Re: [GNC] Get quote - online price retrieval

2020-08-16 Thread Geoff
Ashok, I have tried to replicate your issue on a new Windows 10 installation. You said:- "Did the cpan Date::Manip, but that freezes at the point of the below stage. Have to "Ctrl"+C, ugly exit." You need to be more patient, it wasn't frozen, just having a rest! The complete installation

Re: [GNC] help increasing size of font in GnuCash?

2020-08-16 Thread John Ralls
And in order to see it in Finder you need to click the gear or control-click with your home folder selected, click Show View Options from the context menu, and then in the View Options window check Show Library Folder. Contrary to *everyone's* HIG that item disappears when any folder other than

Re: [GNC] help increasing size of font in GnuCash?

2020-08-16 Thread David Reiser via gnucash-user
That’s the wrong library folder. There’s another one in /Users/[your user name]/Library. Dave -- Dave Reiser dbrei...@icloud.com > On Aug 16, 2020, at 5:56 PM, Marilyn Graves Kimple via gnucash-user > wrote: > > No problem-- there were actually two of us with the same problem, and I do

Re: [GNC] Recording Tax Correctly

2020-08-16 Thread Christopher Lam
As I said before VAT:Input VAT receives only VAT on Purchases VAT:Output VAT receives only VAT on Sales VAT:VAT Return receives only periodic government VAT transfers The VAT parent account does not receive any splits; but its balance (including children accounts) will tell me, roughly, the VAT

Re: [GNC] help increasing size of font in GnuCash?

2020-08-16 Thread Mahon Finbar
I have done that, but on my Lenovo W10 1903  the 'magified' text is blurred. I would like there to be a simple text size option under settings. I needed, and very much appreciate, an accounting app which is not run by money grabbers (especially accountants :-). In GNU I found it, but,

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote stock code with ampersand

2020-08-16 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 16, 2020, at 7:03 AM, Jour Maken wrote: > > This is an issue with F:Q accessed through Gnucash or gnc-fq-dump. A stock I > need to retrieve quotes from Yahoo JSON has an ampersand in its code and > hence fails to retrieve the correct prices. If someone has faced this and > come up

Re: [GNC] Recording Tax Correctly

2020-08-16 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
PS: Yes, as Christopher notes, could place VAT paid as an asset (which it properly is). I was following the set up you were describing instead, placing VAT paid as a contra account. Also sensible, as under normal conditions, the parent VAT is going to have a net credit balance << your business

[GNC] Finance::Quote stock code with ampersand

2020-08-16 Thread Jour Maken
This is an issue with F:Q accessed through Gnucash or gnc-fq-dump. A stock I need to retrieve quotes from Yahoo JSON has an ampersand in its code and hence fails to retrieve the correct prices. If someone has faced this and come up with a workaround, I would like to know, please. The code is M

Re: [GNC] Recording Tax Correctly

2020-08-16 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 8/16/2020 3:54 AM, Omer Hayat wrote: Hi. We have a 5% VAT charged on all bills and invoices. To the government, we pay the difference. I have setup an 'Input VAT(paid to Vendor)' and 'Output VAT(received from Customers)' accounts under Liabilities, and set them up. These are recording the

Re: [GNC] Recording Tax Correctly

2020-08-16 Thread Omer Hayat
@Christopher Lam I'll show this to my accountant. In the meanwhile, I tried following: Created a 'TAX' account under 'Liability' parent account. Then created 2 sub-accounts under the TAX account, Input VAT & Output VAT respectively. Now, when I post the vendor

Re: [GNC] Inconsistency Between Balance of Stock Account and Display in Accounts, File Integrity Check

2020-08-16 Thread rsbrux via gnucash-user
1. My so-called discrepancy was an optical illusion, What I read as 0.982352 shares was really 0 shares of (valora number) 982352. ;-} 2. I found the file check in the "Actions" menu, under "Check & Repair". ;-} Boy, do I feel stupid! On 16.08.20 11:47, rsbrux wrote: ISTR that GC has a

Re: [GNC] Recording Tax Correctly

2020-08-16 Thread Christopher Lam
Hi Omer, my approach is: - VAT:Input VAT - an ASSET account - VAT:Output VAT- a LIABILITY account - VAT:VAT Return - an ASSET or LIABILITY account and run the "Income & GST Statement" periodically, posting the govt returns as follows: Dr VAT:VAT Return Cr Bank HTH, C On Sun, 16 Aug

Re: [GNC] Inconsistency Between Balance of Stock Account and Display in Accounts, File Integrity Check

2020-08-16 Thread rsbrux via gnucash-user
ISTR that GC has a built-in file integrity checker, but I can no longer find out how to invoke it. Perhaps the peculiarity mentioned below is caused by some inconsistency in the file. Can someone please refresh my memory on how to perform a file integrity check? On 13.08.20 19:31, rsbrux

[GNC] Recording Tax Correctly

2020-08-16 Thread Omer Hayat
Hi. We have a 5% VAT charged on all bills and invoices. To the government, we pay the difference. I have setup an 'Input VAT(paid to Vendor)' and 'Output VAT(received from Customers)' accounts under Liabilities, and set them up. These are recording the VAT paid & received from Bills/Invoices