Re: [GNC] Starting the program with 6 months of data.

2021-06-22 Thread D. via gnucash-user
It's called Equity: Opening Balances. This is covered in the Guide, as well as numerous threads in the list. Original Message From: Glenn Fowler Sent: Tue Jun 22 16:43:47 EDT 2021 To: Howard Krawitz , GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] Starting the program with 6

Re: [GNC] Starting the program with 6 months of data.

2021-06-22 Thread David Cousens
Howard Unfortunately there is no option but to enter the data. If you have it in another accounting system it may be possible to export the data. CSV format is commonly available and sometimes OFXor QFXYou can make this a little bit easier if your bank makes OFX/QFX or CSV files available

Re: [GNC] Starting the program with 6 months of data.

2021-06-22 Thread Glenn Fowler
Since income and expenses are carried over, everything automatically balanced out for my bank account which is under "Assets". I did have to make one bogus entry not in my regular chart of accounts which was my positive bank balance at the beginning of the year to start 2021. There might be a

Re: [GNC] Starting the program with 6 months of data.

2021-06-22 Thread Howard Krawitz
Hi Glenn, Thanks for the input. How did you handle the Balance in your bank account? Where do you put it. Etc. Thank again, Howard From: Glenn Fowler Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 1:18 PM To: Howard Krawitz Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Starting the program with 6 months of

Re: [GNC] Starting the program with 6 months of data.

2021-06-22 Thread Glenn Fowler
Hi Howard, I recently did the same thing. I didn't want to data entry months of transactions so what I did was put in one entry for each account from the previous system. For example: Description--Transfer--Spend Transfer from previous

[GNC] Starting the program with 6 months of data.

2021-06-22 Thread Howard Krawitz
I want to install the first 6 months of the year of transactions. I don't know the best way to accomplish that. For instance the starting balance in the bank account, invoices that have been paid, expenses that have been paid etc. If someone can help me it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Re: [GNC] Transactions imported from the file assigned to wrong account

2021-06-22 Thread John Ralls
Yes, that does sound like a bug. Please file a bug report at https://bugs.gnucash.org. You can easily cite this thread with https://code.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-June/096929.html Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 22, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Aleksandar Kocic wrote: > > While removing the

Re: [GNC] Transactions imported from the file assigned to wrong account

2021-06-22 Thread Aleksandar Kocic
While removing the account works, it seems like a bug. When I remove an account from Tools -> Import Map editor -> Online tab, I get asked the next time which account I want to use when importing the file. However, the Import Map Editor doesn't know how to process the file and extract the account

Re: [GNC] Accounting for GST in Australia

2021-06-22 Thread Maf. King
Are you "posting" the invoices once you've created them? Check the currencies for the invoice, customer and all the accounts you expect to be affected. Just a couple of thoughts for you. HTH, Maf. On Tuesday, 22 June 2021 14:49:16 BST Nathan Ellery wrote: > Hello Alan Thanks for your

Re: [GNC] Accounting for GST in Australia

2021-06-22 Thread Nathan Ellery
Hello Alan Thanks for your reply. We are aware of the need to split transactions not entered as bills or invoices. However, we are entering invoices through the invoicing system within Gnucash, and the tax amount shows correctly on the actual invoice entry, but the amount of tax is not going to

Re: [GNC] Accounting for GST in Australia

2021-06-22 Thread Alan Hopkins
Hi Nathan Are you using GnuCash to generate your bills & invoices? If not, when making entries directly into your accounts you won't see the GST automatically. When entering invoices & bills you need to check the Taxable? & Tax Included? columns Otherwise, when making direct

Re: [GNC] Accounting for GST in Australia

2021-06-22 Thread Christopher Lam
Welcome Nathan, Have you checked out the following? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quickstart_Australian_BAS On Tue, 22 Jun 2021, 2:59 pm Nathan Ellery, wrote: > Hi, > I have recently started using GnuCash and am having difficulty in > attributing GST to the GST accounts as set up in the chart

[GNC] Accounting for GST in Australia

2021-06-22 Thread Nathan Ellery
Hi, I have recently started using GnuCash and am having difficulty in attributing GST to the GST accounts as set up in the chart of accounts. I have included the relevant posting accounts in the tax table area, but new entries aren't picking up the GST amount. What am I missing? Do you need to see