I too am not clear on what the GnuCash version of the Cash Flow report is supposed to be. It is nothing like any such report I’ve seen from my accounting texts or any resource on the subject online.
I get that it generally tells you where money is coming from and where it is going, but the presentation is quite odd. Regards, Adrien > On Jun 3, 2018, at 7:02 PM, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Martijn, > > I can't really comment on the Cash Flow reportas implemented in GnuCash and > it's options but the doubling of accounts in the selected list when the show > subaccounts is selected does appear to be strange and may be a bug. My > understanding of a Cash Flow Report is that it includes: > > cash receipt and cash payments from the operating activities of the business > cash collections from customers > cash receipts of interest ( on accounts receivable) > cash receipts of dividends (current assets- short term trades) > payments to suppliers (including via A/P > payments to employees > payments for interest expens and income tax expenses ( on current > assets) > depreciation and amortization expenses > > cash flows from investing activities ( i.e interest and dividends received > on non-current assest and cash from sale of assets, investments and > collection of loans) > > Cash flows from Financing activities > proceeds of share issues and bills payable > payments of bills payable and share buybacks > payments of cash dividends > > Even though Accounts Receivable (and Accounts Payable) are in the income > statement for the period, only payments received against A/R and payments > made should be included in the Cash Flow statement. A/R and (A/P) are not > included in the set of default selections in the GnuCash CashFlow report > which is correct. Similarly neither are Credit Cards accounts and other > Liability accounts are not included as payments to them will be captured as > payments from the current asset accounts. > > David Cousens > > > > ----- > David Cousens > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
