Re: [GNC] Buying with PayPal - how do I split the transaction?

2022-12-13 Thread David Carlson
I think that documentation might best be generalized to apply to Venmo and other payment services besides the :"traditional" credit cards. On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 11:05 PM David T. via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Given the length of this thread and the apparent confusion

[GNC] Online Banking

2022-12-13 Thread rovero
When I try to setup online banking in ver 4.12 of GNUCash nothing happens when I click on Start Aqbanking setup. I am using windows 10. I checked and the and the aqbanking-cli.exe file is in C:\Program Files (86)\gnucash\bin. Tried clicking on it but nothing happens. I did upgrade from version

Re: [GNC] Buying with PayPal - how do I split the transaction?

2022-12-13 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Given the length of this thread and the apparent confusion documenting PayPal in GnuCash, it might be helpful for someone to add a section to the wiki page at "Using GnuCash" on the different methods people have outlined. IMHO, the Guide and Help cover the overall concepts well enough. ⁣David

Re: [GNC] Reconciling PayPal

2022-12-13 Thread R Losey
I assume you can reconcile an asset account like any other bank account you can tell it the date you want to reconcile, but it lists all of the transactions... On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 1:10 AM Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > Someone mentioned reconciling their

Re: [GNC] Buying with PayPal - how do I split the transaction?

2022-12-13 Thread R Losey
Yes, I eventually realized that you hold money in Paypal, so it would need to be an asset account like any other checking account. On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:35 PM Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 23:07, R Losey wrote: > > > Ah; if you're going

Re: [GNC] Buying with PayPal - how do I split the transaction?

2022-12-13 Thread R Losey
True... I don't get income via Paypal... I just pay for stuff using it. On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:45 PM Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 23:01, R Losey wrote: > > > I'm very simple-minded, I guess. > > > > I treat Paypal just an an expense...

Re: [GNC] Phishing Website Google Search Ad

2022-12-13 Thread Vincent Dawans
Thank you Matthew for your sleuthing on this matter. I did also stumble on this ad and website on Dec 9. There is another thread where we discussed it as well. You can see it in the archive: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2022-December/thread.html#103825 At this point it

Re: [GNC] QIF Import troubles

2022-12-13 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Steve, I was in the same situation when I first started about 7 years ago. Read through the guide. It's really well written, easy to read, and answers a lot of questions. As for the imports, do some tests until you get comfortable. I would just export your checking account, then import

Re: [GNC] QIF Import troubles

2022-12-13 Thread Steve Butler
That is the classic double entry bookkeeping system that GnuCash uses. If you don't want that you need to use some other software. On Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 16:35 Steve Silva via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Hi All, > I am trying out gnucash to replace Quicken. I have Quicken

[GNC] QIF Import troubles

2022-12-13 Thread Steve Silva via gnucash-user
Hi All, I am trying out gnucash to replace Quicken.  I have Quicken convert my accounts into a QIF file and import that to gnucash.  The whole process seems to go well until I see the result.  It seems like all or most of the register entries are duplicated, each with a debit and credit of the

Re: [GNC] Phishing Website Google Search Ad

2022-12-13 Thread Geoff
Thanks very much Matthew. Regards Geoff = On 14/12/2022 4:25 am, Matthew Ickstadt wrote: I originally wrote and sent this on November 28, but I wasn't subscribed to the mailing list yet so I don't think it went through. Since then I have contacted DigiCert and they have revoked the code

Re: [GNC] Mutual fund price computation incorrect

2022-12-13 Thread David Carlson
GnuCash uses that factional expression for security prices because it is actually more accurate than the floating point alternative that we humans are used to seeing. It has been using that form for some time now, but I recall when the change was made there were several complaints in this maillist

Re: [GNC] Mutual fund price computation incorrect

2022-12-13 Thread David H
Yes it's the Preferences >> Numbers, Date, Time >> Force Prices to display as decimals checkbox I think although mine is unchecked and I'm not seeing any issues :-) Cheers David H. On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 at 05:58, David T. via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > There's a setting to

Re: [GNC] Mutual fund price computation incorrect

2022-12-13 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
There's a setting to force decimal display that somehow is changed on the new installation. ⁣ David T.​ On Dec 13, 2022, 22:31, at 22:31, Dean Jagels wrote: >I recently moved from a native installation of GnuCash 4.2 to a >Flatpack >installation of 4.12. > >Now, when I look at my mutual fund

[GNC] Phishing Website Google Search Ad

2022-12-13 Thread Matthew Ickstadt
I originally wrote and sent this on November 28, but I wasn't subscribed to the mailing list yet so I don't think it went through. Since then I have contacted DigiCert and they have revoked the code signing certificate. Original email follows. I saw a Google search ad for GNU Cash which is a

[GNC] Mutual fund price computation incorrect

2022-12-13 Thread Dean Jagels
I recently moved from a native installation of GnuCash 4.2 to a Flatpack installation of 4.12. Now, when I look at my mutual fund transactions, the prices are all odd arithmetic formulas that show no relation to the input shares and buy/sell numbers, and those formulas yield incorrect prices.

Re: [GNC] Invoice now printing with huge text!

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Specifically, in the CSS pane of the Layout tab, at the bottom appears: .company-name {font-size: x-large; } .client-name {font-size: x-large; } Simply change those to 'large', 'medium', 'small' or specify a font size in 'pt', 'px', 'em', et cetera as desired. Do a search for CSS font-size

Re: [GNC] Invoice now printing with huge text!

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You might be looking for: Edit > Stylesheets But you can also make changes directly for the invoice header in the report Options on the Layout tab. It appears Row1-Left & Row2-Right have your business info duplicated. (I think this is oddly, the default) Their font and size can be

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-13 Thread Fred Bone
On 13 December 2022 at 16:31, Mahon Finbar said: [...] > The other question is why does expenses:travel have 'rebate' as a column > heading?? What would you prefer? "Refund" is the most likely alternative I can think of, and "Rebate" is pretty close to synonymous. Anyway, it only has that if

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, As noted, the order does not matter, however, there is a quirk. The transactions are listed in the order of entry, for each date. If you have 10 transactions entered for say 2/15/22, that you type in today (with the proper February date) they will appear and will affect the balance in

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If you haven't entered all previous transactions, a reconciliation should be impossible as your records will never match the bank's. That imbalance should be a flag to either track down a data entry error, or missing (or duplicate) transactions. In the case you thought they were all entered,

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'll second Michael's take on the labels. This thread is a good example of why they aren't so 'friendly'. Sure I'll bet lots of folks use them with no issues, but when something out of the ordinary happens, 'Debit/Credit' (Dr. & Cr. for short) is much more sane and helpful. At least while

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Yes, you can enter transactions in whatever order you like. However you can you only RECONCILE in date-order, because reconciliation is always "from the beginning of time". So once you reconcile, you cannot (easily) add transactions earlier than the latest reconcile date, and you cannot

[GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I am starting to enter into GnuCash the transactions starting late February this year. That’s going to be a slow painful process. However, I have had a few transactions today, which I would like to enter too. Does the order the transactions are entered matter, as long as the dates are correct? In

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-13 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
The other question is why does expenses:travel have 'rebate' as a column heading?? Because you asked gnucash to show you supposedly more user friendly column headers instead of the formal "debit" and "credit". In other words, you chose that option (or accepted that default). But IMHO if

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-13 Thread Mahon Finbar
OK, no problem with writing to help. The original entry is just an 'ordinary' entry of an expense, on a specific date. No issues. However, having removed the original error from the credit card a/c I tried to make an entry in the travel a/c as a 'rebate' as that was the only option

Re: [GNC] Reconciling PayPal

2022-12-13 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/13/2022 2:09 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: Someone mentioned reconciling their PayPal account. Is there a way to do this for anything other than the last transaction? I don’t seem to be able to display a balance at any point in the past. So if I wanted to know the balance on the first of

Re: [GNC] Reconciling PayPal

2022-12-13 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 at 09:16, Geoff wrote: > Hi Dave > > 1. From the Pay Pal main menu, choose "Activity" > 2. Click on the icon that looks like a "download" on the right of the > "Search" bar > 3. Choose "Custom" > 4. Enter a date range > 5. Click "Create Report" > 6. Go and make a cup of tea >

Re: [GNC] Reconciling PayPal

2022-12-13 Thread Geoff
Hi Dave 1. From the Pay Pal main menu, choose "Activity" 2. Click on the icon that looks like a "download" on the right of the "Search" bar 3. Choose "Custom" 4. Enter a date range 5. Click "Create Report" 6. Go and make a cup of tea 7. Refresh the page and download the generated CSV file 8.