Re: [GNC] Deferred Income << the general case is "imputed income"

2024-01-17 Thread R Losey
I appreciate the various input here; it has been educational, so I wanted particularly to add my thanks. On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 4:17 PM Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 1/16/2024 1:42 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > I'm thinking of a case where someone starts

Re: [GNC] Deferred Income << the general case is "imputed income"

2024-01-16 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 1/16/2024 1:42 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I'm thinking of a case where someone starts using GnuCash either at the point they start taking disbursements or after. I'm about to help a family member in that exact situation. While Deferred Income wasn't tracked along the way, I'll set up the

Re: [GNC] Deferred Income << the general case is "imputed income"

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm thinking of a case where someone starts using GnuCash either at the point they start taking disbursements or after. I'm about to help a family member in that exact situation. While Deferred Income wasn't tracked along the way, I'll set up the account with the present total as an opening

Re: [GNC] Deferred Income << the general case is "imputed income"

2024-01-16 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 1/15/2024 9:47 PM, Jediator wrote: I am not an accountant, so please excuse my ignorance.  I was wondering is it really necessary to create a separate deferred income account when you could just do a transaction report on your IRA account to see how much distribution you had in a year or a

Re: [GNC] Deferred Income << the general case is "imputed income"

2024-01-15 Thread R Losey
That is a good point... I just want to try to do things "properly", but as you point out, in a practical sense, it (probably) doesn't matter. Plus, it is helping my understanding and knowledge to grow, and I consider that a good thing. On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 8:49 PM Jediator wrote: > I am

Re: [GNC] Deferred Income << the general case is "imputed income"

2024-01-15 Thread Jediator
I am not an accountant, so please excuse my ignorance.  I was wondering is it really necessary to create a separate deferred income account when you could just do a transaction report on your IRA account to see how much distribution you had in a year or a month?  -- JC On 1/15/24 5:33 PM,

Re: [GNC] Deferred Income << the general case is "imputed income"

2024-01-15 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 1/15/2024 4:02 PM, R Losey wrote: Thank you; this is helpful. I never really thought about recording Deferred Income previously because the investment people track it and let me know what has been taken out every year.  But after the discussion in this list last year, I thought it might