If this is the case, then this is very likely a genuine bug and would need a test data file, sample reports in Bugzilla.
On Mon, 29 Nov 2021, 9:58 pm Charles Crossan, <crossan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe I found the answer to this. > > The Budget report (and the Transaction Report) are showing the "expected" > values for changes to liability account balances - how much debt I actually > paid off this month. > > The Net Worth Report (and Liabilities Over Time Report) also show "arguably > correct" values for changes to liability account balances - How much debt I > added this month; ignoring any payments I made on the first day of the > month. > > The discrepancy arises when transactions occur on the reporting boundary > days. For instance, If I apply a $2,000 payment to a credit card on the > first of the month, and then spend $500 on that card throughout the month, > the Budget Report (and the Transaction Report) will show that a decrease of > that credit card account by $2,000; however, the Net Worth (and Liabilities > Over Time) report will show a Liability increase of $500. > > It would seem that the Time-series reports use the balance of the accounts > at the "end of the day" for the reporting period boundaries(i.e. including > transactions from the beginning boundary day); whereas the > transaction-tracking reports use actual ingress and egress values from > transactions against the account during the reporting periods. > > Is there a way to adjust the behavior of Time-Series reports so that they > choose the balance from before the first transaction of the reporting > period (and after the last transaction of the end of the reporting period)? > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 8:47 PM Charles Crossan <crossan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I've been using GNUCash (gratefully, and happily) for 10 years, and this > > is my first time reaching out to the mailing list. > > > > I recently noticed that the "Budget Report" for the current period shows > a > > different "Act" value for "changes in Liabilities" than the > > manually-calculated liability delta from the "Net Worth Report" or the > > "Liability report" (using the same set of accounts) for the same > one-month > > period. > > > > For instance, budget report "act" says "Liabilities Decreased by $1500", > > but the liabilities report says " Liabilities increased by $3500" > > > > I feel like my comprehension of accounting is betraying me. How is this > > possible? Has anyone else seen something like this before? > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > > > > > Charles Crossan > > @crossan007 <https://twitter.com/crossan007> > > 215-804-9851 > > https://www.ccrossan.com > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > > > Charles Crossan > @crossan007 <https://twitter.com/crossan007> > 215-804-9851 > https://www.ccrossan.com > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.