[GNC] Cash Accounting Method

2021-09-12 Thread flywire
Rich, Do you use GST? GST doubles the number of transactions and is only automated in business (accrual) accounting. This is demonstrated in a recent example: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-July/097082.html I don't use the business accounting features but at first glance

[GNC] Enter a missing transaction Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 222, Issue 23

2021-09-12 Thread Sharon Sydnor
Yes, David is correct, very simple to enter a missed transaction with a date far sooner than where you might currently be working. Just go to the very bottom of the transaction journal and enter your new transaction and type in the correct date it should have (override what is there) look

Re: [GNC] Cash Accounting Method

2021-09-12 Thread Greg Feneis
Hi Steve, I operate a sole proprietorship in the US in cash basis and have been using GnuCash for many years. Perhaps 10 years? Of the few problems I've encountered using GnuCash, its not explicitly supporting cash basis accounting hasn't been one of them. However, my business is small, and I

Re: [GNC] Cash Accounting Method

2021-09-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 11 Sep 2021, Steve Morrow wrote: I spent much of today evaluating GnuCash for use with my U.S. based small business. I found it to be robust in its functions. Unfortunately, it only supports the accrual accounting method (income and expense recognized when invoiced or billed). My

Re: [GNC] Cash Accounting Method

2021-09-12 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, You are correct, the *business* features only account in accrual mode, not cash. In MOST cases this is not an issue; you just need to be careful around accounting-period boundaries. And FYI, Steve, this is not a new issue: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95700 -derek On Sun,

Re: [GNC] Cash Accounting Method

2021-09-12 Thread Maf. King
Just £0.02 that came to mind upon reading your message, Steve. If you are on Cash basis, then (strictly speaking) there is no need to ever have A/P or A/R accounts and ageing in your books. If you want to create your invoices in GC, have you considered trying a workflow whereby you do not post

[GNC] Cash Accounting Method

2021-09-12 Thread Steve Morrow
I spent much of today evaluating GnuCash for use with my U.S. based small business. I found it to be robust in its functions. Unfortunately, it only supports the accrual accounting method (income and expense recognized when invoiced or billed). My business uses cash accounting method (income