Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Awesome, thanks! Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Galaxy S7) On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 17:41 John Ralls wrote: > Fixed, try tomorrow's nightly build from > https://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/maint. > > Turned out to be a std::string scoping issue, gory details in >

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

Todd, I dealt with a similar situation in GnuCash where I ran a small side business after i retired and it was not worth setting up separate business accounts for it - low turnover and only just a bit more than a hobby. I setup separate Income and Expense accounts for the business (my business

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Fixed, try tomorrow's nightly build from https://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/maint. Turned out to be a std::string scoping issue, gory details in https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/commit/c091197f572a701cb2ecc81c40fe47bbd41f59aa. Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 11, 2019, at 1:49 PM, Greg

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 4:16 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: So if all of the data is already in your other custom system, why not just add a means for reconciliation to it? Hi Adrian, Because my check books (2) and my viva cards (3) are used both back and forth for business and personal use. For instance,

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 3:17 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: On 4/11/19 2:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: On 4/11/19 2:48 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Base still stinks. No real work has been done on it in ages. Regards, Adrien I was afraid of that.  They should have not tried to clone access

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 3:49 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: And so the ‘bookkeeping’ is not quite complete. (the checking and credit cards aren’t yet booked) They are so booked. Not in the GnC fashion though. You can't close a purchase order unless charges match balances, that includes who and how much

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 3:18 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: On 4/11/19 2:59 PM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: On 4/11/2019 3:45 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: On 4/11/19 5:57 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Using the d thing does require you to understand SOMETHING about double entry

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

Can’t withdraw an e-mail. Once it is out there, it is out there. No worries. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 5:36 PM, wrote: > > Adrien, > > Thanks for this. I’ll keep it and see if I can make it work. > > I responded to your first post in this thread before I read through the >

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

And so the ‘bookkeeping’ is not quite complete. (the checking and credit cards aren’t yet booked) If he’s gone this far already with other means, why not just roll a custom register as part of the current workflow? I suppose he could export his data via CSV to GnuCash, but at that point, might

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

Adrien, Thanks for this. I'll keep it and see if I can make it work. I responded to your first post in this thread before I read through the entire thread. Please disregard. You answered it here. My bad. On occasion I forget and send these in via another email address. When it bounces

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 2:59 PM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > On 4/11/2019 3:45 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: >> On 4/11/19 5:57 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >>> Using the d thing does require you to understand SOMETHING about >>> double entry bookkeeping because that is what you are

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 2:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > On 4/11/19 2:48 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Base still stinks. No real work has been done on it in ages. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien > > I was afraid of that.  They should have not tried to clone access > to start with and just made one

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

Adrien, I saw your email and tried that, setting the sub-account to receivables to "asset." But as I noted in another response I think, it still did not show as an option in the receive payment window. It did disappear as an option in the dropdown window to select which account receivable

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 2:59 PM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: On 4/11/2019 3:45 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: On 4/11/19 5:57 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Using the d thing does require you to understand SOMETHING about double entry bookkeeping because that is what you are doing..

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 2:50 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I’d bet your bank already offers and electronic means to accomplish what you want. Actually, I am involved in computer security. I do not recommend on line banking. If you must, do it from Linux, but absolutely not from Windows I just want an

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 2:48 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Base still stinks. No real work has been done on it in ages. Regards, Adrien I was afraid of that. They should have not tried to clone access to start with and just made one of their own. On my low priority list is how to talk to Postgresql with

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 2:47 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: I did sent the zipped file directly to the OP. And I got it, ran it through Virus Total, and am looking at it right now. Thank you again! ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update

Re: [GNC] n and c?

Ah, now things are becoming clearer. If you’ve already gone that far... I’d bet your bank already offers and electronic means to accomplish what you want. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 4:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/11/19 1:25 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:

Re: [GNC] n and c?

Base still stinks. No real work has been done on it in ages. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 4:44 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/11/19 2:35 PM, Dennis Powless wrote: >> You know, if you can do VBA with MS Access you could write your own >> financial database to

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 1:02 PM, Dennis Powless wrote: > If you only need a simple “check” register to track balances on accounts, > there are numerous free apps for this on iPhone and Android platforms. Yes, > a simple spreadsheet with a few columns could do the trick > too(libreOffice is free and

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

On 4/11/2019 11:14 AM, David Cousens wrote: Mike The problem I see for free software developers here is to register as a developer for the software, you have to be an existing business as you require a registration only available to an existing registered business. SDKs and APIs which appear

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 2:35 PM, Dennis Powless wrote: You know, if you can do VBA with MS Access you could write your own financial database to accomplish your needs, I thought about doing this once. D I am allergic to M$ software. It makes me cuss. I could throw something together with Approach or

Re: [GNC] n and c?

You know, if you can do VBA with MS Access you could write your own financial database to accomplish your needs, I thought about doing this once. D Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2019, at 5:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > >> On 4/11/19 1:25 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 1:25 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I’m not sure there is a particular link for that specific thing. (other than the Help manual on the GnuCash website - or via your Help menu, which contain some screenshots for clarity.) Here’s a simple version: Hi Adrian, I will have to read

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Yay! Kind regards, Greg Feneis On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 1:08 PM John Ralls wrote: > I managed to replicate the error on Win7 and I've debugged into it a bit. > The gibberish in the pathname is because a wide-character string returned > from

Re: [GNC] What's wrong with the digest?

I don’t ever recall MailMan lists as being sorted, but I could be mistaken. (I haven’t used digests in ages) While you might on average get one digest per day, a really active list will send multiple because it is also determined by size. When people reply to messages without trimming

Re: [GNC] n and c?

I’m not sure there is a particular link for that specific thing. (other than the Help manual on the GnuCash website - or via your Help menu, which contain some screenshots for clarity.) Here’s a simple version: Click the create new account button on the toolbar. Make it of type `asset`. Give

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions

You can also lengthen the "window" for a scheduled transaction to include today's date and create it anytime you're ready before the scheduled time. SO for example I have a reminder to pay my estimated taxes on the 15th of April, but the "window" is set by "Remind in Advance" in the Scheduled

[GNC] What's wrong with the digest?

I set my preference for the newsletter to "digest". In every other email newsletter I've subscribed to, that option means one issue a day, usually sorted by subject line so that related posts are together. The GC digest has never done that sorting, which is unfortunate. But lately it seems to

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

I managed to replicate the error on Win7 and I've debugged into it a bit. The gibberish in the pathname is because a wide-character string returned from Windows is getting interpreted as a normal-character string. But that's not the only problem, the path to the user-config-dir is getting

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 1:02 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: Sounds perfect.  The only problem is that I can't figure out how to dumb down GnuCash down from a Bookkeeping system to and register. I think I'd better just use a spreadsheet or go back to pencil and paper Here is the spreadsheet I used before

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 12:47 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Todd, In one of my lengthy replies, I offered a suggestion to create a generic asset account and use that to make your payments from. This would allow you to still track expenses on the card, but not worry about payment details. (of course, as I

Re: [GNC] n and c?

If you only need a simple “check” register to track balances on accounts, there are numerous free apps for this on iPhone and Android platforms. Yes, a simple spreadsheet with a few columns could do the trick too(libreOffice is free and open source). Date, transaction name, debit, credit,

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 18:25, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Nevermind. I got lost in the thicket. > > I see a message now that you already eliminated DropBox as the problem > because there are local paths that won’t save either. I didn't see that, I can't see where it was mentioned. Colin > >

Re: [GNC] n and c?

Todd, In one of my lengthy replies, I offered a suggestion to create a generic asset account and use that to make your payments from. This would allow you to still track expenses on the card, but not worry about payment details. (of course, as I also noted, the more info you record now, the

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 5:57 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Using the d thing does require you to understand SOMETHING about double entry bookkeeping because that is what you are doing.. That you for all the help! Unfortunately, GnuCash is way, way overkill for what I need. I am not after using it

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 6:03 AM, Robert Heller wrote: At Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:01:27 -0700 ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, On a credit card account, in the "R" column, what is "blank", "n", and "c" stand for? c = cleared y = reconciled n = ? And does "R" stand for "reconcile"? Yes When you get your

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 12:00 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: On 4/11/19 1:13 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: On 4/11/19 1:08 AM, Colin Law wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 07:25, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: .. I will be reconciling by hand from my bank's statements. When I find an entry, do

Re: [GNC] Transaction won't reconcile

When you import transactions, do you check all of the auto-matched ones to make sure that they are correct before you close the importer? I find that sometimes the importer matches a new transaction to an older one in my ledger instead of treating it as a new, separate transaction. Something

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 1:13 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > On 4/11/19 1:08 AM, Colin Law wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 07:25, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user >> wrote: >>> .. >>> I will be reconciling by hand from my bank's statements. >>> When I find an entry, do I manually change it to "c"? >>

Re: [GNC] Transaction won't reconcile

I don’t follow: "(practically all of the missing transactions exist in the ledger already)” Where are your copying them from and pasting them to, then? How are the transactions ‘missing’ if they “exist in the ledger already?” When you reconcile, you will likely always need to enter the closing

Re: [GNC] QFX Import Matching

The only change to how you replied I’d offer: Instead of appending the actual subject to the Digest subject is to copy-paste over it, thus the subject reads as if you had not used digest mode at all. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:33 PM, kvn wrote: > > Sorry if this is not the

Re: [GNC] Transaction won't reconcile

Yes - starting balance matches statement. I have just reconciled most of 2018 on 7 separate accounts, and consistently experienced the problem.  The starting balance matches, but the ending balance does not match the statement.  If I correct the ending balance in GC and add the missing

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 193, Issue 42 - re: QFX Import Matching

Sorry if this is not the correct way to respond.  New to GnuCash mail list and I get the digest, not individual topics. QFX Importing has never worked properly for me either, from the time I started using GnuCash 5 or 6 years ago, maybe more.  The importer skips common entries constantly, not

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Nevermind. I got lost in the thicket. I see a message now that you already eliminated DropBox as the problem because there are local paths that won’t save either. Sorry for the noise. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > Colin, > > This is what I

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Colin, This is what I understood as the point to test some messages ago. Greg, Several messages back someone mentioned needing to install the DropBox client to get real paths as opposed to some mapped paths. The reason for this is the mapped paths (which are displayed as real paths instead)

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

Thanks! I couldn’t sleep and was bored with news and games otherwise. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 5:34 AM, David T. wrote: > > Adrien, > > > You are more patient than I am. I've already deleted more RTFM messages than > I can count... > > > David > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at

Re: [GNC] Modifying Balance Sheet Report

Many thanks for the suggestion. I didn't think that Average Cost meant that! But it seems to work. Saves me a lot of time in creating Balance Sheets. Paul On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 3:01 AM Deva - wrote: > Paul, > > You can experiment with Edit->Report Options menu and see how the report > changes

Re: [GNC] QFX import matching

Derek, The online banking preference for bayesian matching is checked. The problem is most obvious, however, when I am importing a qfx file. When I use actions -> online actions -> get transactions the matching algorithm seems to work. Is the matching algo supposed to be applied for the File ->

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

And, to continue, I hit reply too soon. It is the actual path that gnucash sees not the mirage, so potentially something in the actual path is confusing GC. Colin On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 16:55, Colin Law wrote: > > In that case I misunderstood. I thought the point was that Dropbox > does some

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

Hi, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user writes: > Hi All, > > On a credit card account, when ever I enter a charge and press > enter, I get a second line with the charge amount entered into > the payments column. If I delete the payment line, it deletes > the charge line too. > >

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

In that case I misunderstood. I thought the point was that Dropbox does some clever path mapping that makes it look as if the file is at the location you see in the browser, but actually that is a mirage. It is actually somewhere else entirely. Colin On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 16:52, Greg Feneis

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

As I've tried to explain, Jack's recommended settings only affect the graphical illustration of the folder hierarchy and file location in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer. In another part of Windows Explorer, there is an address bar that displays the full path as text. Having the

Re: [GNC] Gnucash Price updating

You don’t tell us; are you using Yahoo! as your price source? Yahoo! dismembered its quote source website a while back, and GnuCash users have had to seek out other sources. One source is AlphaVantage, while another is “Yahoo! as JSON”. If you set up your accounts to use one of these

Re: [GNC] QFX import matching

Hi, Keith Bellairs writes: > Thanks for the hint, David. But its more broken than that. Many/most of my > imports match correctly. The groceries one has been manually assigned > dozens or hundreds of times and the match algo always fails. Do any of the > parameters in the preferences make a

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

Mike The article was a lot clearer than the headline implied about the intention of the legislation as were a couple of others I later found. The situation with regard to the powers of government is different in both Australia and the UK and the US. We have privileges extended to us rather than

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

There is a program available named TLPD that will search for long paths and give a report showing the total length and the fully qualified path/filename. It is a GNU license and can be obtained here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tlpd/ I downloaded it and ran it on the OneDrive folder on my

Re: [GNC] Suggesting simple interface changes

> On Apr 10, 2019, at 8:57 PM, ChrisInAccounting > wrote: > > I work in accounting and think it may help newbies if a few changes were > made. > > 1. In the chart of accounts, call the page "chart of accounts" rather than > accounts (as default). This will help them communicate with other

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

On 4/11/19 8:45 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > Not how I read that article. It simply said that the IRS could not > develop/distribute free tax software. It said nothing about whether > anybody else could do so if they wished. That the government is > forbidden to do something is very

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

The point is, does it show anything different in that mode? As I said it is not suggested that you do that permanently, just use it to see what the full path actually is, rather than what Dropbox is making it look like. On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 14:02, Greg Feneis wrote: > > Understood. I don't

Re: [GNC] n and c?

At Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:01:27 -0700 ToddAndMargo wrote: > > Hi All, > > On a credit card account, in the "R" column, what is "blank", "n", and > "c" stand for? c = cleared y = reconciled n = ? > > And does "R" stand for "reconcile"? Yes When you get your credit card statement, you match

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Understood. I don't have trouble getting Windows explorer to display the full path to me. That works well in text in the address bar. I have experimented with Jack's suggested setting in the past, and found it annoying. Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Galaxy S7) On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 05:51 Colin Law

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/2019 1:55 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: Should I attend a class in book keeping too? I just want to know how to use the d*** thing. I am starting to think I may be better off using a spreadsheet. It would take a LOT more experience with double entry bookkeeping to keep

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

I agree it won't fix the problem, but looking to see what the full path actually is (which I understood is not what it looks as if it is) may help to diagnose the problem. Colin On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 13:23, Greg Feneis wrote: > > The issue is that in 3.5.1, when I attempt to save to a location

Re: [GNC] credit card opening balance

On 4/11/2019 12:58 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: Hi All, On a credit Card account, they owe me $18.00 (I over paid). What do I enter for opening balance? $18 or -$18? And do I put in Payment or Charge? When I enter a charge, why does "Transfer auto enter "Orphan-USD"? What is

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

On 4/11/2019 12:33 AM, David Cousens wrote: Just noticed this post. https://news.yahoo.com/free-irs-software-filing-taxes-191746938.html?fbclid=IwAR3-GIPM3S6SazRqcyKb1Lywu4wMhtWB9Je8YU_cK_usuW4FLf13y07ATJs. Impact on the use of GnuCash for Tax preparation in the US could be profound. Looks like

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

The issue is that in 3.5.1, when I attempt to save to a location that I usually save to in 2.6.21, GnuCash won't allow it. In GnuCash's error dialog GnuCash claims the location is reserved by GnuCash. Further, in the displaying of the error message, GnuCash attempts to display the path I

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Thanks Colin, I'm not having trouble viewing a path in Windows explorer, GnuCash is failing to display the correct path in its error dialog. Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Galaxy S7) On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 00:57 Colin Law wrote: > Did you try the suggestion from Jack Lockard earlier in order that

Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

On Thursday, 11 April 2019 04:48:31 BST Christopher Lam wrote: > 3.5 is out and I promised to offer CSV output. Has anyone confirmed the > exact CSV (or JSON) format desired by their *bridging* software? > > Please be aware that direct communication to HMRC is best done by bridging > software

Re: [GNC] Suggesting simple interface changes

> On Apr 10, 2019, at 10:57 PM, ChrisInAccounting > wrote: > > I work in accounting and think it may help newbies if a few changes were > made. > > 1. In the chart of accounts, call the page "chart of accounts" rather than > accounts (as default). This will help them communicate with other

Re: [GNC] Suggesting simple interface changes

Thanks for the very good suggestions, Chris.  I wholeheartedly agree with you on all points. The best way to get the developers not to lose sight of these suggestions is to file bugs (tagged as enhancements) here: https://bugs.gnucash.org/ Suggestion: file three bugs, one per suggestion

[GNC] Gnucash Price updating

Hello to all. I have GnuCash 2.6.15 installed on my MX18 and all works fine except the Get quotes price updater. I get an error message "There was an unknown error while retrieving the price quotes." I've toyed with this for hours and installed everything I could find on the net to no avail. I

[GNC] Suggesting simple interface changes

I work in accounting and think it may help newbies if a few changes were made. 1. In the chart of accounts, call the page "chart of accounts" rather than accounts (as default). This will help them communicate with other business owner's who use other accounting platforms. "Chart of Accounts"

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

> > A comment elsewhere in this thread is that GnuCash does not tax submission > or preparation. I think that this will have to change - probably by > development of a collection of country-specific tax plugins or tax reports. > The reason is that governments in insisting on tax being done >

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/11/19 1:08 AM, Colin Law wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 07:25, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: .. I will be reconciling by hand from my bank's statements. When I find an entry, do I manually change it to "c"? Just to re-enforce what Adrien said, you don't need do this by hand (I

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 11:33:30PM -0500, David Cousens wrote: > Just noticed this post. > https://news.yahoo.com/free-irs-software-filing-taxes-191746938.html?fbclid=IwAR3-GIPM3S6SazRqcyKb1Lywu4wMhtWB9Je8YU_cK_usuW4FLf13y07ATJs. > Here is another take on it:

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 07:25, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > .. > I will be reconciling by hand from my bank's statements. > When I find an entry, do I manually change it to "c"? Just to re-enforce what Adrien said, you don't need do this by hand (I don't think I have ever done that).

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:45 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: On 4/11/19 12:37 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I highly recommend you change the Preference to ‘Use Formal Accounting Labels’. I opened preferences under edit. I went through each category on the left column. I could not

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

Spreadsheets work, as does pen and paper. There are some simplified apps out there to do basic expense tracking. (your card company might even offer as part of their web portal to your account) GnuCash can do that, but it is really designed to track everything, not just one side of one

Re: [GNC] Upgrade 2.6.18 to 3.5

On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 23:03, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > ... > Or, if your distro is Ubuntu based, you can download the *.deb files > from: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=11gjnSIw9E8B8kOJ01DHQuEA83xidbw8E for > the 3.5 version. I think whether that works might depend on which version of

Re: [GNC] n and c?

> On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:29 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > > > Hi Adrian, > > Maybe in my next life I will want all those features. Right > now I want to make a charge, then enter it into GnuCash > (or similar), see what my running balance is (how much I > have left on the

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

Hi Todd, >Do I set up two separate accounts for 1 and 2 above? Yes. If you used the common accounts selection when you created a new file you should have an account tree with a basic set of common asset, liability, equity, expense and income accounts. They make a good starting point for a

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 12:43 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Sorry to break it to you. You have to care, to enter the transaction. EACH AND EVERY transaction has two entries or splits. A payment will have one split to the card account and the other to whatever asset you used to make that payment.

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

Did you try the suggestion from Jack Lockard earlier in order that you can see the real full path to that location? That might provide a clue to what is going on. Colin On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 02:07, Greg Feneis wrote: > > Installed 2.6.21 over the 3.5.1, and it was able to save as in the usual

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

It is found under Accounts > Labels in the Preferences. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:45 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/11/19 12:37 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> I highly recommend you change the Preference to ‘Use Formal Accounting >> Labels’. > > I opened

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

No, it is not automatically deducting your bank account. If you see the bank account decrease then you aren’t entering the charged expense correctly, you’re entering a payment. Really, I suggest you stop and pause. READ the Help and Guide as suggested with the app open for reference. READ

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 12:37 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I highly recommend you change the Preference to ‘Use Formal Accounting Labels’. I opened preferences under edit. I went through each category on the left column. I could not find it. :'( -- ~~ Computers

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

Sorry to break it to you. You have to care, to enter the transaction. EACH AND EVERY transaction has two entries or splits. A payment will have one split to the card account and the other to whatever asset you used to make that payment. Accounting isn’t adding things up. (well, not simply

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 12:33 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: You set up one account for the card (Liabilities: Credit Card), one for the bank (Assets: Bank) and then you have as many set up as you want for expenses. When you buy something, charge the card and have the "other" account be Expenses: 

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

I don’t recommend using that method in the documentation. (it even says it has a major drawback) Use the more formal method of assigning expenses to separate expense accounts and set up the credit card as a liability or credit card type account. (done for you if you used the account wizard at

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/11/19 12:04 AM, AC wrote: On 2019-04-10 23:48, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: So, do I set up two account for every credit card?  Will the link cover this? You set up one account for the card (Liabilities: Credit Card), one for the bank (Assets: Bank) and then you have as many set

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On 4/10/19 11:54 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: You’re welcome. When reading the Guide, for starters, get all the way through Chapter 7. (since you are tracking credit cards) You can read the rest as needed. For the Help manual, get through Chapter 6. I don’t recommend skipping around, at

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 2019-04-10 23:48, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > So, do I set up two account for every credit card?  Will > the link cover this? > You set up one account for the card (Liabilities: Credit Card), one for the bank (Assets: Bank) and then you have as many set up as you want for expenses.

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

Todd The link for the introductory material is https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_basics.html The help manual is more oriented towrds what button does what https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/help.html David Cousens - David Cousens -- Sent from:

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/10/19 11:47 PM, David Cousens wrote: Todd, The conceptual bit behind double entry bookkeeping is that when you charge something to your credit card you: 1. Increase the balance of your credit card (a credit entry); and at the same time 2. Increase the balance of an expense account ( a

Re: [GNC] n and c?

You’re welcome. When reading the Guide, for starters, get all the way through Chapter 7. (since you are tracking credit cards) You can read the rest as needed. For the Help manual, get through Chapter 6. I don’t recommend skipping around, at least not the first time through each one. Also,

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

On 4/10/19 11:18 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Read my other replies. Every transaction has entries in two accounts (hence ‘double entry accounting’) The first few chapters of the guide won’t take long and will alleviate much potential frustration that would ensue if you try to wing it.

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

"Impact on the use of GnuCash for Tax preparation in the US could be profound." With all due respect, that's a ridiculous conclusion, given what GnuCash is, how it's used, and what it's used for... -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] n and c?

On Apr 11, 2019, at 1:15 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:01 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: Hi All, On a credit card account, in the "R" column, what is "blank", "n", and "c" stand for? And does "R" stand for "reconcile"? Many thanks, -T

Re: [GNC] n and c?

The ‘c’ flag is usually set when you are confirming the charge/payment is in fact real. Some people download transactions instead of entering them by hand, or they periodically check their account online to see if something went through. This is where you’d mark it ‘cleared’. It is not

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