[GNC] Help with online banking setup please: TD Bank and Amex

2022-12-05 Thread Scott Traurig
Using information from the following references: https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/tools-on-line-banking.html https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect https://www.ofxhome.com/index.php/home/directory/T 1. I was able to log into Amex but not retrieve accounts. 2. I

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-26 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
This was my point; the numerous large log files suggest something else might be amiss. I've been using GnuCash since 2006 or so,  which was version 2.2.x. My file is quite large, and yet my log files (cf. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html) continue to be a

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-26 Thread David Carlson
Rosepetals, I am not sure how the log files were constructed in that very early version but since release 2.6-something they only contain changed information, so they are usually less than a megabyte, depending on how often you do a file save or allow or force the automatic backup. A few times

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-26 Thread Rosepetals
No worries. Thanks heaps for responding and your suggestions. It is much appreciated! Yes I presume they’re quite large because I’ve been using Gnucash for some time. A friend introduced it to me back then to help manage finances and I’ve been using it since. Thanks again! On Thu, 20 Oct 2022

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can turn it off. Some may have and forgot. And I'm not sure when that was added. It may not have been available for 2.3.4. That version was never intended to be used regularly. It was a development/testing version only. Though such a file or files might be in the OPs data directory,

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-20 Thread R Losey
I thought Gnucash by default kept backups of the database file. On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 4:28 AM Rosepetals wrote: > Hi, > > The location of the database file has a number of log files in it if that > helps. > > Thanks for responding. > > On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 7:01 pm, Maf. King wrote: > > >

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
By 'backup' we don't mean something you do within GnuCash, we mean something you do with your entire computer/personal files. If you never make backups of any of your files, or only rarely, then I guess you're stuck rebuilding data if you can't recover this file. (this would be the case with

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-20 Thread john
The oldest release still on SourceForge is 2.2.0 and it includes a Windows setup.exe; the oldest unstable release is 2.3.0 and it does not, but all from 2.3.2 do have a setup.exe. The first commit to gnucash-on-windows was on 25 August 2006, not quite a year before, and the first announcement

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-20 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 10/20/2022 1:11 AM, David Cousens wrote: As Adrien pointed out anytime you do an upgrade of GNuCash you should ALWAYS make a backup copy of the data file before starting the upgrade and keep it at least until everything is working. It is a good practice to regularly make a backup copy of your

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-20 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I don't profess to have any great ideas, but I see from the one screenshot that your file opens, but appears to be empty, and I see from the other that you have numerous large log files (9mb or so) on every day of the display. Many of them appear to be only a few days old. Personally, my log

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-20 Thread Rosepetals
Hi, The location of the database file has a number of log files in it if that helps. Thanks for responding. On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 7:01 pm, Maf. King wrote: > Just an observation, from the depths of history... > > IIRC, 2.3.x I think was a development series; unstable and for bug testing >

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-20 Thread Maf. King
Just an observation, from the depths of history... IIRC, 2.3.x I think was a development series; unstable and for bug testing and so on, and for "expert" users only (ie not me) it feels to me that having that running on win11 is unlikely, I'm not even sure that 2.3 release were for windows -

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Unlikely, but you might get lucky. (You really don't have *any* backup at all? Really? You've been using a decades old version of GnuCash and you never make backups?) Note, the GnuCash file, by default unless you changed it, is a compressed XML file. Uncompressed, it is just plain text and

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-19 Thread David Cousens
As Adrien pointed out anytime you do an upgrade of GNuCash you should ALWAYS make a backup copy of the data file before starting the upgrade and keep it at least until everything is working. It is a good practice to regularly make a backup copy of your data file in any case, preferrably to

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-19 Thread Rosepetals
Thank you both for your advice. I don’t have a backup of the 2.3.4 database. Is there a way to recover data from the current 4.12 database? Also why does Gnucash work fine after the database upgrade but then develop a fault afterwards? Thank you On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 2:28 am, Adrien

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Indeed, if you were truly running 2.3.4, you'll need to step to a 2.4.x version, then a 2.6.x version, then 3.x, then 4.12, running Actions > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All when first opening the file after each upgrade, and of course ideally, keeping backup versions each step along the

Re: [GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-19 Thread David Carlson
First, you need to locate your last backup before your upgrade. As has been described here before, you need to start in the FAQ at 3.5 ( https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade) and read the precautions. Depending on your specific data it is usually a good

[GNC] Help please. Upgraded from 2.3.4 to 4.12. Worked fine. But database does not load. Win 11.

2022-10-19 Thread Rosepetals
Hi all, I’m running Windows 11. I was running Gnucash 2.3.4 for years and finally decided to upgrade to the latest stable release of 4.12 so I can export to a spreadsheet. The setup needed to uninstall 2.3.4 which went fine and then 4.12 finished installing. I opened Gnucash 4.12 and opened my

[GNC] Help

2022-10-08 Thread Carl S.
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Re: [GNC] HELP!!! How to purge everything from my windows pc before attempting a new re-install

2022-10-06 Thread Murugan Muruganandam
@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] HELP!!! How to purge everything from my windows pc before attempting a new re-install Somehow my gnucash is behaving very badly. a lot of the functionality from the main menu does not work. For example, if I select export the account tree - nothing happens. If I

Re: [GNC] HELP!!! How to purge everything from my windows pc before attempting a new re-install

2022-10-06 Thread David Carlson
Before resorting to such invasive surgery, have you used Task Manager to verify that "Nothing happens" or is Gnucash doing something in the background? On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 9:32 AM wrote: > Somehow my gnucash is behaving very badly. a lot of the functionality from > the main menu does not

[GNC] HELP!!! How to purge everything from my windows pc before attempting a new re-install

2022-10-06 Thread jmybal
Somehow my gnucash is behaving very badly. a lot of the functionality from the main menu does not work. For example, if I select export the account tree - nothing happens. If I selected add an account or edit an account nothing happens. I tried to uninstall and reinstall everything I could

Re: [GNC] help: vs. ghelp: was: Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-07 Thread Geert Janssens
I have looked at the link and moved a bit upwards in the hierarchy to this page: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/all/gnucash-docs[1] There's a link there to download the debian gnucash-docs source package on the right hand side. I have extracted that and found a rules file (presumably

Re: [GNC] help: vs. ghelp: was: Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-07 Thread john
I'm pretty sure that the whole Debian ecosystem uses the Debian packages created by Dmitry Smirnov, which is why he's CC'd on this thread. The file list for his testing Gnucash-docs package: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/all/gnucash-docs/filelist and for stable it's

Re: [GNC] help: vs. ghelp: was: Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-07 Thread Geert Janssens
Op dinsdag 6 september 2022 19:00:47 CEST schreef Frank H. Ellenberger: > Am 06.09.22 um 06:01 schrieb john: > >> On Sep 5, 2022, at 2:01 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger > >> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Am 05.09.22 um 22:27 schrieb Geert Janssens: > >>> Op maandag 5 september 2022 19:09:06 CEST

[GNC] help: vs. ghelp: was: Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-06 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 06.09.22 um 06:01 schrieb john: On Sep 5, 2022, at 2:01 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote: Hi, Am 05.09.22 um 22:27 schrieb Geert Janssens: Op maandag 5 september 2022 19:09:06 CEST schreef john: This is https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798612 I discovered while researching

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-06-21 Thread Jeff
Thanks David, After about 9 years of using GnuCash, I've also found myself now having to write off a couple of non-paying invoices. Thanks for the link, it explains it a bit better, I think I will try it on a test system first, just to make sure I understand the steps correctly. Thanks, Jeff.

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-06-21 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
... Just creating the transaction directly is not sufficient -- you still have to map it to the Customer to "pay" the invoice. The Help manual https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/busnss-ar-payment1.html has a description of how to do this using the process payment process which

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-06-21 Thread davidcousens49
Apologies Derek, I hadn't seen you post before putting up my own reply. I tend to go through my emails serially. I'll remember to switch the grouping by threads on in my client. David On Tue, 2022-06-21 at 19:41 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > David, > > On Tue, June 21, 2022 7:20 pm,

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-06-21 Thread Derek Atkins
David, On Tue, June 21, 2022 7:20 pm, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote: > Eric, > [snip] > To record the bad debt you would create a transaction which credited > Accounts > Receivable and debited Expense:Bad Debts. This will cancel out the amount > credited to Income in the original invoice. I had

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-06-21 Thread davidcousens49
Eric, The image you attached did not appear to contain anything. Presumably you raised an invoice when you billed the client which would have created an entry debiting Accounts Receivable and crediting the appropriate income account. To record the bad debt you would create a transaction which

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-06-21 Thread Maf. King
+1 for Derek's method. I've done the same in the past for a variety of reasons. Hth, Maf. On Tuesday, 21 June 2022 21:35:29 BST Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, June 21, 2022 3:43 pm, Eric Hammond wrote: > > I was not paid by a client, and have 'written it off', but how do I book > > it

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-06-21 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Tue, June 21, 2022 3:43 pm, Eric Hammond wrote: > > I was not paid by a client, and have 'written it off', but how do I book > it in GnuCash? > Standard business practice is to post it in to an expense account such as > 'Bad Debt' or 'Uncollectable'. > I have created the account

[GNC] Help

2022-06-21 Thread Eric Hammond
I was not paid by a client, and have 'written it off', but how do I book it in GnuCash? Standard business practice is to post it in to an expense account such as 'Bad Debt' or 'Uncollectable'. I have created the account 'Expenses:Bad Debt' but GnuCash does not allow me to select it, apparently

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-05-13 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Welcome to GnuCash. On Tue, May 10, 2022 11:07 am, Auni Jaffer wrote: > I have some backup data from Sage Line 50 V11.1 > Is it possible to convert the data to gnucash accounting system? I'm afraid the answer is: probably not. GnuCash can import QIF, OFX, CSV, and a few other formats, but

[GNC] Help

2022-05-13 Thread Auni Jaffer
I have some backup data from Sage Line 50 V11.1 Is it possible to convert the data to gnucash accounting system? Thanks in advance Regards Auni Jaffer ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to

Re: [GNC] Help

2022-05-02 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2022-04-30 21:22, Sandra Chick via gnucash-user wrote: Hi, I am totally new to Gnucash.  It looks like a great program, however I am unable to figure out how to configure it to be used with Australian GST accounting methods.  If someone could help me in this regard it would be very much

[GNC] Help

2022-05-02 Thread Sandra Chick via gnucash-user
Hi, I am totally new to Gnucash.  It looks like a great program, however I am unable to figure out how to configure it to be used with Australian GST accounting methods.  If someone could help me in this regard it would be very much appreciated. Many Thanks Sandra

Re: [GNC] Help with GnuCash's 'help'

2022-04-27 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 08:01:01AM +1000, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote: > Chris > > The online version of Help and the Tutorial and Concepts Guide are not really > searchable in any meaningful sense from within the HTML page. Other versions > may > be I have more luck using Google directly to

[GNC] Help with GnuCash's 'help'

2022-04-26 Thread flywire
A couple of years ago https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html was tested (as external help) but there was no interest. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] Help with GnuCash's 'help'

2022-04-26 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Chris, The program displaying help depends on your OS. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/Help-Window.html Your used version can also be relevant. Regards Frank Am 26.04.22 um 17:35 schrieb Chris Green: > Maybe I'm missing something obvious but when I search for something in >

Re: [GNC] Help with GnuCash's 'help'

2022-04-26 Thread davidcousens49
Chris The online version of Help and the Tutorial and Concepts Guide are not really searchable in any meaningful sense from within the HTML page. Other versions may be I have more luck using Google directly to find specific topics and info. The section you are likely looking for comes under

[GNC] Help with GnuCash's 'help'

2022-04-26 Thread Chris Green
Maybe I'm missing something obvious but when I search for something in GnuCash's help I often can't see what I've searched for. For example I just searched for 'open account' and it returns five headings - but when I open one of them (for example General Information Tab) I can't find the string

Re: [GNC] Help with reconcile menu

2022-02-05 Thread davidcousens49
Martin, The Starting balance is the net sum of all reconciled (marked with 'y' in the reconciliation column) and credit entries for the account you are reconciling. Identify whether the indicated starting balance is under or over what you expect it to be from your external statement. This will

Re: [GNC] Help with reconcile menu

2022-02-05 Thread David Carlson
Martin, as. David pointed out, it counts every reconciled transaction, including future transactions. Perhaps there is a future reconcile d transaction. On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 11:53 AM D via gnucash-user wrote: > The opening balance tallies every transaction that was previously >

Re: [GNC] Help with reconcile menu

2022-02-05 Thread D via gnucash-user
The opening balance tallies every transaction that was previously reconciled, regardless of date. The Guide notes that the starting balance is less important than the closing balance. If the closing balance is correct, proceed with your reconciliation and finish when the difference is zero.

[GNC] Help with reconcile menu

2022-02-05 Thread Martin Dupras
Hi, I'm still relatively new to GnuCash, so I may be misunderstanding something. I have an account for which I have entered several years of transactions (not as they happening, as an exercise to look at my expenses for the last three years.) All of the transaction amounts on the account are

Re: [GNC] Help with Install Finance::Quote

2022-01-01 Thread kb1912 via gnucash-user
Perfect, it's working. Thanks! Kiel Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, December 31st, 2021 at 11:24 PM, Geoff wrote: > On 1/01/2022 1:13 pm, kb1912 wrote: > > > Sorry, running Windows 10 Pro, gnu cash 4.8. > > > > Result is attached as #1. When I

Re: [GNC] Help with Install Finance::Quote

2021-12-31 Thread Geoff
Hi Kiel OK, Capture 1 indicates that Finance Quote has not been installed properly - a not uncommon problem. The message about "as root" translates to "as Administrator" on Windows 10. So, you need to open a command prompt as Administrator, change directory to where *your* GunCash programs

Re: [GNC] Help with Install Finance::Quote

2021-12-31 Thread kb1912 via gnucash-user
Sorry, running Windows 10 Pro, gnu cash 4.8. Result is attached as #1. When I run gnc-fq-update as root, I get the result in attachment #2. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, December 31st, 2021 at 3:37 PM, Geoff wrote: > On 31/12/2021 8:56 am,

Re: [GNC] Help with Install Finance::Quote

2021-12-31 Thread Geoff
Hi Kiel What happens when you run this command: perl gnc-fq-dump yahoo_json IBM See attached screenshot for the expected result. P.S. It helps to mention your operating system and GnuCash version. Happy New Year! Geoff = On 31/12/2021 8:56 am, kb1912 via gnucash-user wrote: I have

[GNC] Help with Install Finance::Quote

2021-12-30 Thread kb1912 via gnucash-user
I have installed the finance::quote tool, but still get the "warning: Finance::quote not properly installed" message in the security editor screen, and everything is greyed out. Any tips? Thanks, Kiel Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.

Re: [GNC] help with Gnu Job report

2021-11-20 Thread joe rwabu
Will do, thanks! On Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 4:04 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi Joe, > > Please do not email people directly; you should ask all gnucash questions > on the gnucash-user mailing list. > > -derek > > On Sun, November 14, 2021 5:34 pm, joe rwabu wrote: > > Hello > > could you please help

Re: [GNC] help with Gnu Job report

2021-11-18 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi Joe, Please do not email people directly; you should ask all gnucash questions on the gnucash-user mailing list. -derek On Sun, November 14, 2021 5:34 pm, joe rwabu wrote: > Hello > could you please help make a Job report (Gnu Job report) not for a > specific > job but all jobs > > thanks. >

Re: [GNC] Help with gnucash reports

2021-11-18 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi Joe, Please do not email people directly; questions about gnucash should be sent to the gnucash-uer mailing list. -derek On Wed, November 17, 2021 1:23 pm, joe rwabu wrote: > Hello > I need some help with gnucash reports > > Could not find a report that gives description i put on bill on

Re: [GNC] Help updating from 2.4 to 4.7

2021-10-04 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Chris: By "transfer my files", I take it you want to open your existing bookkeeping data files in a new version of GnuCash. Your new version is 4.7, and the previous version was GnuCash 2.4. This is answered in the FAQ, "Can a new GnuCash release still read my old data file?"

[GNC] Help updating from 2.4 to 4.7

2021-10-04 Thread Chris Brazfield
Any help to to transfer my files from Gnucash 2.4 to 4.7. There doesn’t seem to be a way to save in 2.4 to QIF. The CVS files in 2.4 don’t align with the ones in 4.7 for easy import. Thanks ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

[GNC] Help needed in Estonia

2021-08-17 Thread Weiwu Zhang
Dear Gnucash users Wonder if there are any Estonia users here or if he/she would be willing to have a look at our records to see if we are using GnuCash correctly and in a way that fits Estonia reporting requirements. It's an Estonia E-resident's company by the way. I'm guessing we need to book

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
Got that covered. Mine is reported at the end of the year and the tax program slurps in all the data at tax time. On 8/10/21 4:52 PM, David Carlson wrote: Be sure to check your next broker's statement for any capital gain that you may need to pay tax on next year. On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 2:10

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread David Carlson
Be sure to check your next broker's statement for any capital gain that you may need to pay tax on next year. On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 2:10 PM Jack Frillman wrote: > I finally got it figured out. My transactions in GNUC are correct after > all. > The cash on my brokers website has not been updated

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
I finally got it figured out. My transactions in GNUC are correct after all. The cash on my brokers website has not been updated yet because the transactions have not been closed out. Once that happens the cash amounts will agree. So says my financial advisor. Thanks for the advice. On

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread Fred Bone
On 10 August 2021 at 13:48, Jack Frillman said: > I have been trough all that and don't see how any of it applies to what > I'm trying to do because: 1 - I have no commissions to deal with. 2 - I > have no capital gains to deal with. Very confusing.. It appears I have > the sell side correct

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
I have been trough all that and don't see how any of it applies to what I'm trying to do because: 1 - I have no commissions to deal with. 2 - I have no capital gains to deal with. Very confusing.. It appears I have the sell side correct the the buy may have something wrong. On 8/10/21

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread David Carlson
Jack, If you follow the help manual reference given by Eric earlier ( https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/invest-buy-stock1.html) and continue forward to the section on stock sales there is a lot of information there which should help you. The issue of capturing realized gains is a

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread Fred Bone
On 10 August 2021 at 10:01, Jack Frillman said: > I sort of got it to work but my cash balance is all messed up. > See attached for the example of my transactions. > > In the parent account the cash Balance should be $1,115.05 not $4,676.09 > and I can't figure out why. > > Where did I mess up?

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
I sort of got it to work but my cash balance is all messed up. See attached for the example of my transactions. In the parent account the cash Balance should be $1,115.05 not $4,676.09 and I can't figure out why. Where did I mess up? On 8/10/21 8:29 AM, Eric Coates via gnucash-user wrote:

Re: [GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-10 Thread Eric Coates via gnucash-user
Jack I'm assuming that your "Invest Account - ABC" is set up as a stock (check using the Edit Account button) and you have set an opening balance of 100 shares of ABC in that account. If that is correct you sell them by an entry similar to the one shown in the attached Sell Shares png but

[GNC] Help Selling & Buying Securities

2021-08-09 Thread Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
I'm clueless on how to sell a security and use that money to buy another security. All I have done to date is reinvest interest & dividends. I have an account structure that looks like this. Parent Invest Account - This is for holding a cash balance.    ABC - Invest account for ABC security.   

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-29 Thread Liz Dodd
On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:31:38 +1000 Weiwu Zhang wrote: > Much thanks David for the explanation! I have already got 3 accountant > offer on setting up the whole thing including their choice of > software; but I'd wait a few days to see if anyone would offer to also > set up with GNUCASH. If no

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-29 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
- We record expenses at the moment of payment since most are purchased online, invoiced, and paid at the same time. - But regarding income, we always invoice customers first, and record receivable when doing the invoicing. I know how to make an invoice with GnuCash and how to do a transaction

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-29 Thread flywire
David, good suggestion to split the task: 1. Get accounting advice on needs - how to structure business accounts and required processes 2. Select software and set it up Just because your accountant can advise you on the best accounting setup for your business doesn't necessarily mean their

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-29 Thread Weiwu Zhang
Much thanks David for the explanation! I have already got 3 accountant offer on setting up the whole thing including their choice of software; but I'd wait a few days to see if anyone would offer to also set up with GNUCASH. If no I'll just go with one of them. On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 at 15:21, David

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread David Cousens
Weiwu, Whether you use cash accounting or accrual counting is a choice depending on the aggregated turnover of your company (business turnover + that of any associated entities). Usually if it < AUD$ 10,000,000 you can choose which you use. Over that threshold you must use accrual accounting (

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread flywire
That's my understanding of accrual accounting. The GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide, Part III, Business Features explains how it works, includes a tutorial. Discussed in a recent thread: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-June/096943.html continuing

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread Weiwu Zhang
On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 at 21:34, flywire wrote: > GST is automated for accrual accounting but not for cash accounting. Thanks! The devil is in the details so may I confirm this with you: - We record expenses at the moment of payment since most are purchased online, invoiced, and paid at the same

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread flywire
GnuCash integrates with bank statements so you won't miss any small amounts. GST is automated for accrual accounting but not for cash accounting. I wouldn't expect it to be a big programming job to enable, just not a current priority for any developer.

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread a
Awesome, thanks! Given the nature of business, I do not have the bandwidth to determine the best practices of using GnuCash for my circumstance through the reading of tutorials and understanding the related accounting requirements. But I'd happily pay someone to advice and get the company

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread flywire
You're on cash accounting for tax. Two GnuCash limitations compared to other packages you need to understand: 1. No automated GST support for cash accounting (it's manual): https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-July/097092.html 2. No support for non-account transaction

Re: [GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread Weiwu Zhang
Oh, I was hoping someone would contact me as a service provider so I can introduce the detail in a private manner, but I guess it doesn't matter to publicise it. It's a private company that trades and acts as a family trust's trustee with 2 bank accounts (one for the company and one for the family

[GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread flywire
What do you need Weiwu? eg Bookkeeping familiarity, type of business, number of enterprises, cash or accrual tax accounting, gst registered, number of bank accounts. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

[GNC] Help needed in Australia

2021-07-28 Thread Weiwu Zhang
Dear Gnucash users Wonder if there are any Australian users here or if he/she would be willing to have a look at our records and help to set up a bookkeeping procedure using GnuCash that fits the requirements of local authorities. I'm guessing we need to book an afternoon for this kind of thing

Re: [GNC] Help: How to set the default report stylesheet

2021-06-26 Thread Bob Brush
A common workaround for default style sheet is to save a new one as the name "Default", but it seems to behave differently than I would think in this case: On the top menubar select "Edit" > "Style Sheets" bringing up a "Select HTML Style Sheet" DialogClick the "New" button, and type "Default" in

[GNC] Help: How to set the default report stylesheet

2021-06-26 Thread James Bicknell
I've been wondering how to do this for some time, now: When I print a report, I much prefer the CSS Stylesheet (experimental) option for all the reports I use. I can't seem to find any way to make that the default so I don't have to change every report I run. Exception: saved reports have that

Re: [GNC] Help with Gnucash 4.5 installation problem

2021-04-16 Thread David Jaggar
Hello John Ralls, Apologies for my delayed response. Thank you for your helpful and successful reply! Cheers, David. On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 4:22 AM David Jaggar wrote: > Hello to Whom this concerns: > I just installed Gnucash 4.5 (latest) on my Windows 10 computer. However, > it does not show

Re: [GNC] Help with Gnucash 4.5 installation problem

2021-04-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Apr 8, 2021, at 3:22 AM, David Jaggar wrote: > > Hello to Whom this concerns: > I just installed Gnucash 4.5 (latest) on my Windows 10 computer. However, > it does not show up in the start menu and list of Windows installed > programmes. I have restarted the computer and reinstalled

Re: [GNC] Help with Gnucash 4.5 installation problem

2021-04-09 Thread David Carlson
Did you accept all the defaults presented by the installer? On Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 3:58 PM David Jaggar wrote: > Hello to Whom this concerns: > I just installed Gnucash 4.5 (latest) on my Windows 10 computer. However, > it does not show up in the start menu and list of Windows installed >

[GNC] Help with Gnucash 4.5 installation problem

2021-04-09 Thread David Jaggar
Hello to Whom this concerns: I just installed Gnucash 4.5 (latest) on my Windows 10 computer. However, it does not show up in the start menu and list of Windows installed programmes. I have restarted the computer and reinstalled several times but still cannot see Gnucash in the list of software

Re: [GNC] Help adding withholding tax and VAT in seperate fileds of the invoice.

2021-01-29 Thread Christopher Lam
A final note relating to recording the withholding tax as liability: it will artificially decrease your net worth by the cumulative tax amount. On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, 12:29 am Nikos Parafestas, wrote: > Thank you Derek for your answer. > In my case I am not accountable whether or not my client

Re: [GNC] Help adding withholding tax and VAT in seperate fileds of the invoice.

2021-01-29 Thread Nikos Parafestas
So far I get the following lines in the Invoice: Net Price 300,00€ Tax 72,00€ Total Price 372,00€ Amount Due 372,00€ What I would like it be is: Net Price 300,00€ Tax 72,00€ Total Price 372,00€ Withholding tax 60,00€ Amount Due 312,00€

Re: [GNC] Help adding withholding tax and VAT in seperate fileds of the invoice.

2021-01-27 Thread Nikos Parafestas
Thank you Derek for your answer. In my case I am not accountable whether or not my client pays the 20% Withholding Tax but it is obligatory to be written in the invoice as a seperate line. It would be nice for me to have a report every year for this amount but it is optional. On the other hand I

Re: [GNC] Help adding withholding tax and VAT in seperate fileds of the invoice.

2021-01-27 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Wed, January 27, 2021 8:49 am, Nikos Parafestas wrote: > Beacuse of the taxation sytem in my country I need to add withholding > tax and VAT in seperate fields in the invoice. This applies to every > tansaction with a net price of 300 euro or more. The first thing to note is that GnuCash

[GNC] Help adding withholding tax and VAT in seperate fileds of the invoice.

2021-01-27 Thread Nikos Parafestas
Beacuse of the taxation sytem in my country I need to add withholding tax and VAT in seperate fields in the invoice. This applies to every tansaction with a net price of 300 euro or more. For example if the Net Price is 1000 euro the invoice should include the following: --- 1. Net Price = 1000

Re: [GNC] Help

2020-12-22 Thread w...@theprescotts.com
I noticed one quirk about using opening balances: If you do add opening balances when creating new accounts, GnuCash creates an Equity:Opening balances account for you for the other side of the transaction. However, should you want to change the opening balance for any reason after the account

Re: [GNC] Help

2020-12-21 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/21/2020 11:43 AM, Brian Gardner wrote: I have just had the system installed for me and I have managed to get all the accounts that I have used in my financial statements into the file. Unfortunately I read about the installing of opening balances after I had done everything thinking

Re: [GNC] Help

2020-12-21 Thread Geoff
Hi Brian, and welcome to the GnuCash world. The recommended practice is to create an Equity::Opening Balances account and use that as the contra-account for all your opening balance entries. It won't be a problem doing this after you have started entering other transactions, just choose an

[GNC] Help

2020-12-21 Thread Brian Gardner
I have just had the system installed for me and I have managed to get all the accounts that I have used in my financial statements into the file. Unfortunately I read about the installing of opening balances after I had done everything thinking that I could add the opening balances to the

Re: [GNC] Help with Column that Vanished

2020-12-01 Thread Stephen M. Butler
r responsiveness. -Original Message- From: Geoff Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 05:19 To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org; Rob Britton | AirLearn < rob.brit...@airlearn.net> Cc: adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net Subject: Re: [GNC] Help with Column that Vanished Hi Rob You are not

Re: [GNC] Help with Column that Vanished

2020-11-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If I recall correctly, when the feature for defining column widths is finally added, there will be an option to restore defaults, though I should think that option would be nice to have now. (Business documents already have these features) Regards, Adrien On 11/30/20 7:24 PM, David Carlson

Re: [GNC] Help with Column that Vanished

2020-11-30 Thread David Carlson
ld be reduced and not auto-adjust to fill the space. > > Thank you again for your responsiveness. > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Geoff > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 05:19 > To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org; Rob Britton | AirLearn < > rob.brit...@a

Re: [GNC] Help with Column that Vanished

2020-11-30 Thread Rob Britton | AirLearn
to fill the space. Thank you again for your responsiveness. -Original Message- From: Geoff Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 05:19 To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org; Rob Britton | AirLearn Cc: adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net Subject: Re: [GNC] Help with Column that Vanished Hi Rob You

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