Re: Accounting for contractors using GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread GWB
I do something like what Christopher suggests. I have several expense accounts (Expenses:1stScheduleC:Mileage, Expenses:2ndScheduleC:Mileage) and the receiving account can be whatever you like. Description for each transaction is something like: 2017 Mileage Rate Business Expenses Memo would

Re: Accounting for contractors using GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread GWB
Here's what I do, but it might not work for you. I use two pieces of software for accounting, bookkeeping, and compliance: gnucash and prosystemfx from CCH (Wolters Kluwer). gnucash is excellent for tracking expenses, but for income amounts I rely on 1099's, DIV's, etc. Similarly, I sometimes

Re: Accounting for contractors using GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread Christopher Lam
I have an interesting solution for recording mileage within Gnucash. I presume you have something like Expenses:Business:Travels already set up in your local currency. You could create an account called Expenses:Business:Mileage in currency XXX, and it will contain only mileage records. It

Preferred Date Format When Importing CSV Files

2017-07-28 Thread Paul W.
I set the date format to m-d-y in Edit>Preferences>Date/time When I import CSV files, the date format on the Preview Settings page shows y-m-d. I manually change the format to m-d-y. What do I need to do to have GC automatically show the format I selected.

Re: Is there a way to set an account's beginning balance AFTER having created it in GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread John R. Sowden
A thought, I never, or just the last 40 years, make a beginning entry in account creating. Sometimes I set up my next year before I have closed out my previous year, so I don't have the final transactions for the Asset, Liability and Equity accounts. I have a list of opening balance

Re: Is there a way to set an account's beginning balance AFTER having created it in GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread Mark Phillips
Just open the account tab and change the opening balance entry - the one at the top. Mark On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 1:33 PM, wrote: > I’ve searched the help and can’t find anything that addresses this > question. > > Thanks! > > Bob > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > >

Re: Is there a way to set an account's beginning balance AFTER having created it in GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Thu, July 27, 2017 4:33 pm, bob...@gmail.com wrote: > I’ve searched the help and can’t find anything that addresses this > question. An account opening balance is just a regular tranasaction between that account and an Equity account (normally Equity:Opening Balances". During account

Re: Is there a way to set an account's beginning balance AFTER having created it in GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread David Carlson
Bob, The Opening Balance shortcut that you see when creating an account is not functional after the account is created, as you have seen. That shortcut just creates a transaction to offset the opening balance with an entry in Equity:Opening Balances. You can open that account and duplicate any

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2017-07-28 Thread Paul W.
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Re: Accounting for contractors using GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread JHC
I worked for decades as a contractor in IT. Briefly, what I needed as a single entity was pretty simple, and fell well within the capabilities of GnuCash. I assume here you work as a contractor essentially in a 'do the work, get paid' mode. Whether you operate on a b2b direct mode or in a

Is there a way to set an account's beginning balance AFTER having created it in GnuCash?

2017-07-28 Thread bobaug
I’ve searched the help and can’t find anything that addresses this question. Thanks! Bob Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please

Re: For UK users: Will gnucash get ready for Making Tax, Digital ?

2017-07-28 Thread Geert Janssens
A shared library would even better imo. Similar to what aqbanking does for online bank communications. That would allow for easier integration with gnucash and even other open source applications that wish to interact with HMRC. Regards, Geert Alain Williams schreef op 27