Re: [GNC] Where to download 5.0

2023-03-29 Thread Patrick James
Here is where I downloaded my copy: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.0/ > On 03/29/2023 5:39 PM Gyle McCollam wrote: > > > Sorry, I'm sure this has been posted, but when I o to Gnucash.org website it > only shows 4.13 or 4.9. I tried surgeforce, but

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-30 Thread Patrick James
I keep trying to figure out what to do with all my "likes" on various social media sites, and as of today, no one can really explain why I want/desire/need more "likes," or similar. > On 03/30/2023 11:29 AM Dr. David Kirkby > wrote: > > But that still means if you want to do well in Google,

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-30 Thread Patrick James
About two months ago, there was a major ice storm in Austin, and the area was completely unprepared for such a storm. A friend of mine was without power for about 12 days. He has two small children, and he has good local resources, which were also impacted by the ice storm, and it was not easy

Re: [GNC] Find not working in Gnucash for Windows 5.0

2023-04-07 Thread Patrick James
Tute Terner, Will you please upload your sample data set. > On 04/07/2023 11:46 AM Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > > Do the splits *that match the open account register* have 'paid' in > their memos? > > If the 'paid' text is in a memo assigned to some *other* account, you > will not get

Re: [GNC] Find not working in Gnucash for Windows 5.0

2023-04-07 Thread Patrick James
I am not a programmer, but this has a similar behavior to the bug I reported, in that the selected tab makes a big difference. Sure, I reported the bug as a "second search" as that is how I associated it at the time, but with this added information the bug might be more about the tab selected.

Re: [GNC] Find not working in Gnucash for Windows 5.0

2023-04-06 Thread Patrick James
t it being a > second search. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Apr 6, 2023, at 9:34 AM, Patrick James > > wrote: > > > > This is a bug, and I reported it as Bug ID 798803. > > > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798803 >

Re: [GNC] Find not working in Gnucash for Windows 5.0

2023-04-06 Thread Patrick James
This is a bug, and I reported it as Bug ID 798803. https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798803 Selecting the "New Search" radio button should search as new, but alas, it does not. > On 04/05/2023 11:07 PM Stan Brown wrote: > > > On 2023-04-05 07:18, Tute Terner wrote: > > When I

Re: [GNC] Exporting reports to spreadsheet

2023-03-29 Thread Patrick James
George, This is a Windows 'feature,' as Windows has file extension associations. If you do a quick online search, you should be able to find the instructions on how reassign the association of the ".ods" extension to LibreOffice Calc. Alternatively, try right-clicking the icon and selecting

Re: [GNC] 5.0-1 (Flathub) issue

2023-03-29 Thread Patrick James
Once the correct payee is highlighted, simply tab to the next field, and 5.0 will fill it in as you desire. Also note that you may arrow up and down during the data entry to select your desired payee, and then click tab. I have a few payees that are very similar, but are long, so the number of

Re: [GNC] how to record tax credit for capital loss

2024-01-23 Thread Patrick James
Let's start with your best bet is to work with your tax professional as to how best to keep track of what's needed for taxes. In the US, what you call a "credit" generally would not be an asset account. The "credit" would be a potential offset to some future gain, if there is any future gain,

Re: [GNC] how to record tax credit for capital loss

2024-01-24 Thread Patrick James
loss" > account instead of being a negative gain, and then I'm posting the > future gains as compensation of that loss (and only for the part that > can be compensated). > This way indeed the balance of the Broker1 account does match with what > the broker is showing me. >

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-21 Thread Patrick James
The --nofile parameter is fine as you are commanding GnuCash "Do not load the last file opened." There is another option, which is to command GnuCash to open a specific file. The command line structure is: gnucash [options] [datafile] So if you add the datafile, GnuCash will open with that set

Re: [GNC] how to record tax credit for capital loss

2024-01-24 Thread Patrick James
You mention picking the earliest year to minimize the tax liability (i.e. maximize the loss matching), but within a window of time. > On 01/24/2024 7:53 AM PST Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > > Besides, one offests losses by fist pickin the > furtherst year first, so it's good to know how much is

Re: [GNC] how to record tax credit for capital loss

2024-01-24 Thread Patrick James
> If I run out of past credits then that's a final gain, that's taxable > the moment it's realized (and some brokers straightly withold it from > the selling price!), it's not possible to offset with a future loss > within the same year. It should be total obvious that to minimize taxes if you

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-02-08 Thread Patrick James
Save, Exit, and Reload will clear the rouge transactions. > On 02/08/2024 8:54 AM PST Jack Slater wrote: > > > Anything coming soon to fix this? > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM Patrick James mailto:patrickjame...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > This is

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Patrick James
I've been comparing and contrasting two options: 1. Reports -> Assets & Liabilities -> General Journal 2. Tools -> General Journal If the second option is selected, which is the one I generally use, then sorting by date of entry puts the transactions in date order. The General Journal (option

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread Patrick James
This message is only about "recording and showing any transactions." The recording of transactions is separate from the showing of transactions. The transactions could be recorded, but not shown. What I suggest is looking at all the options under the "View" pull-down menu, especially the

Re: [GNC] View - Double Line

2024-02-07 Thread Patrick James
I'm running GNUCash 5.4, because Windows. My experience has been similar, but sometimes the register does display properly. Often when it does not display properly, if I arrow up, the situation is corrected. I have not documented the behavior to the point where I could write a bug report, but

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread Patrick James
After suggesting that the manual was read, and that "the double entry is understood," at some point the best answer becomes "it's time to hire an accountant." > On 02/07/2024 10:50 AM PST sunfish62--- via gnucash-user > wrote: > > > Your register shows transactions. They add up to zero (as

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-07 Thread Patrick James
Two questions: 1. What is "interactive mode," how does it differ from other modes, and where do I find the different modes? > There IS however a report which will show you the journal (the date > ordered transactions) if for some reason you wanted to look at that. 2. While I understand

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Patrick James
A "simple journal entry" is a journal entry that involves no more than two accounts. A "compound journal entry" is a journal entry that involves more than two accounts. That's the 'easy' part. Now there are entries that involve multiple debits or multiple credits, or both, that only impact

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Patrick James
I suspect it is fair to say that the UI design results in different uses of the same English terms from accounting, thus a "split" in terminology. > On 01/18/2024 12:03 PM PST Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > > Yes, this is an example where it isn't just the terminology of users, > but

Re: [GNC] Error Windows 11 when running reports

2024-01-18 Thread Patrick James
There is a known bug with reports in GnuCash version 5.5 on a Windows machine. The bug is well-understood, but the fix is not so easy. Moving down to 5.4 will fix the report problem. > On 01/17/2024 3:29 PM PST Ignacio Ayuste wrote: > > > Hi All, for a lot reports i noticed the file

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Patrick James
My personal experience is that this "phantom transaction" problem began in 5.X. Using 4.X, I experienced no problems changing/adding/deleting transactions during a reconciliation. > On 01/12/2024 9:44 AM PST David Carlson wrote: > > > It sounds like you are entering new transactions while

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Patrick James
tes a huge mess. > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 2:11 PM Jack Slater mailto:theillini...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'd certainly agree. > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:57 AM Patrick James > mailto:patrickjame...@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > > >

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Patrick James
Jack, This "log file" discussion seemed to get moved to a stack type of log. There is another log with GNUCash, which is somewhat unique in that programmers usually need the stack log (all programming). The GNUCash data log file is explained in 2.5.2.

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-12 Thread Patrick James
>From the pulldown menus: Actions -> Scheduled Transactions -> Since Last Run... > On 01/12/2024 7:13 PM PST Liz wrote: > > So would you like a button which gives an option to make a test run? > > Liz > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:08:14 -0600 > David Carlson wrote: > > > I consider the SX to

Re: [GNC] How do you record the rounding of your netpay?

2024-01-27 Thread Patrick James
This rounding is not material to your financial condition. Tracking the rounding is not worth the time and effort necessary, so you could adjust your gross pay for the rounding. First month would be an increase (in pay/earnings) of €0.50, and the second month would be a decrease by €0.30. Over

Re: [GNC] How do you record the rounding of your netpay?

2024-01-27 Thread Patrick James
In my view it's going to be very difficult to justify spending any time tracking a whole bunch of zeroes with a contra equity account. I would not even want to see that on the books, much less spend time every pay period adjusting the contra account balance to some new amount less than 1. At

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-25 Thread Patrick James
This is bug 799093, and John Ralls has not asked additional questions after I was able to reliably reproduce (part of) the issue, so, hopefully, there is sufficient information to find the bug. https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799093 > On 01/25/2024 10:02 AM PST Jack Slater wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-19 Thread Patrick James
One option might be to use the data log files, information in 2.5.2 here: https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html I have not played around with those much, but I suspect you could backup your master set of books (3-2-1 backup strategy might be used here), and then make

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-19 Thread Patrick James
t; --------- > From: gnucash-user on > behalf of Patrick James > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2024 12:24 PM > To: Gnucash Users > Subject: Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts? > > One option might be to use the data log files, informa

Re: [GNC] End of year

2024-01-30 Thread Patrick James
> On 01/30/2024 9:39 AM PST Michael or Penny Novack > wrote: > > ONE refers to closing all the accounts of type income and expense > (temporary accounts of fundamental type equity) into equity itself or > accounts under equity. You will have to be doing the latter if the > entity type isn't