Re: [GNC] Assets vs. expenses vs. income entry

2021-02-21 Thread gnu Gord
OK, it's starting to sink in, slowly. I read chapter 11 in the GC documentation (I didn't realize I was asking about Capital Gains) and used the example to create the accounts and transactions in my own accounts. It seems to work... like magic. I'll have to think about it some more and will

Re: [GNC] Assets vs. expenses vs. income entry

2021-02-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-02-21 18:30, Stephen M. Butler wrote: …The summary:  Credits go next to the window … > Wow, this is a great rule of thumb! The only problem is, the window is to my left as I sit in my office. So, I think I need to climb out the window and dangle. That will

Re: [GNC] Assets vs. expenses vs. income entry

2021-02-21 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 2/21/21 5:45 PM, Stan Brown wrote: On 2021-02-21 15:22, gnu Gord wrote: I'm unsure of the best way to record the adding/modifying of an asset. Should the transaction go directly to an asset account or an expense account then create an asset? Let me explain. I started writing out a detailed

Re: [GNC] Assets vs. expenses vs. income entry

2021-02-21 Thread Stan Brown
On 2021-02-21 15:22, gnu Gord wrote: > I'm unsure of the best way to record the adding/modifying of an asset. > Should the transaction go directly to an asset account or an expense > account then create an asset? Let me explain. I started writing out a detailed reply, but David Cousens said it

Re: [GNC] Assets vs. expenses vs. income entry

2021-02-21 Thread David Carlson
There are detailed examples in the help manuals that show specifically how to implement what David Cousens just described. You would, for example, put a car account in the fixed asset top account. If you were to decide that it is worth the effort to depreciate it as he described, there is an

Re: [GNC] Assets vs. expenses vs. income entry

2021-02-21 Thread David Cousens
What has happened in the transaction? You have taken money from an asset (bank account) and exchanged that for another asset (a car) which you have control of and use as a resource, so there is not an expense involved. Hence the transaction will be a debit to your bank account (decreasing that

[GNC] Assets vs. expenses vs. income entry

2021-02-21 Thread gnu Gord
I'm unsure of the best way to record the adding/modifying of an asset. Should the transaction go directly to an asset account or an expense account then create an asset? Let me explain. If, for example, I buy a car that costs me $1000 and pay for it from my chequing account, no loan involved.

Re: [GNC] Copying reports from one machine to another

2021-02-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-02-19 20:48, Richard Gaede via gnucash-user wrote: Hi, I have a number of personalised reports (using only standard GNU Cash options) on my notebook. I also have an SP3 on which I have installed GNU Cash. I use a data file stored on a NAS. Excuse ignorance, but the report options

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-21 Thread gnu Gord
Thanks for the information, I didn't realize I could even do that and I was wondering what that "Account Code" field was all about!! The more I learn about this stuff the more I realize how much I don't know. (and I didn't know a whole bunch to start with!) LOL Thanks again, Gord On Sat, Feb

[GNC] Setting billterm with python bindings

2021-02-21 Thread Giuseppe Foti
Good morning, I need some help using python bindings. I have written a small script based on simple_invoice_insert.py to invoice all my active customers. My need is to set a bill term for each invoice, and I cannot understand how to manage this. I opened a bug reporting a sample code here

Re: [GNC] Single User two Geographically Separate Computers

2021-02-21 Thread David Carlson
That's the way we used to do before cloud services existed. It still works for backups, it is air gapped from the internet and its risks, and it also works for data transport. We used to call it the sneakernet. On Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 9:04 AM Greg Feneis wrote: > There is a non-cloud

Re: [GNC] Single User two Geographically Separate Computers

2021-02-21 Thread Greg Feneis
There is a non-cloud alternative to being able to use GnuCash in multiple locations on multiple devices. It involves keeping both GnuCash and associated files on a removable media, like thumb drive, and transporting/using the thumb drive at each location. I've only read about this, I don't have