RE: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

Thanks and regards, Matt   From: David T. Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2018 2:31 PM To: matt_graham2...@hotmail.com;Adrien Monteleone; gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: RE: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]   Matt,   I see one huge problem: where are you balancing the

RE: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

12:11 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] Thanks for the run down Matt, I wouldn’t say “stupid” at all, but certainly, that method is extra work. And I don’t really see the benefit that ma

RE: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

:adrien.montele...@gmail.com>; gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: RE: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] Matt, I see one huge problem: where are you balancing the funds for the allocated accounts? They need balancing, and once you add s

RE: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

Matt, I see one huge problem: where are you balancing the funds for the allocated accounts? They need balancing, and once you add something to balance them, you might as well male them Subaccounts of checking anyway.  Cheers,David  On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:06, Matt

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

line transaction becomes a simple > Cr Checking:Dining $20 > Dr Expenses:Dining $20 > > Does this make sense? > > Thanks and regards, > > Matt > > From: Adrien Monteleone <mailto:adrien.montele...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2018 6:45 PM > To: gnuc

RE: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] Matt, You lost me again. I don’t understand why you’d have a negative 'segmented spending money' asset. You receive a paycheck, say $1000. You earmark 50% of that into various sub-accounts. You

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

uldnt change > it - underspending means the money is available for later. > > Am I understanding you right? > > > Thanks and regards, > Matt > > > Original message > From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> > Date: 30/1/18 09:31 (GMT+10

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

tt Original message From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> Date: 30/1/18 09:31 (GMT+10:00) To: Matt Graham <matt_graham2...@hotmail.com> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] On 1/28/2

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

On 1/28/2018 8:11 PM, Matt Graham wrote: When you look at what liabilities really are, Adrien and I concluded on this thread that this situation (segmenting money for future) is really using a separate asset account. After all - creating a liability INCREASES your cash available.

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

mail.com>> > Date: 28/1/18 15:33 (GMT+10:00) > To: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user@gnucash.org > <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> > Subject: Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] > > You can already use formulas in scheduled tran

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

(it is easier to show with exampes). > > Thanks and regards, > Matt > Original message > From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> > Date: 29/1/18 00:51 (GMT+10:00) > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future all

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

; Date: 28/1/18 15:33 (GMT+10:00) To: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] You can already use formulas in scheduled transactions, I just don’t think you can use a present GC register value as a variable. (such as x% of

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

[WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] On 1/27/2018 10:25 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > Nice! It seems like we are getting somewhere. I am convinced that the process > we think of budgeting where we are saving up for something is really a case > of segmenting money within a sub-account.

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

discussion with you all! > > Thanks again - greatly appreciate your time, > Matt > > > ---- Original message ---- > From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@gmail.com> > Date: 27/1/18 18:15 (GMT+10:00) > To: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> &g

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

On 1/27/2018 10:25 PM, Matt Graham wrote: Nice! It seems like we are getting somewhere. I am convinced that the process we think of budgeting where we are saving up for something is really a case of segmenting money within a sub-account. And it looks like Gnucash is already happy with this

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

...@gmail.com> Date: 27/1/18 18:15 (GMT+10:00) To: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] That’s an interesting use of future dated transactions. Thanks! Regards, Adrien > On Jan 26, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Tommy Tru

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

drien.montele...@gmail.com> Date: 27/1/18 18:15 (GMT+10:00) To: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets] That’s an interesting use of future dated transactions. Thanks! Regards, Adrien > On Jan 26, 2018, at 5:21 PM, To

Re: Subaccounts [WAS Re: Future allocated money vs Budgets]

That’s an interesting use of future dated transactions. Thanks! Regards, Adrien > On Jan 26, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote: > > I was following the budget discussion, and I decided to split my comment > into a different thread. I'm not responding to any