Re: [GNC] new to gnucash

2019-01-05 Thread Steve Butler
Sounds right to me. Remember that Asset and Expense accounts are Debit accounts. So Debit increases and Credit decreases the balances in the accounts. Liability, Income, and Equity/Capital accounts are Credit accounts. So Debit decreases and Credit increases the balance. On Sat, Jan 5, 2019,

Re: [GNC] Data entry problem

2018-12-20 Thread Steve Butler
That was a bug on certain releases that has been fixed. You didn't indicate what version of GnC you are using nor did you say which O/S or hardware. Without that info it is impossible to determine whether your issue has been fixed or if it raised its ugly head again. On Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 07:52

Re: [GNC] Switching between 2 bank accounts

2019-01-27 Thread Steve Butler
Switching in which way? Are they not just two different accounts in your chart of accounts? You should be able to move funds between them as with any other pair of accounts. But, I presume you mean something else. On Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 22:20 Joanne Paradise I just finished my 2018 year end

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Rewards Refund

2021-10-14 Thread Steve Butler
I also record as misc. non-taxed income. Thinking of titling a new income account as "Rebates". On Thu, Oct 14, 2021, 05:34 rsbrux via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I have a credit card which, like a few others, accrues a small > percentage (1-2%) of the amounts spent as a

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Posting Order

2021-10-01 Thread Steve Butler
Other approach is to have the payroll happen the day before (think day of week) the allowance. On Fri, Oct 1, 2021, 14:32 Stan Brown wrote: > > On 2021-10-01 14:01, Robin Chattopadhyay wrote: > > Is there a way to control the posting order of scheduled transactions? > > > > For example, I have

Re: [GNC] Adding new income category or new expenses category

2021-07-15 Thread Steve Butler
Barry, This comes down to building your chart of accounts (COA). You would be adding Income and/or expense accounts. Easy to do when sitting on the accounts tab. The top menu bar will have entries to ADD, DELETE, or EDIT. The user guide will also walk you through the exercise. Give it a good

Re: [GNC] IRA/401K income detection

2022-03-10 Thread Steve Butler
I made a subaccount under the asset in which to record the distributions. That subaccount is cleaned out each year by an adjusting transaction that moves that to the main account. That way the balance sheet year end report shows the yearly distribution amount. Makes it easy to pick off and send

Re: [GNC] Automatic sales tax

2022-02-28 Thread Steve Butler
As soon as you dream up something that can't occur, the legislative assistants will incorporate that scenario into new law. On Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 09:48 Fred Bone wrote: > On 28 February 2022 at 10:28, William Prescott said: > > > Sebastian, > > > > Just to clarify, where the "item changed

Re: [GNC] Report unreliable (invalid totals)

2022-02-27 Thread Steve Butler
Look for future dated transactions. I entered some for last December and they ended up for next December. Happens when entering backdated entries in January! On Sun, Feb 27, 2022, 15:15 David H wrote: > Bruce, > > Have you double-checked the report options to ensure all accounts are >

Re: [GNC] (no subject)

2022-02-22 Thread Steve Butler
Please plan a compressive backup strategy for your entire system. Include email, Libre Office documents, other misc files and not just GnuCash. That way it won't matter where files are "hidden" as you will have a complete backup strategy that isn't specific to any particular application. On

Re: [GNC] create desktop icons for GNC 4.9 Flatpak on Ubuntu - solved

2022-04-04 Thread Steve Butler
Jeff, Per chance are you on a Unix/Linux derevitive? I have seen Windows line endings cause problems for different shells trying to process the script. Changing to Unix style line endings fixed the problem. To the text editor I was using the files appeared to be the same. --Steve On Mon, Apr

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

2023-10-19 Thread Steve Butler
On Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 23:04 Edwin Booth wrote: > Steve, > > Thanks for getting back to me! > > It seems that I need to first delete my newly downloaded file from GnuCash > and re-import it but first assign all the > Yes, remove those transitions or restore to a pre-import backup. transactions

Re: [GNC] get quotes via gnucash-cli for unknown quote source

2023-08-23 Thread Steve Butler
Not on this thread. Create a new subject and ask. On Wed, Aug 23, 2023, 21:08 jackielou wong wrote: > Hello there > > Can i ask for importing 100 transactions using csv. > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2023, 12:00 PM john wrote: > > > > > > > > On Aug 23, 2023, at 02:26, Jascha K via gnucash-user < > >

Re: [GNC] Mass Reconcile

2022-05-21 Thread Steve Butler
Do they all have the same parent? If so, reconcile the parent and check the box to include all sub-accounts. On Sat, May 21, 2022, 22:17 Fred Tydeman wrote: > I added over 300 dummy #yymmdd accounts and am using them as tags in splits > in transactions (to simulate Quicken classes). I now

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Steve Butler
Backup is a system function. You need to plan that for all your data beyond just GnuCash. You can do a simple Save As to put that data in another spot. But that leaves your spreadsheets unprotected. On Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 16:36 Daryl Hillgrove wrote: > Can a simple backup function be added to

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 4.900 Released

2023-01-11 Thread Steve Butler
This is an experimental pre-5.0 release. 4.13 is for everyday use until 5.0 comes out. On Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 13:11 wrote: > I see many references to GnuCash 4.900, but the website only has version > 4.13 (Windows). Am I missing something here? > > Thank you All > >

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Steve Butler
If I paid today and enter the transaction today it should have today's date on it. Especially if paid with cash. If I wrote a check I must be ready for them to go immediately to the bank and cash it On Tue, Dec 27, 2022, 10:52 Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >

Re: [GNC] What accounts should I reconcile?

2022-12-19 Thread Steve Butler
What would it mean to reconcile an account for which there is no external "authority"? I can't think of one. Now, I did reconcile the interest paid for my mortgage for the year as it was in a dedicated account: Expenses:Interest:Mortgage and the mortgage company sent me a statement for my YTD

Re: [GNC] QIF Import troubles

2022-12-13 Thread Steve Butler
That is the classic double entry bookkeeping system that GnuCash uses. If you don't want that you need to use some other software. On Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 16:35 Steve Silva via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Hi All, > I am trying out gnucash to replace Quicken. I have Quicken

Re: [GNC] Migrating from PC to Mac

2023-02-16 Thread Steve Butler
Just copy the data file. No export/import needed. On Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 15:24 Martin Taylor wrote: > > I’ve got 4.13 installed and running on my PC, and I’ve also set up 4.13 on > my Mac. > > I’ve tried exporting the account tree and transactions from the PC to an > external drive and then

Re: [GNC] Income Statement versus Transaction Report

2023-07-19 Thread Steve Butler
Look on the currency tab if I remember correctly. On Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 20:25 David Cousens wrote: > Fred, > > You may need to look at the report options for the transaction report to > ensure > they match the settings used for the income statement report particularly > the > setting for

Re: [GNC] Another try at "How to record payments for several items paid with a single transaction?"

2023-07-24 Thread Steve Butler
Enter it just as you described. You may want to change your view to, I think it is, Journal Mode. I would first type in the "line" or "split" to debit 'cash in pocket' (an asset account) for $3.49. The next split has the memo line 'one bar of chocolate' @$0.99. Note that GnC would have

Re: [GNC] Accounts which are both Income and Expense accounts

2023-07-24 Thread Steve Butler
I tend to create these as Asset type accounts (I loan value to my buddy so this is Accounts Receivable or something for which I am to be reimbursed). That way a negative amount means I owe my buddy. It could also be a Liability account in that I borrowed from my buddy and it is an Account

Re: [GNC] Trouble building 5.3

2023-07-22 Thread Steve Butler
First I would upgrade those 191 packages. sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade Make sure everything upgradable was upgraded. Check that you have build-essentials. On Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 14:15 Simon Roberts wrote: > Hi all, I'm looking to build GNC 5.3 on my Ubuntu 20.04 box. I did this as > a

Re: [GNC] Not getting any emails

2023-06-23 Thread Steve Butler
James, only you can determine what is important enough to warrant a backup. However, my philosophy is that everything I put on my computer, no matter how trivial, needs to be on a backup of some kind. So I look for backup strategies that get everything. That way I don't have to worry about

Re: [GNC] ACCOUNTS tab - how to show today's balances

2023-05-10 Thread Steve Butler
Yes. Click on the down arrow on the right side of the header line. Choose "Present". You may also want "Total (Period)" if you don't close the books each year but want Expense and Income accounts to just show current year totals. On Wed, May 10, 2023, 18:22 Xe Roy wrote: > The TOTAL column

Re: [GNC] from James Baxter to do with bank charge

2023-05-11 Thread Steve Butler
Hey James, maybe I am not understanding your question. To me, this appears to be a bank service charge of some sort. That would be an expense to you so you need a expense account for that other side. Do you want to track different types of bank service charges? Such as: Monthly service charge.

Re: [GNC] How to upgrade to 5.1 in Ubuntu

2023-05-08 Thread Steve Butler
I have been unable to find a reliable PPA that keeps up to date. It would be wonderful if someone could build GnC on launchpad. The best current solution is to compile it yourself. On Mon, May 8, 2023, 05:29 Roland Giesler via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm

Re: [GNC] Can't open old GnuCash file

2024-02-15 Thread Steve Butler
Can you install version 4.x on your box and try again. Maybe even a 3.x. On Thu, Feb 15, 2024, 17:01 MegaBrutal wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using GnuCash between 2015 to 2017 to help to straighten out > my personal finances. Due to changes in my life, my transaction count > increased

Re: [GNC] Feature request: Import assistant, room for big improvements

2024-01-15 Thread Steve Butler
I do it every OFX import. Works well. Ubuntu 23.10. GnC 5.4-117. Need anything else? BTW, works fine, the right click. On Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 21:12 Christopher Lam wrote: > Has anyone tried right click the relevant transaction(s) in the ofx or csv > import assistant? > > On Tue, 16 Jan

Re: [GNC] Automatic account match doesn't work when import transactions

2024-02-03 Thread Steve Butler
Which import? CSV? On Sun, Feb 4, 2024, 13:04 Jediator wrote: > I couldn't get the automatic account match to work when importing > bank/credit card transactions to GC. Is there anyway to manually create > the matching rules? Thanks! -- JC > ___ >

Re: [GNC] GnuCash with Interactive Brokers

2024-02-05 Thread Steve Butler
That is true for the first time. After that it will learn the matches you make and only ask for new ones. On Tue, Feb 6, 2024, 16:35 km22 via gnucash-user wrote: > Thanks. > > > Upon importing the OFX I am prompted to match the different bonds in the > statement with the relevant asset in

Re: [GNC] Transaction not showing as reconciled when it should be.

2023-11-20 Thread Steve Butler
I suspect you have a transaction for the £107.29 that has already been reconciled when it shouldn't have been. Probably for a different date. Go get a transaction report for this account and sort by reconcile date. Look at transactions reconciled after the last good reconciliation date. I

Re: [GNC] What account name do you use to record the apartment/house expenses related to the building?

2024-04-16 Thread Steve Butler
On Tue, Apr 16, 2024, 10:49 john wrote: > > > > On Apr 14, 2024, at 17:45, Oleander via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > is "Housing" a proper account name if I want to include only my > apartment expenses like Rent/Mortgage and Repairs? I'd like to > record

Re: [GNC] Merge amounts in report

2024-04-20 Thread Steve Butler
The only way I know is to select both (all such) in a transaction report. Then produce the grand total. You would have to setup the options to get the specifics how you want them. On Fri, Apr 19, 2024, 20:00 Bruno Sampaio Alves wrote: > I have some expenses accounts that hold the same name