tired of right-clicking to split and not being able to
> see the detail of splits at a glance (nearly all of my
Personally, I got so tired of right-clicking to split and not being able to see
the detail of splits at a glance (nearly all of my transactions contain
multiple splits, I rarely have just a Dr/Cr basic transaction) that I just
switched to Transaction View and never looked back. (I also
David I just resolved by clearing all splits in the checking register entry and
creating new. Thx to all helpers!
> On Oct 19, 2018, at 10:47 AM, David Carlson
> wrote:
>
> Jack,
>
> Are you entering the transaction in in your checking register view or in the
> general ledger view?
>
>
Jack,
Are you entering the transaction in in your checking register view or in
the general ledger view?
David C
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 9:30 AM Jack Slater wrote:
> I just replied with repeat example but I’m unclear on why results changed.
> Is it in fact a bug or?
>
> > On Oct 19, 2018, at
I just replied with repeat example but I’m unclear on why results changed. Is
it in fact a bug or?
> On Oct 19, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 at 14:39, David Carlson
>> wrote:
>>
>> ...So if you want to see only one line in the register view for a
>> particular
I’m not sure if it’s the same issue really. I’m entering the transaction the
same way I have been for several months yet recently it’s been problematic last
2 weeks.
I enter the total on 1 register line like this:
Cash - $200
Then I right click and select split and enter:
—-——-— Expense
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 at 14:39, David Carlson wrote:
>
> ...So if you want to see only one line in the register view for a
> particular account, enter only the total in the split line for that
> account. There can still be as many other split lines as you want.
Reading the original post suggests
...So if you want to see only one line in the register view for a
particular account, enter only the total in the split line for that
account. There can still be as many other split lines as you want.
David C
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 4:40 AM cicko wrote:
> Jack, correct me if I'm wrong, I
> On Oct 18, 2018, at 7:58 AM, Jack Slater wrote:
>
> I had been using the transaction split to account for varied spending from
> a cash withdrawal.
>
> It would be listed as 1 line item - ATM Draw - Cash - Split - $200
> Opening the split I could define Expense: Dining - $110
>
I had been using the transaction split to account for varied spending from
a cash withdrawal.
It would be listed as 1 line item - ATM Draw - Cash - Split - $200
Opening the split I could define Expense: Dining - $110
Expense: Cleaning -
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