Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.4 Repackaged

2023-09-29 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi GNC folks, I have not contributed much to this mailing list lately and have been dealing with other things, so I did not realize how much has changed. I tried to look at the bug report cited below (https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799092), but GnuCash seems to use BugZilla to

Re: [GNC] Reply convention

2023-08-22 Thread Brad Morrison
I know that GnuCash (https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo) does not use the current version of the Mailman mailing list software (now 3, not 2 - https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/), but does anyone know if the various email formatting conventions

Re: [GNC] Need advice I use Quickbooks and only for personal use. All I do is bank accounts entries & credit cards, just use P & Balance Sheet reports

2023-08-17 Thread Brad Morrison
lp GnuCash apply to SFC &/or SPI to become a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, but I would need help and permission. Thanks, Brad On 8/12/23 06:39, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: On 8/12/2023 9:02 AM, Brad Morrison wrote: Hi Gregory/Susan/Richard/all, I think that it is important to remembe

Re: [GNC] Looking for setup and/or bookkeeping help

2023-03-07 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Bob/all, That is an interesting question and I'm disappointed that no one has yet offered a professional bookkeeper that uses GnuCash, even if just for certain, interested clients. While I don't know what state you and your business are located in, I work in the North Bay Area office of a

Re: [GNC] QuickBooks to GnuCash Migration Script improvements

2023-03-26 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Vivek/all, That LWN 'Escape from QuickBooks (with data in hand)' article (https://lwn.net/Articles/729087/) was great - thanks for sharing! I don't know if Jonathan Corbet (or Erik Mack) is on this mailing list, but Jonathan is a very clear and helpful technical writer. However, it was

Re: [GNC] Temporary Website URL

2023-03-26 Thread Brad Morrison
ot just open source projects that fail sometimes. David T. On Mar 18, 2023, 4:21 PM, at 4:21 PM, Robert Heller wrote: At Sat, 18 Mar 2023 06:04:52 -0700 Brad Morrison wrote: Thanks for point these situations out Ken! The reason I joined the GnuCash-User mailing lists was because I sent

Re: [GNC] Temporary Website URL

2023-03-18 Thread Brad Morrison
Thanks for point these situations out Ken! The reason I joined the GnuCash-User mailing lists was because I sent a link to an acquaintance that does bookkeeping professionally and he texted back that the website was down, he then did a Google search and tried the GnuCash result on his own and

[GNC] Is anyone else having difficulty accessing the https://gnucash.org/ homepage?

2023-02-19 Thread Brad Morrison
Hello, Is anyone else having difficulty accessing the https://gnucash.org/ homepage? I am still able to access the Wiki (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GnuCash) and the Mailman lists (https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo), but not the GnuCash homepage. It was somewhat embarrassing

Re: [GNC] Gnucash,org url is now working

2023-03-03 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Ken, John, & all, I just tried the link that Ken provided and it took me to some "Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page," but not the GnuCash homepage...? I also tried the link that John provided and that seems to work fine for the GnuCash homepage for me. Is anyone else having similar results?

Re: [GNC] Gnucash,org url is now working

2023-03-03 Thread Brad Morrison
e.  I will notify Linas to ask what's > up. > As for # subscribers, we have a dozen lists with some overlapping > subscriptions, but there are over 2000 subscribers to gnucash-user. > > -derek > > On Fri, March 3, 2023 7:13 am, Brad Morrison wrote: > > Hi Ken, Jo

Re: [GNC] Can't reenter password for OFX DirectConnect

2023-04-25 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Alex S/all, Hopefully someone else will address the GnuCash aspect of your specific issue with the OFXDirectConnect. I would like to comment on the situation with banks allowing transactional data downloads in the OFX file format (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Financial_Exchange). I

Re: [GNC] Turn of drop list when entering data in memo/description line

2023-05-01 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Trevor, What Linux distro & version # are you using? While I am assuming that you are updating/upgrading Gnucash via your Linux distro's package manager, are you using the flatpak/flathub version of Gnucash or the direct package? I am using Linux Mint 20.3 (https://linuxmint.com/ with

Re: [GNC] Atualização GnuCash versão 5.0

2023-05-01 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Eduardo, It looks like your message is in Portugese (Brazilian) according to the DuckDuckGo online translator that I copied & pasted your text into. Here is the list of the various GnuCash user mailing lists (https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo) and the second one from the top,

Re: [GNC] easy way to total number of transactions and USD ammounts

2023-03-30 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Jeff/all, I encountered this issue a few weeks ago for a tax client with a short term rental property. Apparently, 2022 is a "transition" year for the new requirements for producing a form 1099K - https://www.irs.gov/businesses/understanding-your-form-1099-k This VRBO page might be

Re: [GNC] Company plan for stocks and stock options

2023-04-05 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Wolfgang/all, While I definitely echo what John has mentioned about having a tax professional that has experience preparing tax returns with stock options review the situation and your accounting setup, I will also note how helpful it is when a tax client is actually interested enough in

Re: [GNC] Status of SourceForge tip jar

2023-05-04 Thread Brad Morrison
Thank you for making a donation Wally! And thank you Derek for managing the SourceForge Tip Jar! https://gnucash.org/donate.phtml - the GnuCash donation page lists 2 ways to donate: the SF Tip Jar & the Argenta Bank account in Belguim run by Geert Janssens. In the USA, cash

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote - AlphaVantage Trade Currencies

2023-07-17 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Bruce/all, Thank you for all your hard work with F::Q! Does it also make sense to post this situation & question to the other 6 GnuCash Mailman 2 mailing lists that are not in English? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists & https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo I have never

Re: [GNC] Migration and On-lind banking Manuals

2023-07-17 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Chris/David/all, While David covered some of the aspects of migrating your QuickBooks files into GnuCash, as far as online banking, I would suggest checking out https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect & https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/OFX_Direct_Connect_Bank_Settings and

Re: [GNC] user groups that meet in person?

2023-07-17 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Steve/all, I have not seen anything posted to this Mailman 2 mailing list about in person user groups specific to GnuCash in the last 6 months... You may have some luck/interest in GnuCash from the few Linux User Groups (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_user_group) that are still

Re: [GNC] installing Gnucash

2023-07-15 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Warren, Have you already followed the instructions on the Wiki for the operating system on the device that you are using? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation Brad On 7/14/23 20:25, Warren Dinte wrote: Could you please give me a step by step guide fore installing GnuCash.I

[GNC] OFX transactional data downloads from FDIC insured banks

2023-05-21 Thread Brad Morrison
many others and even if they only offer CSV downloads, that is almost as easy once you've done it once. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>email ____ From: gnucash-user on behalf of Brad Morris

Re: [GNC] OFX transactional data downloads from FDIC insured banks

2023-05-27 Thread Brad Morrison
rter in GNC simply ignores this header information hence it is quite often refers to as one and same in the GNC context. -Original Message- From: Brad Morrison Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2023 11:03 AM To:gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] OFX transactional data downloads from FDIC insured

Re: [GNC] Wells Fargo OFX

2023-07-22 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Chris/all, Did you already review the information & links from my last email responding to your OFX/online banking issues? https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-July/107875.html If so, did you have more specific questions? Thanks, Brad On 7/22/23 19:13, Chris Miller

Re: [GNC] Addition to basis

2023-08-08 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Fred/Derek/flywire/all, Maybe I am just not understanding the situation as you are describing it, but I have not ever seen a 1099DIV (the USA's IRS form for accounting for dividend payments - https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1099-div) that also listed basis adjustments on it...?

Re: [GNC] Need advice I use Quickbooks and only for personal use. All I do is bank accounts entries & credit cards, just use P & Balance Sheet reports

2023-08-12 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Gregory/Susan/Richard/all, I think that it is important to remember that GnuCash is an all volunteer project and not an accounting system suitable for almost any type of organization, other than a very simple one: https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1623#issuecomment-1583966278 -

Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread Brad Morrison
Thanks flywire! That GitHub Pull Request link takes me to a comment from John Ralls that very succinctly summarizes the difficulties of using GnuCash for larger or more complex enterprises. The rest of that comment is: "Adding those modules is a non-starter: Consider that it's been 10 years

Re: [GNC] Tax report options

2023-05-14 Thread Brad Morrison
While I have nothing useful to say about tracking foreign taxes paid in GnuCash, I will add that IRS Form 1116 (https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1116) is unpleasant to deal with and the firm that I work for usually elects not to file it, if the client meets the election requirements

Re: [GNC] Tax report options (flywire)

2023-05-18 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi Alex/all, Thank you for the overarching explanations about how GnuCash Tax Report Options work and some of the issues behind that. As I covered in my April 25 post (https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-April/106671.html), I have been trying to find US based FDIC insured

[GNC] W3C Web Developer Tools

2023-05-08 Thread Brad Morrison
Hi GnuCash, For those web developers (or web users) on this list, I stumbled across what seems to be a very helpful toolset from W3C: https://w3c.github.io/developers/tools/ That page includes a link checker, a HTML validator, a CSS validator and more! It seems like a pretty useful thing to