Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-08 Thread jeffrey black
On 05/07/2018 01:39 AM, Karen Stingel wrote: > This is a Fix of my previous thread ... Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol > 182, Issue 8, > apologies for not clarifying the subject line last time. > > How does gnc handle the Case of a VISA Debit card? > Technically, this is a BANK account with a VISA

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Karen, VISA is just a payment network. They are not a credit card company. They don’t issue cards, or extend credit to anyone. Banks do that part and VISA allows them to use the VISA brand on the bank’s cards. (which means payments will go through the VISA network) Those cards can come in many

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-08 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 5/7/2018 8:45 PM, randix wrote: Did VISA debit cards do somethin' to you as a child, why are you pickin' on them (that reply is to no one in particular, only the thread, so pleeze, no one get defensive)? A debit card [to me] is a non-existent entity, it has no business having its own

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread Liz
On Tue, 8 May 2018 11:35:09 +1000 Karen Stingel wrote: >I suppose the Account(s) would be most like case #2, they are >individual Bank Accounts, with own Statements, and VISA enabled > card as opposed to the old ATM card for withdrawing funds, no cheques > - it

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread Karen Stingel
I suppose the Account(s) would be most like case #2, they are individual Bank Accounts, with own Statements, and VISA enabled card as opposed to the old ATM card for withdrawing funds, no cheques - it was more or less the VISA bit that threw me On 2018-05-08 09:27, Mike or Penny

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread randix
Did VISA debit cards do somethin' to you as a child, why are you pickin' on them (that reply is to no one in particular, only the thread, so pleeze, no one get defensive)? A debit card [to me] is a non-existent entity, it has no business having its own "account". My schwab checking account has a

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 5/7/2018 10:36 AM, John Ralls wrote: On May 7, 2018, at 6:37 AM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: HOWEVER -- you have raised a more general question, perhaps misunderstanding something. The "built in default" accounts that come with gnucash CoA skeletons are

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread Karen Stingel
Thanks everyone for the responses, that things cleared up a lot The reason for my original Query is that my bank actually calls these transaction accounts "VISA Debit" and I wasn't sure where in the Tree they should go, as VISA is usually a Credit account and therefore a Liability. Since I

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread John Ralls
> On May 7, 2018, at 6:37 AM, Mike or Penny Novack > wrote: > HOWEVER -- you have raised a more general question, perhaps misunderstanding > something. The "built in default" accounts that come with gnucash CoA > skeletons are just for convenience satisfying

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 5/7/2018 2:39 AM, Karen Stingel wrote: This is a Fix of my previous thread ... Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 182, Issue 8, apologies for not clarifying the subject line last time. How does gnc handle the Case of a VISA Debit card? Technically, this is a BANK account with a VISA enabled card

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
In my experience (admittedly limited), a debit card is a means to extract funds from an account—not an account on its own. Considered this way, it is simply a variant of a check, or of writing a withdrawal slip and handing it over to a teller (for those who remember those days). There is no

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread prl
On 7/05/2018 16:39, Karen Stingel wrote: This is a Fix of my previous thread ... Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 182, Issue 8, apologies for not clarifying the subject line last time. How does gnc handle the Case of a VISA Debit card? Technically, this is a BANK account with a VISA enabled card

Re: [GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread Rick Copple
On 05/07/2018 01:39 AM, Karen Stingel wrote: How does gnc handle the Case of a VISA Debit card? Technically, this is a BANK account with a VISA enabled card and a $0.00 Credit Limit Should it just be created as a normal BANK account type? How I normally handle mine is any transaction I make

[GNC] Handling VISA Debit Accounts

2018-05-07 Thread Karen Stingel
This is a Fix of my previous thread ... Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 182, Issue 8, apologies for not clarifying the subject line last time. How does gnc handle the Case of a VISA Debit card? Technically, this is a BANK account with a VISA enabled card and a $0.00 Credit Limit Should it just