Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-06-18 18:48, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > Notice that "point" in "point of sales. That's because the correct tax > amount depends on the point of sale (the where). Well, sometimes. In California, for example, the sales tax rate on purchase of a vehicle is according to where the new

Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 6/18/2023 7:43 PM, flywire wrote: In looking for/expecting and automated solution you are thinking one should be reasonable. ...I live in the US [which has complex GST] Yet surely it is reasonable for the automated GST functionality for accrual accounting to apply to cash accounting. Even

Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread flywire
> In looking for/expecting and automated solution you are thinking one should be reasonable. ...I live in the US [which has complex GST] Yet surely it is reasonable for the automated GST functionality for accrual accounting to apply to cash accounting. Even USA GST has rules, so it could be

Re: [GNC] Mutual funds total shares not showing up on Account Page.

2023-06-18 Thread John Ralls
Bill, Please remember to copy the list on all replies. It does not answer my questions. I'll try again: 1. What is the exact word or words at the top of the Accounts page over the column with the missing balances? 2. Are the balances actually missing, meaning that there is no entry at all, or

Re: [GNC] Mutual funds total shares not showing up on Account Page.

2023-06-18 Thread John Ralls
What column heading are you using for total shares? Is the line in that column blank or 0? Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 18, 2023, at 1:00 PM, Bill Swanson wrote: > > There are a few mutual funds whose total shares do not show up on the > Accounts page. I am using SqLite for the database. >

Re: [GNC] Merging Two Accounts

2023-06-18 Thread Matthew Clay
Dear All, Thank you all for your help. After changing all account types to "Cash" (right click -> Edit Account -> select "Cash" for Account Type), I was able to merge them. Previously, the new account I created was just an "Asset", not "Cash"! Thanks again! Sincerely, Matthew Clay On Sun, Jun

Re: [GNC] Mutual funds total shares not showing up on Account Page.

2023-06-18 Thread Bill Swanson
There are a few mutual funds whose total shares do not show up on the Accounts page. I am using SqLite for the database. On the account page, when I double click on the fund it takes me to the fund page that shows the ledger but the total shares do not get carried back to the account page. What

Re: [GNC] Merging Two Accounts

2023-06-18 Thread NoobAlice
I would say, in addition, make sure that neither your source account nor your destination account is marked as "hidden" or "placeholder." Or, if it is, use the little configuration icon (for me it is a wrench and a screwdriver crossed) to show hidden and placeholder accounts. Accounts should

Re: [GNC] Merging Two Accounts

2023-06-18 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-06-18 11:39, Matthew Clay wrote: > I am trying to merge two accounts in gnucash by deleting one account and > moving all of its transactions to the other account. ... After > selecting "Delete Account", however, the list of destination accounts in > the "Move to" dropdown menu is severely

Re: [GNC] Merging Two Accounts

2023-06-18 Thread David Carlson
Check the account types of the accounts that you want to merge. There are some limitations on account types that will merge. In release 3.8, IIR, it is possible to merge liabilities with assets or expense with income, but not securities with much of anything else. Perhaps others have additional

[GNC] Merging Two Accounts

2023-06-18 Thread Matthew Clay
Dear Gnucash Community, I am trying to merge two accounts in gnucash by deleting one account and moving all of its transactions to the other account. This is explained in a thread "Merging Two Accounts" dated Mon May 9 17:15:22 EDT 2011. After selecting "Delete Account", however, the list of

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote 1.56_02 Available for Evaluation

2023-06-18 Thread Bruce Schuck
On 6/18/23 10:34, john wrote: I'm at a loss. Although at the current moment, YahooWeb isn't required as long other viable quote sources exist. I like the Date::Business module, I just wish its install honored the PERL_USE_MM_DEFAULTS environment variable. It would be trivial to create different

Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread Stan Brown
And to hammer another nail into Michael's point, the tax rate can vary by date. For example, when I lived in New York state it had a 4% sales tax rate, including on clothing, _except_ for certain weekends each year, when clothing below a certain value was taxed at 0% but other taxable goods were

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote 1.56_02 Available for Evaluation

2023-06-18 Thread john
> On Jun 17, 2023, at 15:03, Bruce Schuck wrote: > > On June 16, 2023 at 15:11 EDT, John Ralls wrote: > >> On 06/15/2023 12:23 -0700, Bruce S wrote: > >>> Non-production release 1.56_02 is available for evaluation/testing. > >>> It can be installed via cpan/cpanm as >>>

Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 6/18/2023 9:14 AM, Brad Morrison wrote: Thanks flywire! That GitHub Pull Request link takes me to a comment from John Ralls that very succinctly summarizes the difficulties of using GnuCash for larger or more complex enterprises. The rest of that comment is: "Adding those modules is a

Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 6/17/2023 10:06 PM, Karl May wrote: Hi all, For my business setup I am wondering whether there is a way to automatically account for gst on small random purchases (e.g. hotel, restaurant etc.). ... Any suggestions how this can be automated such that the default is a transaction

Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread Brad Morrison
Thanks flywire! That GitHub Pull Request link takes me to a comment from John Ralls that very succinctly summarizes the difficulties of using GnuCash for larger or more complex enterprises. The rest of that comment is: "Adding those modules is a non-starter: Consider that it's been 10 years

[GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread flywire
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1623#issuecomment-1583966278 "GnuCash is for tiny and simple enterprises; we often say individuals and sole proprietorships. Even having employees makes using GnuCash a dubious proposition (no payroll module), as does carrying more than a very few line items

Re: [GNC] quandary with proper entries for cost-of-goods-sold and inventory

2023-06-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 17 June 2023 at 15:28, Stan Brown said: [...] > One important point: If you receive messages in a digest, you'll also > need to (a) edit the subject line, by copy/pasting the subject of the > individual message you're referring to, and (b) Delete all the text of all > the messages you're

Re: [GNC] automatically account for gst on random purchases

2023-06-18 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 18 June 2023 03:06:28 BST Karl May wrote: > > Any suggestions how this can be automated such that the default is a > transaction split and application of a default GST rate? > > Thanks > Hi Karl, If your "random" transactions are mostly from a regular set of suppliers, then I