Re: [GNC] GNUCash Version 3.6.1 not working on OSX.

2019-08-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Dion, You shouldn’t need to turn off Gatekeeper. Some apps, of which GnuCash is one, needs to be given explicit permission to open. This is accomplished by launching it for the very first time, by right-clicking on it in the install location (usually /Applications) and choosing ‘open’. This

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 197, Issue 15

2019-08-08 Thread David Carlson
David, Does that method create scads of automatic backups in the Dropbox folder? David Carlson On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 7:26 PM David Cousens wrote: > Bob > > I have been using Dropbox to do this between 2 Linux computers (desktop and > laptop) and a Windows10 laptop for several years now. The

Re: [GNC] GNUCash Version 3.6.1 not working on OSX.

2019-08-08 Thread John Ralls
Thanks for the follow-up, but please remember to copy the list on all replies. MacOS Mail's "reply all" (double-back-arrow icon) works great for this purpose. Regards, John Ralls > On Aug 8, 2019, at 6:47 PM, Dion Patelis wrote: > > > > > Hi John, > > Firstly sorry for the late reply and

Re: [GNC] Questions on how best to setup a non-profit account in gnucash

2019-08-08 Thread Nelson Handcock
Hi, I use Gnucash to manage the accounts of a not-for-profit association based in Australia. At the end of the day, it's treated like any other business, but may be exempt from certain taxes. You'd first need to familiarise yourself with the requirements for a not-for-profit association and

Re: [GNC] Questions on how best to setup a non-profit account in gnucash

2019-08-08 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 8/8/2019 12:24 PM, Larry Wagner wrote: I would like some comments about how one would set up gnucash for a non-profit. Here are some of the specifics: What kind of non-profit are you? What do you have to file with what jurisdictions? << There are non-profits that do not pay taxes, but

Re: [GNC] Loan and Mortgage scheduler | Escrow account for Tax rounds monthly payment up

2019-08-08 Thread JimR
Anybody? Jim On 8/2/19 3:06 PM, JimR wrote: The title pretty well says it all, except I don't want it to round up, I want the exact amount I entered.  I entered USD 192.68, but GNUCash rounds up to USD193.00.  I can supply screen shots if necessary. Version 3.6+(2019-06-29) on Fedora 29,

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 197, Issue 15

2019-08-08 Thread David Cousens
Bob I have been using Dropbox to do this between 2 Linux computers (desktop and laptop) and a Windows10 laptop for several years now. The files usually sync within a minute or two of making any local changes on any one computer when the others are connected to the network. The dropbox daemon

Re: [GNC] Setting up a new accounting scheme in GnuCash

2019-08-08 Thread David Cousens
Frank, I had realised that was likely the situation. Fortunately, with the occasional exception or two, most standards would have been converging towards the IFRS in the core requirements prior to adoption, if they weren't completely compliant. David - David Cousens -- Sent from:

Re: [GNC] Questions on how best to setup a non-profit account in gnucash

2019-08-08 Thread David Cousens
Larry, As Adrien noted we connot offer accounting advice per se. However we can give you some guidance in setting up GnuCashand using its features. Generally you will need to create an income sub account for each source of income you wish to be able to track, in the example you gave, for each of

Re: [GNC] Setting up a new accounting scheme in GnuCash

2019-08-08 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
David, just a note: Am Fr., 9. Aug. 2019 um 00:07 Uhr schrieb David Cousens : : > The Netherlands has adopted the > IFRS international accounting standards as the basis of its accountingsystem > as has the EU generally so the basic account types are the same. IFRS has become a standard beside

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 197, Issue 15

2019-08-08 Thread Greg Feneis
Bob, Adrien has it right. See below. Just a few notes You can test by saving your GnuCash working file on computer 1 as with some easy to find specific name in that computer's dropbox folder. Before you stop using computer 1, check the Dropbox icon in the notification area (assuming Windows).

Re: [GNC] Setting up a new accounting scheme in GnuCash

2019-08-08 Thread David Cousens
Frank As christopher and Adrien have commented, GnuCash is forgiving in that if you have assigned an account to a specific type, you can easily change the type of an account and the account types are used for specific functionality, not just in GnuCash but in accounting in general. The Netherlands

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 197, Issue 15

2019-08-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I haven’t used Dropbox in some time, but as I recall, you could access it directly or you could sync local folders to it. I’d think the local folder sync would be the best route for GnuCash. That way, each computer is writing to the local file system. This will improve save speed, remove

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 197, Issue 15

2019-08-08 Thread Bob Sisk
I thought I understood how to do this but I am confused - trying to run Gnucash on second computer and having access to the same data file. I thought I was keeping my data file on Dropbox - that is the one I open and enter data. When I go to secondary computer and open Gnucash the file has not

Re: [GNC] Questions on how best to setup a non-profit account in gnucash

2019-08-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I’ll also add the following advice: 1. Don’t fret about getting your accounts perfect the first time. You’ll find yourself moving things around and creating more detail with more accounts during your first 6-12 months of using GnuCash as you figure out how things work and you start having to

Re: [GNC] Questions on how best to setup a non-profit account in gnucash

2019-08-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Larry, We can’t offer accounting advice here. You’d need to speak to a local CPA who is familiar with your jurisdiction and optimally one familiar with non-profits to help you set up your account tree. Beyond that, we can help with how to accomplish the various things you want with respect to

Re: [GNC] Setting up a new accounting scheme in GnuCash

2019-08-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There are a few other limitations. The Business Features restrict certain account selections for various functions based on type. (what you can post line items to, what you can post entire bills/invoices to, what accounts are available to make payments from, etc.) Also, when deleting an

[GNC] Questions on how best to setup a non-profit account in gnucash

2019-08-08 Thread Larry Wagner
I would like some comments about how one would set up gnucash for a non-profit. Here are some of the specifics: We hold 3 different types (categories) of dances: 1) F dances - those sponsored by our club (~15 dances per year) 2) DF dances - those we share sponsorship with another club (~5

Re: [GNC] Gnucash fails to run after upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

2019-08-08 Thread James E
gnucash_fail_20190806_04.odt Q Which version of guile is installed on the system. A jm@jm-OptiPlex-9020:~$ guile -v guile (GNU Guile) 2.0.11 Packaged by Debian (2.0.11-deb+1-10ubuntu0.1) Copyright (C) 2014 Free

Re: [GNC] Newbie

2019-08-08 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 8/8/2019 6:47 AM, S. Sliackus wrote: Hi guys I am new to GnuCash. I came up with this piece of software by searching practical solution to couple of my charities and small business. I have quite mixed feelings about this program, I found some things over complicated (some invoicing aspects,

Re: [GNC] Newbie

2019-08-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 8 Aug 2019, S. Sliackus wrote: As a new user, I didn't learned how to achieve certain tasks yet, so my feedback might not be relevant sometimes, but that is why I came here and I hope this will be right place to get and give an advice :-) Have you read the help/tutorial or guide?

Re: [GNC] Gnucash fails to run after upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

2019-08-08 Thread James E
Colin . Commands show : jm@jm-OptiPlex-9020:~$ which gnucash /usr/bin/gnucash jm@jm-OptiPlex-9020:~$ apt-cache policy gnucash gnucash: Installed: 1:2.6.12-1 Candidate: 1:2.6.12-1 Version table: *** 1:2.6.12-1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages

[GNC] Newbie

2019-08-08 Thread S. Sliackus
Hi guys I am new to GnuCash. I came up with this piece of software by searching practical solution to couple of my charities and small business. I have quite mixed feelings about this program, I found some things over complicated (some invoicing aspects, customer list and search, transactions

[GNC] Integrated documentation for GnuCash

2019-08-08 Thread FREIGHBER TRANSLOADERS
Does GNUcash allow for integrated documentation when running GNUCash? Steve Patterson ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] Gnucash fails to run after upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

2019-08-08 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 8 augustus 2019 08:41:33 CEST schreef James E: > I used to run Gnucash 2.6.12 in Ubuntu 14.04 . > > I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04. During the upgrade I was asked if I wanted > to keep several Gnucash files/piece of information – one of which was > the Alpha Advantage API key

Re: [GNC] Gnucash fails to run after upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

2019-08-08 Thread Colin Law
On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 07:44, James E wrote: > > I used to run Gnucash 2.6.12 in Ubuntu 14.04 . > > I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04. During the upgrade I was asked if I wanted > to keep several Gnucash files/piece of information – one of which was the > Alpha Advantage API key . I replied

[GNC] Gnucash fails to run after upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

2019-08-08 Thread James E
I used to run Gnucash 2.6.12 in Ubuntu 14.04 . I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04. During the upgrade I was asked if I wanted to keep several Gnucash files/piece of information – one of which was the Alpha Advantage API key . I replied that I did . The upgrade appeared to have finished