Re: [GNC] How to regularly use two currencies

2018-06-30 Thread Norbert Klein
Thanks, Geert, for you clear and specific suggestions. I think they will result in what I need - I will try to implement it and will let you (and gnucash-user@gnucash.org) know after some days. There will be - as far as I can see now - only one additional procedure necessary (and a short

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread D via gnucash-user
I'm glad you've fixed it. On June 30, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Roger Miskowicz wrote: I have fixed my account but not sure about the root cause. I fixed it by manually, item-by-item, clearing all reconciles which set the  Starting Balance  to zero.  After which I was able to reconcile producing

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
Stephen John, Geert In accounting terms there are really only 3 basic account types: Asset Liability Equity These all *must *satisfy the basic accounting equation Assets=Liabilities +Equity. The two sides of this equation are what the German /European system defines as Activa and

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
Hi John, If GnuCash is not built with Ninja, there is a cmake_uninstall.cmake file in the top level of the build directory which seems to read the install_manifest.txt file. The Makefile in the same level produced by CMake has an uninstall target - not sure how it executes the commands in the

Re: [GNC] How To Record an In-Kind Charitable Donation?

2018-06-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 30 Jun 2018, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: The proper way is the way your tax lawyer/accountant tells you to. Once THAT has been settled, we can then tell you "how in gnucash". FWIW, I make non-cash donations to Goodwill several times each year. What I did (and my accountant confirmed

Re: [GNC] How To Record an In-Kind Charitable Donation?

2018-06-30 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 6/30/2018 3:10 PM, Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user wrote: I performed some design work and provided custom-printed envelopes and materials for a local 501c3 charitable ministry. I am not charging them money for the items, but I would like to receive credit for their fair market value as an

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-30 Thread Christian Kluge
Am 30.06.2018 um 22:52 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On Jun 30, 2018, at 12:00 PM, Christian Kluge wrote: >> >> Am 30.06.2018 um 05:37 schrieb John Ralls: >>> >>> On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Christian Kluge wrote: Hi, Am 29.06.2018 um 19:26 schrieb John Ralls:

Re: [GNC] Windows strawberry perl and online prices

2018-06-30 Thread David Carlson
Actually, I have a very similar problem which I have not had time to track down yet. I think that it is somewhere in the Finance:Quote configuration, but I am not sure. David C On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 3:24 PM, Tim Kallmer wrote: > ​I actually did uninstall strawberry perl and the leftover

Re: [GNC] How To Record an In-Kind Charitable Donation?

2018-06-30 Thread David Carlson
I am not an accountant, so this is not an official recommendation. When I make a contribution to a qualified charity, I put the acknowledgement in a folder to hand to my accountant at tax time. In GnuCash I enter a transaction to record the transfer of some (usually) cash asset to Charity. For

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-30 Thread John Ralls
> On Jun 30, 2018, at 12:00 PM, Christian Kluge wrote: > > Am 30.06.2018 um 05:37 schrieb John Ralls: >> >> >>> On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Christian Kluge wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am 29.06.2018 um 19:26 schrieb John Ralls: > On Jun 29, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Geert Janssens

Re: [GNC] Windows strawberry perl and online prices

2018-06-30 Thread Tim Kallmer
​I actually did uninstall strawberry perl and the leftover strawberry folder when I went to 3.2, and when I went back to 2.6. It didn't make a difference.​ On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 12:00 PM, David Carlson wrote: > There has been some discussion in this list recently suggesting that > especially

[GNC] How To Record an In-Kind Charitable Donation?

2018-06-30 Thread Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user
I performed some design work and provided custom-printed envelopes and materials for a local 501c3 charitable ministry. I am not charging them money for the items, but I would like to receive credit for their fair market value as an in-kind charitable donation. The ministry's treasurer said to

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-30 Thread Christian Kluge
Am 30.06.2018 um 05:37 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Christian Kluge wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Am 29.06.2018 um 19:26 schrieb John Ralls: >>> >>> On Jun 29, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 16:59:07 CEST schreef John

Re: [GNC] Windows strawberry perl and online prices

2018-06-30 Thread David Carlson
There has been some discussion in this list recently suggesting that especially when changing between releases from the 2..6 series and 3.0, 3.1 or 3.2, one should uninstall the previous version manually. In Windows, the Control Panel uninstall feature should work. If you did not do that you may

Re: [GNC] Fwd: The two modules

2018-06-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 06/28/2018 10:02 PM, DaveC49 wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > I agree with your wife about not including the Income Statement inside a > Balance Sheet. These serve different functions and it just makes a Balance > Sheet more complicated than necessary. From an accounting perspective you > should be

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-30 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 06/29/2018 12:43 AM, DaveC49 wrote: > Stephen, > > It is generally a good idea to remove the previous version before installing > a new one. Gnucash will generally overwrite any existing files of the same > name, but you may be left with unnecessary files in some cases. Going from > 3.1 to 3.2

[GNC] Windows strawberry perl and online prices

2018-06-30 Thread Tim Kallmer
Has anyone using gnucash on windows had online prices stop working? For me the strawberry perl window opens and never finishes after hours of waiting. I eventually have to close the window and give up. I've tried un/reinstalling gnucash and perl. I've tried 3.1 and 3.2 and 2.6. I've double-checked

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread John Ralls
I mean in the register that you’re trying to reconcile. How many transactions are in the register? If it is more than one, are any of them reconciled? Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 30, 2018, at 7:56 AM, Roger Miskowicz wrote: > > Not sure what you mean but here is the dialog box. > > > > >

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread Roger Miskowicz
Not sure what you mean but here is the dialog box. Because there is a difference I have to cancel and start again. Is there any that I can force all transactions in the account to be unreconciled? On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 10:08 AM, Colin Law wrote: > What did you see at the start of the

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread John Ralls
Are there really no other transactions in the account besides the opening balance? Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 30, 2018, at 7:00 AM, Roger Miskowicz wrote: > > At the beginning of the account I did: > > 2017-12-31 Opening Balance: 1,691.19 > > Then with no other transactions I

[GNC] Wanted - translators

2018-06-30 Thread Geert Janssens
Hi all, A few months back we reached a major milestone for the gnucash project. We released gnucash 3.0 which marked the first release in a new stable series. It came with plenty of new features such as a much improved transaction report and several other new reports, a better csv importer,

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread Colin Law
What did you see at the start of the reconcile? You can cancel the reconcile and start again. Colin On 30 June 2018 at 15:00, Roger Miskowicz wrote: > At the beginning of the account I did: > > 2017-12-31 Opening Balance: 1,691.19 > > Then with no other transactions I Reconciled with end

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread Roger Miskowicz
At the beginning of the account I did: 2017-12-31 Opening Balance: 1,691.19 Then with no other transactions I Reconciled with end date 2018-01-01 which yielded the following result: Statement Date: 2018-01-01 Starting Balance:1,798.89 Ending Balance: 1,691.19 Reconciled

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread D via gnucash-user
Only manually, a transaction at a time. What happens if you ignore the opening balance, enter the correct closing balance, and reconcile then? Often, if there's an inconsistency in the opening balance, you can proceed with reconciling, mark your current transactions and any earlier ones that

Re: [GNC] New Balsheet (and P report)

2018-06-30 Thread Christopher Lam
Latest iteration of balsheet-pnl https://screenshots.firefox.com/SzeQeQcyTTTGtb1a/null Rules: 1. All totals will now be shown by the parent account - i.e. the first row "Asset" has all asset amounts combined. 2. Every account-with-children will be bold and annotated "Total for ..." to indicate

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread Roger Miskowicz
Thanks Colin. Is there anyway I can clear all reconcilation of the the account and start again from scratch? Roger On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Colin Law wrote: > The starting balance in the reconcile start dialog will be the nett > balance of all reconciled transactions so far. Is this

Re: [GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread Colin Law
The starting balance in the reconcile start dialog will be the nett balance of all reconciled transactions so far. Is this the first time you have reconciled it? If not then it should be the same as the ending balance the last time you reconciled, unless you have editted a reconciled transaction.

[GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

2018-06-30 Thread Roger Miskowicz
I am using GC Version 3.2 and trying to reconcile my Credit Card Account which I started at the beginning of the year with an opening balance. I would like to reconcile the account from the opening balance but I don't know how to set the 'starting balance' which happens to be some number that

Re: [GNC] How to regularly use two currencies

2018-06-30 Thread Geert Janssens
Hi Norbert, While you seem to think you want to account in multiple currencies, your replies so far all suggest you only want to track payments in multiple currencies. I read these requirements: Quote 1: "I have to know - at the end of the day - how many US$, and how many Riel, should be in

Re: [GNC] How to regularly use two currencies

2018-06-30 Thread Norbert Klein
Thanks, Geert, I will respond between the lines. On 29.6.2018 17:58, Geert Janssens wrote: Hi Norbert, I don't know the accounting customs of your country, There are no general accounting customs set - everybody does what seems to cover the needs of he place. so first a question: Is it

Re: [GNC] New Balsheet (and P report)

2018-06-30 Thread Christopher Lam
Hi Dave On 28/06/18 17:24, DaveC49 wrote: Christopher, " except that Placeholder accounts can also contain transactions therefore must not necessarily accumulate their children account amounts. " I have to disagree with the above from an accounting perspective. I was not describing UI

Re: [GNC] Dark theme on Windows

2018-06-30 Thread Geert Janssens
Op zaterdag 30 juni 2018 02:17:55 CEST schreef DaveC49: > Geert, > > I tried this on Linux Mint 18.3 but had no changes from the default theme. > I think it will only work if the theme itself supports light and dark variants. Gtk's default theme, Adwaita, does. But I don't know about others.

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-30 Thread Geert Janssens
Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 09:43:59 CEST schreef DaveC49: > Stephen, > > It is generally a good idea to remove the previous version before installing > a new one. Gnucash will generally overwrite any existing files of the same > name, but you may be left with unnecessary files in some cases. Going

Re: [GNC] Dark theme on Windows

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
Geert, I tried this on Linux Mint 18.3 but had no changes from the default theme. David - David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GC under Ubuntu

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
John, The GnuCash wiki Installation instructions now link to the build instructions for Ubuntu (and derivative distrubutions like Linux Mint) https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building which in turn has a link specifically for building V3 on on Ubuntu16.04, 18.04 and derivatives which now hopefully

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
Stephen, It is generally a good idea to remove the previous version before installing a new one. Gnucash will generally overwrite any existing files of the same name, but you may be left with unnecessary files in some cases. Going from 3.1 to 3.2 should be OK as there are unlikey to be major

Re: [GNC] Fwd: The two modules

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
Hi Stephen, I agree with your wife about not including the Income Statement inside a Balance Sheet. These serve different functions and it just makes a Balance Sheet more complicated than necessary. From an accounting perspective you should be able to evaluate a balance sheet fairly quickly and

Re: [GNC] Fwd: The two modules

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
John, I agree with you that making the accounts with child accounts have no transactions is being unnecessarily restrictive and may not meet all possible use cases but perhaps having the option of being able to restrict it to that case if it suits an individual's purpose is a suitable compromise.

Re: [GNC] The two modules

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
John, Just to clarify. While I have accounting qualifications, I am not a practising accountant and my judgement is primarily an opinion based on my formal studies and my accounting experience in a small business in my particular country. We all need to keep in mind that accounting, while

Re: [GNC] New Balsheet (and P report)

2018-06-30 Thread DaveC49
Christopher, " except that Placeholder accounts can also contain transactions therefore must not necessarily accumulate their children account amounts. " I have to disagree with the above from an accounting perspective. If accounts are setup as Placeholders initially (i.e. the checkbox set in

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GC under Ubuntu

2018-06-30 Thread Colin Law
Ubuntu 18.04 is currently ahead of getdeb, at version 2.6.19 Colin On 29 June 2018 at 21:33, David Carlson wrote: > Before 'rolling your own' GnuCash, check out Getdeb.net. They may not have > 3 series yet, but they are up to 2.6.17 at least, if not later. > > David C > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018