Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-27 Thread Christopher Lam
My solution is to have an Expenses:Mileage account, with an unused/obsolete currency, and change its symbol to "km". I only record business mileage, i.e. description: "travel to client in next town", dated 01/05/2018 * Expenses:Business:Mileage +40km * Equity:Mileage -40km Thus my annual

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-27 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 8/27/2018 10:17 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I would think it possible to do this in your regular books, with a bit of care. I would favor using equity accounts only, but I suppose using Income/Expense (as you noted are really Equity anyway) is probably easier for many to wrap their head

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I would think it possible to do this in your regular books, with a bit of care. I would favor using equity accounts only, but I suppose using Income/Expense (as you noted are really Equity anyway) is probably easier for many to wrap their head around. The care would come in that you’d need to

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-25 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 8/25/2018 2:32 PM, Riccardo Delpopolo Carciopolo wrote: Hello Rich, thank you for the extended explanation! I think I would end to use a simple spreadsheet as you suggest. Regards HOWEVER (since this might be useful for others) I use a spreadsheet for mileage since we want to be able to

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-25 Thread John Ralls
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Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-25 Thread Mike Reinehr
My favorite Android app for this is Fuelio. In addition to mileage tracking it also can import/export csv files so it's easy to use a spreadsheet. HTH On 08/25/2018 01:53 PM, George Riner wrote: There is a very nice app in the Google play store for tracking mileage . It's called aCar. --

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-25 Thread George Riner
There is a very nice app in the Google play store for tracking mileage . It's called aCar. -- -- -- Sent by Droid. On August 25, 2018 11:41:29 AM PDT, Rich Shepard wrote: >On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Riccardo Delpopolo Carciopolo wrote: > >> thank you for the extended explanation! >> I think I

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Riccardo Delpopolo Carciopolo wrote: thank you for the extended explanation! I think I would end to use a simple spreadsheet as you suggest. Riccardo, It is common for users to not be aware of the appropriate tool for a specific task. The choices can be overwhelming

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-25 Thread Riccardo Delpopolo Carciopolo
Hello Rich, thank you for the extended explanation! I think I would end to use a simple spreadsheet as you suggest. Regards Il giorno sab 25 ago 2018 alle ore 20:28 Rich Shepard < rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> ha scritto: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Riccardo Delpopolo Carciopolo wrote: > > > Thank you

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-25 Thread Riccardo Delpopolo Carciopolo
Thank you for answering, but I could not understand the difference between an accounting program and a personal finance management program. I've successfully used gnucash to track my expenses for some month, but I really miss a way to track the mileage of my car. Would be nice such functionality.

Re: [GNC] Veihicle mileage cost such in HomeBank?

2018-08-25 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 25, 2018, at 8:38 AM, Riccardo Delpopolo Carciopolo > wrote: > > Hello, > > I cannot find a function to track the mileage of my car such in HomeBank: > http://homebank.free.fr/help/use-vehiclecost.html > Do you have any suggestion to obtain the same behaviour? No. GnuCash is an