[GNC] known bug in crash while editing reconciled transactions?

2019-01-05 Thread John Clements
This bug might be reproducible, but I'd rather not spend the time if it's already a known PR. The issue is this: I reconciled a bundle of transactions. Then, I opened an "edit" window, and changed the target accounts for a number of these transactions. Then I walked away from the machine. About a

Re: [GNC] Screen reader support for gnu cash

2019-01-05 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 5, 2019, at 11:32 AM, Shankar Udaya wrote: > > I tried to use nvda screen reader softwares with GNUCASH. . But it doesn't > seem to work it doesn't read out anything on the screen does anybody know > how to fix this problem. want to know if the GNU cash supports any other > screen

Re: [GNC] Getting security online quotes with user data in MySQL database.

2019-01-05 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 5, 2019, at 4:23 PM, D Keith Higgs wrote: > > I'm reading through the current GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide as I > attempt to configure my stock portfolio securities for online quotes and am > running into a gap with regard to documentation for this process when the > user

Re: [GNC] Tracking Reimbursable Medical Expenses

2019-01-05 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 1/5/19 7:51 PM, David Cousens wrote: > Aaron > > Asset:HSA is your savings fund. The payment of money into that account is > exactly as you priginally proposed. > > The 4 way split >> Asset:Medical Reimbursable $5 >> Liability:Credit Card $5 >>

Re: [GNC] Screen reader support for gnu cash

2019-01-05 Thread Liz
On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 01:02:07 +0530 Shankar Udaya wrote: > I tried to use nvda screen reader softwares with GNUCASH. . But it > doesn't seem to work it doesn't read out anything on the screen does > anybody know how to fix this problem. want to know if the GNU cash > supports any other screen

[GNC] Screen reader support for gnu cash

2019-01-05 Thread Shankar Udaya
I tried to use nvda screen reader softwares with GNUCASH. . But it doesn't seem to work it doesn't read out anything on the screen does anybody know how to fix this problem. want to know if the GNU cash supports any other screen readers other than nvda Thanks

[GNC] Getting security online quotes with user data in MySQL database.

2019-01-05 Thread D Keith Higgs
I'm reading through the current GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide as I attempt to configure my stock portfolio securities for online quotes and am running into a gap with regard to documentation for this process when the user data is in a MySQL database. I'm working on a Microsoft Windows 10

Re: [GNC] Tracking Reimbursable Medical Expenses

2019-01-05 Thread David Cousens
Aaron Asset:HSA is your savings fund. The payment of money into that account is exactly as you priginally proposed. The 4 way split > Asset:Medical Reimbursable $5 > Liability:Credit Card $5 > Expenses:Medical$5 >

Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 1/5/19 1:53 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Nothing counter-intuitive about it. It’s a matter of perspective. And remembering.  I have to ask my wife each and every time -- even when I wrote my earlier reply!  I'm thinking I need to hang a sign on the wall:     DEBITS:  Assets, Expenses    

Re: [GNC] Tracking Reimbursable Medical Expenses

2019-01-05 Thread David Cousens
Maybe what isn't clear is that the HSA account is "just" another asset account in my books. It's mostly populated by my employer, but I add pre-tax money to it, too. Aaron, I had assumed that was the case from your original description. David ___

Re: [GNC] Tracking Reimbursable Medical Expenses

2019-01-05 Thread Aaron Laws
Thank you for your response; questions inline. On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 5:29 PM Stephen M. Butler wrote: > At my previous employment (prior to retirement) the HSA account came > with a charge card (used like a credit card) so the charges went > directly against the HSA account. Made tracking

Re: [GNC] Tracking Reimbursable Medical Expenses

2019-01-05 Thread Aaron Laws
Thank you very much. Questions in line. On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 5:46 PM David Cousens wrote: > Aaron, > > The Answer is yes but to use the inbuilt Accounts Receivable you would need > to use the Business features Invoicing and linking of payments to Invoices > etc. > > An Accounts receivable is

Re: [GNC] Budget Reporting|Charting Questions and v3.4 Question

2019-01-05 Thread Andre Powell
Correct and I have a separate tab to display the budget report with those columns. I guess in the meantime this will work for my needs. Thanks for the feedback regarding the state of the budget module. That would not be mission critical but a nice to have that would put some polish on the

Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread Stan Brown
> From: Mike Kerstetter > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > ... I am baffled at the seemingly backward credit and debit > columns in the register. A deposit to my Checking (or payment to my > credit card account) shows up under "DEBIT" and a charge to my accounts > shows up under "CREDIT".? The

Re: [GNC] Budget Reporting|Charting Questions and v3.4 Question

2019-01-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The Budget report allows you to see planned vs. actual and a variance column. You can pick and choose which accounts you want to include. You might need to play with the setting for parent accounts concerning if those lines show only amounts in the account or if they include child account

Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Nothing counter-intuitive about it. It’s a matter of perspective. People are used to hearing the bank telling them that putting money in their account is a ‘credit’ to their account. That’s correct for the bank, because your account is their liability. Increasing a liability is done with a

[GNC] Budget Reporting|Charting Questions and v3.4 Question

2019-01-05 Thread Andre Powell
GnuCash version - 3.4 OS - Ubuntu 18.10 I have recently moved back to using GnuCash after spending some time with YNAB and moving entirely to Ubuntu. I must say that I am extremely happy and almost regret not switching entirely to Linx before. Is there a way (and if not I would propose this as a

Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread David Cousens
Mike, The first chapter or two of the Tutorial and Concepts guide https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/index.html may help with getting this straight. Wikipedia also has quite good articles on double entry accounting, the accounting equation and debits and credits.

Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread N B Day
On Sat, 2019-01-05 at 11:41 -0500, Mike Kerstetter wrote: > Hello all. I'm brand new to gnucash. I want it to do just the basics > of > keeping a register and reconciliation of a couple bank and credit > card > accounts. I had Money Sunset Deluxe and currently have Quicken (which > is > now

Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 5 Jan 2019, at 16:41, Mike Kerstetter wrote: > > Hello all. I'm brand new to gnucash. I want it to do just the basics of > keeping a register and reconciliation of a couple bank and credit card > accounts. I had Money Sunset Deluxe and currently have Quicken (which is now > charging a

Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread Steve Butler
Sounds right to me. Remember that Asset and Expense accounts are Debit accounts. So Debit increases and Credit decreases the balances in the accounts. Liability, Income, and Equity/Capital accounts are Credit accounts. So Debit decreases and Credit increases the balance. On Sat, Jan 5, 2019,

Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
In accounting, a debit is a movement of funds towards something, a credit away from.  So you debit a bank account when you move money into it, credit it when you move money out. The confusion arises from popular usage: for example, when your bank sends you a statement, they are showing the credit

[GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread Mike Kerstetter
Hello all. I'm brand new to gnucash. I want it to do just the basics of keeping a register and reconciliation of a couple bank and credit card accounts. I had Money Sunset Deluxe and currently have Quicken (which is now charging a yearly subscription). I'm muddling through setting up my

Re: [GNC] Stocks/Equities queries (Australian Based)

2019-01-05 Thread David Cousens
XboxBoy I've done this recently with a superannuation pension fund. I had initially entered an Opening Balance from mid last year and the transactions forward from that. I already had data for the pension payments entered as income (not taxable in my case for this fund which is taxed in the hands

Re: [GNC] Tracking Reimbursable Medical Expenses

2019-01-05 Thread David Cousens
David No problem. I wasn't aware that the previous reply didn't show up outside Nabble. David Cousens - David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Stocks/Equities queries (Australian Based)

2019-01-05 Thread D via gnucash-user
I'd go further and say that, while it is possible to do as Maf says, it can be quite confusing to manage, especially where investments are concerned. Capital gains and basis calculations are tricky enough to manage without having to jigger balances. I'd recommend choosing one or the other:

Re: [GNC] Tracking Reimbursable Medical Expenses

2019-01-05 Thread D via gnucash-user
Your reply used a phrase similar to "to implement this you need to use the business features" (I don't see the text of your previous reply here because you're using Nabble). My sense was that you were saying the OP had to use them. That was why I posted my comment. David T. On January 5,

Re: [GNC] Stocks/Equities queries (Australian Based)

2019-01-05 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 5 January 2019 06:42:58 GMT Xboxboy Mageia wrote: > But for the time being, my question is: > If I setup my accounts as they are now, using an opening balance, can I at > a later date go back and adjust, and enter the earlier purchases/dividends > of stocks/equities? > Yes, but

Re: [GNC] Car loan with downpayment using a credit card

2019-01-05 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 5 January 2019 00:34:59 GMT Taymour A. El Erian wrote: > > Message: 5 > > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 19:59:55 -0600 > > From: Adrien Monteleone > > To: Gnucash Users > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Car loan with downpayment using a credit card > > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain;

[GNC] Stocks/Equities queries (Australian Based)

2019-01-05 Thread Xboxboy Mageia
Hi all. Just getting all my stocks entered into GNC. Reading the concepts/tutorial last night, I see 2 methods of setting up: Purchasing or setting up with an opening balance. I have records stretching back to the early 80's. Being Australian stocks, most spit out yearly/6 monthly or even