Re: Tracking a TIAA mixed fund account

> On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:27 PM, AC wrote: > > I'm going to try > the structure in a new file and see how it behaves. If everything looks > ok then I'll recreate the structure in my main file and start entering > the data. For what it’s worth, I’ve been doing it that way

Re: Methods to Track Gift Cards and Similar Items

On 7/31/2017 4:24 PM, Paul W. wrote: On the one hand, these items are a form of income. As such, I could track them as income. On the other hand, I use these items they way I use a credit card to make purchases. As such, I could track them as a credit card. Are there other hands with

Re: Methods to Track Gift Cards and Similar Items

The gift card is clearly an asset. When you receive it it is income. In most jurisdictions one would expect gift income to be not taxable however this may not always be the case. I generally have income streams that are both taxable and non-taxable so I already have placeholder subaccounts of

Re: Methods to Track Gift Cards and Similar Items

All those cards represent something that you own and can convert into stuff of value. As such, they are assets, much like cash. They are not, in and of themselves income, any more than cash is. They are not your liabilities, which makes them different than credit cards, and should not be tracked

Re: Methods to Track Gift Cards and Similar Items

I track gift cards as assets, under Current Assets On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Paul W. wrote: > I am seeking guidance on methods to track items such as gift cards, gift > certificates, merchant cards, bank reward cards, and store-credit cards > for returned

Methods to Track Gift Cards and Similar Items

I am seeking guidance on methods to track items such as gift cards, gift certificates, merchant cards, bank reward cards, and store-credit cards for returned purchases. On the one hand, these items are a form of income. As such, I could track them as income. On the other hand, I use these

GnuCash with bad network connection

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Re: For UK users: Will gnucash get ready for Making Tax, Digital ?

This reminds me of an earlier question from a user in Sweden. Apparently governments (Sweden in that case, the UK in this one) are getting into the habit of specifying not only acceptable tax software but also accounting software. The UK has not yet required businesses of a certain size to use

Re: For UK users: Will gnucash get ready for Making Tax, Digital ?

Mike, mike.m...@gmx.net writes: >[If you don't mind me saying this: I haven't seen mailman lists for >quite some years and I was a little surprised to see they still exist. >I could not find any way how to add another comment to a given thread, >despite having started the thread

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New Report. Suitable for VAT/GST returns.

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Re: 'unknown' column in Income Statement / Profit & Loss

William Moore wrote > Is there something I can do to remove this column? Currently I have to > export the report and edit the html to get a presentable report. I notice this bug has not yet been corrected yet. A simple workaround is to create an empty trading account in your list of accounts,