Re: [GNC] Recording non-cash donations

2021-08-05 Thread Borden via gnucash-user
> Non-cash donations are tax deductible; for example, milage and fuel while > delivering Meals on Wheels to shut-ins, books to the county library, and > items given to Goodwill. For those of us who are sole members of an LLC the > company's net profits roll over to our personal accounts so both

Re: [GNC] Recording non-cash donations

2021-08-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 2 Aug 2021, Stan Brown wrote: If you're donating items that have no value on your books, I'm not sure I would call that a "donation" in accounting terms. You could keep a record by entering a transaction that would have only one split, with Account = your charity account and Debit and

Re: [GNC] Recording non-cash donations

2021-08-02 Thread Stan Brown
On 2021-08-02 12:19, Rich Shepard wrote: > While I've sent my account an email asking how to book non-cash donations > I'm also asking here how folks do this. I can set up an Expense account for > non-cash donations but cannot think of an appropriate off-setting > account in > Assets (since

[GNC] Recording non-cash donations

2021-08-02 Thread Rich Shepard
While I've sent my account an email asking how to book non-cash donations I'm also asking here how folks do this. I can set up an Expense account for non-cash donations but cannot think of an appropriate off-setting account in Assets (since these are items and books I've owned but are now

Re: Recording non-cash donations

2018-02-14 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 2/13/2018 10:56 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: Hi all, For tax purposes non-cash donations of goods and services are deductible. I would like to track those as an account (or off-setting accounts) in gnucash and do not find how best to do this in the guide or help docs. I'm open to

Re: Recording non-cash donations [RESOLVED]

2018-02-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 13 Feb 2018, Adrien Monteleone wrote: That was quick, you answered your own question with a recommendation from an accountant in 3 minutes. (at least by my clock) Adrian, Well, it was actually longer than that when I came up with the solution (and implemented it), and a couple of

Re: Recording non-cash donations [RESOLVED]

2018-02-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That was quick, you answered your own question with a recommendation from an accountant in 3 minutes. (at least by my clock) I’m curious for a clarification. Does your accountant mean to expense the non-cash goods and services provided at once? Or to hold these as deferred and expense them as

Recording non-cash donations

2018-02-13 Thread Rich Shepard
Hi all, For tax purposes non-cash donations of goods and services are deductible. I would like to track those as an account (or off-setting accounts) in gnucash and do not find how best to do this in the guide or help docs. I'm open to suggestions on how to track these transactions. Regards,