Re: [GNC] Recommended Accounting Books
I want to thank everyone for their input. I did come across this interesting book wriiten in 1868: Book-keeping By Double Entry Explained by John Findlater https://tinyurl.com/4zkws7dc -- Not necessarily a bad idea, because an understanding of the old fashioned way, pen and ink on paper, will help you understand the process that gnucash is automating for you. You will certainly understand "splits" faster, and if your book goes into the "cashbook accounting" shortcut (where "cash" and a small subset of the most popular accounts are in a separate book serving as both journal and ledger) since THAT closely mimics the way we enter simple (not split) transactions using gnucash except instead of a small subset, all ledger accounts <> If you have NEVER done any double entry bookkeeping not crazy being taught "T" diagrams on up. As a second advantage, means you are learning independent of any particular software implementing modern double entry. Even if you are using gnucash for your own books not bad if you understood the underlying process so could volunteer to be Treasurer of some org that happened to be using something else. Would be a very minimal learning curve. Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Recommended Accounting Books
On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 08:22:44AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > I do not profess to more knowledgeable than anyone else, but, I believe that > you need to access books, documentation, and/or tuition, applicable to your > location, as different countries and regions have different applicable laws > relating to acceptable accounting practices, and to tax laws, which are an > integral part of accounting practices. > > I am an unqualified lay person, but, such is my belief. > I want to thank everyone for their input. I did come across this interesting book wriiten in 1868: Book-keeping By Double Entry Explained by John Findlater https://tinyurl.com/4zkws7dc -- Kind regards, Jonathan ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Recommended Accounting Books (Jonathan Drews)
Message: 6 Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:10:17 -0600 From: Jonathan Drews To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] Recommend Accounting Books Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Folks: I am complete novice to double entry accounting. I have GnuCash successfully installed: $ gnucash --version GnuCash 5.5 Build ID: 5.5+(2023-12-16) on: OpenBSD 7.5 GENERIC.MP#82 amd64 Can anyone recommend some good books or tutorials on double entry acoounting? I searched the arcchives but did not find any posts on recommended books. I have ordered this book: Accounting QuickStart Guide : The Simplified Beginner's Guide by Josh Small. I am opening a fabric store in early May and want to use GnuCash to keep track of my sewing fabric sales and inventory. It's pretty modest. About 280 individual items. Are there any examples of *.gnucash files I can use as a template? -- Kind regards, I do not profess to more knowledgeable than anyone else, but, I believe that you need to access books, documentation, and/or tuition, applicable to your location, as different countries and regions have different applicable laws relating to acceptable accounting practices, and to tax laws, which are an integral part of accounting practices. I am an unqualified lay person, but, such is my belief. Bret Busby Armadale Western Australia (UTC+0800) . ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Recommended Accounting Books (Jonathan Drews)
-Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2024 5:37 AM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 253, Issue 52 Send gnucash-user mailing list submissions to gnucash-user@gnucash.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org You can reach the person managing the list at gnucash-user-ow...@gnucash.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of gnucash-user digest..." Once again I really have no idea how much of the original email to keep, other than the question I am replying to -- Message: 6 Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:10:17 -0600 From: Jonathan Drews To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] Recommend Accounting Books Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Folks: I am complete novice to double entry accounting. I have GnuCash successfully installed: $ gnucash --version GnuCash 5.5 Build ID: 5.5+(2023-12-16) on: OpenBSD 7.5 GENERIC.MP#82 amd64 Can anyone recommend some good books or tutorials on double entry acoounting? I searched the arcchives but did not find any posts on recommended books. I have ordered this book: Accounting QuickStart Guide : The Simplified Beginner's Guide by Josh Small. I am opening a fabric store in early May and want to use GnuCash to keep track of my sewing fabric sales and inventory. It's pretty modest. About 280 individual items. Are there any examples of *.gnucash files I can use as a template? -- Kind regards, Jonathan -- Hi Jonathan, I found a great set of accounting documents at https://openstax.org/subjects/business#Accounting%20and%20Finance The PDFs are completely free (no strings) to download, and the 2 accounting documents helped me with a couple of difficult concepts. All the best Eric - Subject: Digest Footer ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- End of gnucash-user Digest, Vol 253, Issue 52 * ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
