Re: [GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant
Hello Sunfish,
Yes. That is what happened.
That is a good insight that you provided.
Thank you!
Neal
On 3/11/24 12:46 PM, sunfis...@yahoo.com wrote:
I'll note that because GnuCash keeps a running really of the amount
needed to balance the transaction, users adding a new line to that
transaction can get confusing results.
For example, a user adds a new transaction for a grocery store and
places a left column entry for $35 assigned to Expenses:Groceries.
They tab off the line, intending to add another split for $15 for
Expenses:Household and tab to the left column and enter $15. However,
in the right column, GnuCash has already supplied the balancing $35
for the first split. As user tabs of the line, GnuCash takes $15 and
combines it with the $35, resulting in a right column entry for $20,
rather than a left column entry in the intended amount.
David T.
On Mar 11, 2024, at 6:25 PM, "W. Neal Lewis"
wrote:
David,
No, I found out very quickly that return causes that sort of result.
Best regards,
Neal
On 3/9/24 10:32 PM, David Carlson wrote:
Neal, By chance are you using the enter key during your
editing? That triggers the full transactiion calculatkions.
Use arrow keys, ta b key or mouse buttons until you are ready
to see the transaction calculation. I think calculztions
within individual amount fields happen as soon as you move out
of that field unless you are creating a scheduled
transaaction. On Sat, Mar 9, 2024, 8:36 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
I'm not certain what you are describing, but I'll hazard a
guess that you are seeing GnuCash auto-balance the
transaction. That is normal. Every transaction has to be
balanced. (Debits *must* equal Credits) You are free to
enter the transaction however you like, as long as that
holds true. If your self-entered amounts do not result in
equal Debits & Credits, GnuCash will create a split
initially not assigned to any account, but when you commit
the transaction and that split remains, it will be
assigned to the account labeled: 'Imbalance-XXX' (where
XXX is a currency code) for the difference. Please read
the GnuCash Help Manual and the Tutorial & Concepts Guide
available in the Help Menu, or online, as you are learning
the software. Then if you get stuck, come back and ask for
help here. Regards, Adrien On 3/9/24 8:18 PM, W. Neal
Lewis wrote:
When I do the View > Transaction and put in individual
numbers for each
item in the Withdrawal column, it starts to mess with my
figures. It puts in a number at the very top. It adds
deposits to other entries. What I end up with is a
mish-mash of costs that the program seems to think that I
need for some mythical number it has come up with.
That's exactly what happened previously. I don't want
it adding numbers,
or changing numbers. I just want to put in the correct
values for each line, including tax, hit return and have
the final value show up on the first line of the transaction.
I obviously don't know what I am doing. Help! Neal
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Re: [GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant
David, No, I found out very quickly that return causes that sort of result. Best regards, Neal On 3/9/24 10:32 PM, David Carlson wrote: Neal, By chance are you using the enter key during your editing? That triggers the full transactiion calculatkions. Use arrow keys, ta b key or mouse buttons until you are ready to see the transaction calculation. I think calculztions within individual amount fields happen as soon as you move out of that field unless you are creating a scheduled transaaction. On Sat, Mar 9, 2024, 8:36 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: I'm not certain what you are describing, but I'll hazard a guess that you are seeing GnuCash auto-balance the transaction. That is normal. Every transaction has to be balanced. (Debits *must* equal Credits) You are free to enter the transaction however you like, as long as that holds true. If your self-entered amounts do not result in equal Debits & Credits, GnuCash will create a split initially not assigned to any account, but when you commit the transaction and that split remains, it will be assigned to the account labeled: 'Imbalance-XXX' (where XXX is a currency code) for the difference. Please read the GnuCash Help Manual and the Tutorial & Concepts Guide available in the Help Menu, or online, as you are learning the software. Then if you get stuck, come back and ask for help here. Regards, Adrien On 3/9/24 8:18 PM, W. Neal Lewis wrote: When I do the View > Transaction and put in individual numbers for each item in the Withdrawal column, it starts to mess with my figures. It puts in a number at the very top. It adds deposits to other entries. What I end up with is a mish-mash of costs that the program seems to think that I need for some mythical number it has come up with. That's exactly what happened previously. I don't want it adding numbers, or changing numbers. I just want to put in the correct values for each line, including tax, hit return and have the final value show up on the first line of the transaction. I obviously don't know what I am doing. Help! Neal ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - 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 - 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant
Thank you Adrien, That's what I will need to do - do some in depth reading of the Help Manual and Tutorial. Best regards, Neal On 3/9/24 8:35 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I'm not certain what you are describing, but I'll hazard a guess that you are seeing GnuCash auto-balance the transaction. That is normal. Every transaction has to be balanced. (Debits *must* equal Credits) You are free to enter the transaction however you like, as long as that holds true. If your self-entered amounts do not result in equal Debits & Credits, GnuCash will create a split initially not assigned to any account, but when you commit the transaction and that split remains, it will be assigned to the account labeled: 'Imbalance-XXX' (where XXX is a currency code) for the difference. Please read the GnuCash Help Manual and the Tutorial & Concepts Guide available in the Help Menu, or online, as you are learning the software. Then if you get stuck, come back and ask for help here. Regards, Adrien On 3/9/24 8:18 PM, W. Neal Lewis wrote: When I do the View > Transaction and put in individual numbers for each item in the Withdrawal column, it starts to mess with my figures. It puts in a number at the very top. It adds deposits to other entries. What I end up with is a mish-mash of costs that the program seems to think that I need for some mythical number it has come up with. That's exactly what happened previously. I don't want it adding numbers, or changing numbers. I just want to put in the correct values for each line, including tax, hit return and have the final value show up on the first line of the transaction. I obviously don't know what I am doing. Help! Neal ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant
I would like to use Gnucash to keep track of the costs and information of each of the things that I buy from a merchant, such as Kroger, Home Depot, etc. There can be 30 to more items on one transaction. The items can be for different uses, such as food, lumber, computers, etc. There can be multiple tax rates, depending on the separate tax rates for food, prescriptions, hardware, etc. This information is needed for use at tax time, since I have a small business and need to break things out accordingly. Is Gnucash the right program to use for these needs? Thanks. wnlewis ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Receipt scanners and software
What receipt scanners and software can be used with GnuCash? I would also like to get barcode access as well. Neal Lewis Macintosh user ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?
Liz, Thank you. I've received much help and am learning what is needed. Best regards, Neal Lewis P.S. The book that was recommended: "Accounting All-In-One for Dummies" is on its way to me, purchased yesterday from Amazon. I am thankful for that suggestion, because I did not know what to look for. The other members were able to get me over a logical hurdle that had blocked forward progress until they offered help. WNL On 8/31/22 11:42 PM, Liz Dodd wrote: On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:08:35 -0500 "W. Neal Lewis" wrote: David, That's where this all started. It didn't make sense so I thought I would ask people who were more knowledgeable. I did look on line and nothing on line made any more sense. So, thank you for your help. Best regards, Neal Lewis Putting on my educator hat Not everyone understands the same way, people read the same words and assign different meaning to those words. So we need access to lots of different approaches. Putting on my moderator hat . Officially this list does not support accounting discussions, but it is one of the things we do here, as well as how to use Gnucash. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?
Stan, Correction made. Tehachapi Loop is one of the great Civil Engineering feats of this world and well worth coming to see. Thanks for building the observation platform. You have the thanks of a great many people. Best regards, Neal Lewis On 8/31/22 1:42 PM, Stan Brown wrote: Sure thing! If you have followups about Gnucash please send them to the mailing list so that everyone can benefit (or offer corrections if needed). I agree about the Loop, and we get a fair number of international visitors. We recently built a concrete and wood observation platform overlooking it, so you no longer have to just stand on the shoulder of the road. -- Regards, Stan Brown https://Brownmath.com http://oakroadsystems.com On Tue, Aug 30, 2022, at 7:08 PM, W. Neal Lewis wrote: Thank you Stan, Let me study what you have said and let it soak in. It is good information. Thank you, Wm. Neal Lewis Newton, Kansas Industrial & Systems Engineer P.S. Techachapi is a beautiful place and has one of the great Civil Engineering wonders of the world, "The Techachapi Loop" Many years ago I got to watch trains crossing over themselves. Quite an awesome sight. WNL On 8/29/22 3:05 PM, Stan Brown wrote: I agree with what Michael or Penny wrote, but I'm going to post anyway because seeing it described in slightly different ways may be helpful for the original questioner. On 2022-08-28 15:38, W. Neal Lewis wrote: However, although (A+L)=Eq, (A+L)≠Eq+(I+Ex). I have added a term to the right side that is most decidedly not on the left ∴ they cannot be equal. ∴ A and L must be terms that include other factors. First off, it's assets MINUS Liabilities, not plus, and the same for Expenses. If you have a $500,000 house and a mortgage balance of $150,000, with no other assets or liabilities. your net worth (Equity) is not $500,000+150,000 = $650,000; it's $500,000-150,000 = $350,000. Secondly, your two equations assume different conditions. The more general equation Assets - Liabilities = Equity + Income - Expenses is always valid, so that's probably the one to think about until it's second nature. But what happens if(*) you "close the books"? This means to total up the year's or month's income and expenses, post the total net income or net loss into an Equity account such as Retained Earnings, and zero out all the income and expense accounts. GnuCash has a menu item to perform this closing for you. Since all income accounts and all expense accounts have zero balances right after closing the books, the general equation reduces to Assets - Liabilities = Equity (*) I say _if_ you close them, because there's no requirement to do so in GnuCash. Some people including me like a fresh start each year; others don't. But that shorter equation is always valid, even when there are nonzero income and expense account balances, if you interpret "Equity" in a more general way. GnuCash actually does this for you when you run a balance sheet. It adds up all income account balances and subtracts all expense account balances, obtaining your net income or net loss to date. That total is shown in the Equity section of the balance sheet as Retained Earnings. GnuCash doesn't change any account balances, and the computed Retained Earnings don't get posted to any actual account in your database; it's purely a rollup of the income and expense balances rather than showing them individually on the balance sheet. If we interpret Equity as "all equity accounts plus the net income (or minus the next expense) since the books were last closed",(**) then once again you have Assets - Liabilities = Equity (**) This might seem like cheating, but it's not. All income and expense amounts are logically part of your net worth, as the following example will show. Suppose you have earned $90K salary so far this year and spent $76 K of it in food, clothes, and so forth. You still have a $500 K house with $150 K mortgage. Assets: $514 K ($500 K house, plus the $14K part of your salary that's still in your in a bank account) Liabilities: $150 K (mortgage balance) Equity: $365 K (The $350 equity in your house, plus your $90 K in salary income, minus your $76 K in expenses) Once again, Assets - Liabilities = Equity: $514 K - $150 K = $364 K. Suppose you want a balance sheet that doesn't roll net income or expense into Retained Earnings, but shows the individual account balances? That is called a Trial Balance, and GnuCash can create such a report for you. Or of course you can run a Balance Sheet for the desired date and an Income Statement (Profit and Loss statement) for the period starting the day after the books were closed and ending the date of the Balance Sheet. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash
Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?
Thank you Dean. I liked the resources you suggested. I plan to buy the book on Amazon tomorrow. The web page mentioned by David T was where it all started for me, since that did not make sense. So I did do research and got even more confused. So, having a copy of Gnucash on my computer, and in dire need of getting something set up to handle finances, I figured the people on the Forum could probably help. And they have. So, it may indeed take the cake; but when I understand it, it will be a major help, and everyone who has contributed will part of the reason. Best regards, Neal Lewis On 8/31/22 11:10 AM, Dean Gibson wrote: I'm surprised that people don't buy ($$$) a book (see below) that gives them a good introduction to accounting, or even find a good tutorial online (no $$$), & instead go to a mailing list intended for the support of free (no $$$) SOFTWARE (not accounting), & then expect other people to teach them (on their time) the most RUDIMENTARY concept in all of accounting. I taught myself accounting, & when there was something I didn't understand, I did the necessary research to LEARN. Learning concepts in any field takes time & effort. I normally ignore these types of issues on this list, but this discussion takes the cake. References: https://accountingplay.com/introduction-to-accounting/ (FREE - online) https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAamCOYKM&gl=US ($$$ - audiobook) https://www.amazon.com/Accounting-All-Dummies-Online-Practice/dp/1119453895/ ($$$ - print) There are also videos on YouTube. On 2022-08-31 01:55, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: I'm surprised no one has mentionedhttps://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-accounting1.html#basics-accountingequation2 That's the Tutorial & Guide page that explains the concept. David T. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?
Michael, Thank you. Those ideas are another thing that I'm getting my head around. Best regards, Neal Lewis On 8/31/22 10:44 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: On 8/31/2022 4:08 AM, Gyle McCollam wrote: That is an "L" not an "I" in the equation at the end of my email: "A=I (+/-) Eq" to get it to equal. There are only three FUNDAMENTAL account types, asset, liability, and equity. The confusion about the equation is perhaps because our computer automatically gives us SOME totals but not others. Thus the equation is really (sum of accounts of type asset) = (sum of accounts of type equity) + (sum of accounts of type liability) AND there is "sense reversal" implied because we are really saying simply total debits = total credits as opposed to arithmetic equality (since debit and credit have opposite "sense") Like I said, BOTH accounts of type income and accounts of type expense are actually of type equity. They did not originally exist (say in the 14th Century) and the opposite side of transactions that were items of income or items of expense were immediately entered against equity. When you ask gnucash to produce a Balance Sheet the net of those accounts (income accounts and expense accounts) IS there under the pseudo account "retained gains" or "retained losses" as part of the equity total. Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?
David, That's where this all started. It didn't make sense so I thought I would ask people who were more knowledgeable. I did look on line and nothing on line made any more sense. So, thank you for your help. Best regards, Neal Lewis On 8/31/22 3:55 AM, David T. wrote: I'm surprised no one has mentioned https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-accounting1.html#basics-accountingequation2 That's the Tutorial & Guide page that explains the concept. David T. On August 31, 2022 10:15:04 AM GMT+03:00, Gyle McCollam wrote: Neal, Your welcome. I see a few others have responded with similar thoughts and explanations. I'm sorry I forgot to respond to all, so the list did not see my original email, but as I said other replied with similar answers, but in more detail. Don't worry, I trust you will get there. I'm sure there are engineering concepts that we accountants would not understand immediately. The key to this is that at any point in time (Income - expenses = 🔺Equity). So if your income and expenses aren't zero (close Books at the end of the year), you have to add this expression to A=I (+/-) Eq to get it to equal. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>email -------- From: W. Neal Lewis Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 9:24 PM To: Gyle McCollam Subject: Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct? Gyle, Thank you for your reply. Let me think about it for a while. It does not yet make sense to my Engineering brain. Sorry to be so dense, but terms as well as numbers must balance for an equation to be correct. Best regards, Neal Lewis On 8/28/22 6:28 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: At the end of the year I (income) - Ex (expenses) is your increase/decrease, depending on whether the number is positve or negative, to equity for the year and at any given point during the year it is your increase/decrease YTD equity figure. So realistically, when you added +(I-Ex) and it should be minus Ex, you haven't really changed the equation A=L+Eq. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>email From: gnucash-user<mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of W. Neal Lewis<mailto:wnle...@southwind.net> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2022 6:38 PM To:gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct? I will agree that by mathematical logic, Assets-(Liabilities)=Equity. ∴ Assets+(Liabilites)-(Liabilities)=Equity+Liability, or stated more simply, A=Eq+L. I have added Liability to both sides ∴ both sides remain equal. However, although (A+L)=Eq, (A+L)≠Eq+(I+Ex). I have added a term to the right side that is most decidedly not on the left ∴ they cannot be equal. ∴ A and L must be terms that include other factors. Not good at accounting, I will ask what those other factors are. I want to use GnuCash but I am having trouble getting my mind to accept an equation that is not correct unless terms are redefined. Please help me with my (obviously) incorrect understandings. Thank you, Neal Lewis gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user 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 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?
Gyle, Thank you for your encouragement. I will keep after it. Best regards, Neal Lewis On 8/31/22 3:08 AM, Gyle McCollam wrote: That is an "L" not an "I" in the equation at the end of my email: "A=I (+/-) Eq" to get it to equal. Thank You, *Gyle McCollam* Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com <mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>email *From:* gnucash-user on behalf of Gyle McCollam *Sent:* Wednesday, August 31, 2022 3:15 AM *To:* W. Neal Lewis *Cc:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct? Neal, Your welcome. I see a few others have responded with similar thoughts and explanations. I'm sorry I forgot to respond to all, so the list did not see my original email, but as I said other replied with similar answers, but in more detail. Don't worry, I trust you will get there. I'm sure there are engineering concepts that we accountants would not understand immediately. The key to this is that at any point in time (Income - expenses = 🔺Equity). So if your income and expenses aren't zero (close Books at the end of the year), you have to add this expression to A=I (+/-) Eq to get it to equal. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com <mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>> email From: W. Neal Lewis Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 9:24 PM To: Gyle McCollam Subject: Re: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct? Gyle, Thank you for your reply. Let me think about it for a while. It does not yet make sense to my Engineering brain. Sorry to be so dense, but terms as well as numbers must balance for an equation to be correct. Best regards, Neal Lewis On 8/28/22 6:28 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: At the end of the year I (income) - Ex (expenses) is your increase/decrease, depending on whether the number is positve or negative, to equity for the year and at any given point during the year it is your increase/decrease YTD equity figure. So realistically, when you added +(I-Ex) and it should be minus Ex, you haven't really changed the equation A=L+Eq. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com <mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>> email From: gnucash-user <mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of W. Neal Lewis <mailto:wnle...@southwind.net> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2022 6:38 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: [GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct? I will agree that by mathematical logic, Assets-(Liabilities)=Equity. ∴ Assets+(Liabilites)-(Liabilities)=Equity+Liability, or stated more simply, A=Eq+L. I have added Liability to both sides ∴ both sides remain equal. However, although (A+L)=Eq, (A+L)≠Eq+(I+Ex). I have added a term to the right side that is most decidedly not on the left ∴ they cannot be equal. ∴ A and L must be terms that include other factors. Not good at accounting, I will ask what those other factors are. I want to use GnuCash but I am having trouble getting my mind to accept an equation that is not correct unless terms are redefined. Please help me with my (obviously) incorrect understandings. Thank you, Neal Lewis ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - 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 - 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Can someone tell me how A-L=Eq+(I-Ex) is correct?
I will agree that by mathematical logic, Assets-(Liabilities)=Equity. ∴ Assets+(Liabilites)-(Liabilities)=Equity+Liability, or stated more simply, A=Eq+L. I have added Liability to both sides ∴ both sides remain equal. However, although (A+L)=Eq, (A+L)≠Eq+(I+Ex). I have added a term to the right side that is most decidedly not on the left ∴ they cannot be equal. ∴ A and L must be terms that include other factors. Not good at accounting, I will ask what those other factors are. I want to use GnuCash but I am having trouble getting my mind to accept an equation that is not correct unless terms are redefined. Please help me with my (obviously) incorrect understandings. Thank you, Neal Lewis ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] I try to set up GNUCash and it says that my attempt to save the file is denied
I am trying to set up GNUCash on a Mac Pro running Mojave. I just downloaded the latest release for Intel Mac. After doing the preliminary work and setting up the files, I try to save it. It always tells me that the save attempt is denied. I am running Intego AntiVirus software. I own the computer and am the administrator. Any thoughts or comments? Thanks, Neal Lewis ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Does GNUCash have an install DVD for Macintosh?
Derek, I was wondering, because someone has a GnuCash DVD for sale on eBay for $5.80 plus shipping. It is supposed to have Windows and Mac. I was interested in it, but thought that it could be a fraud, or malicious software. I found it at: https://www.ebay.com/itm/352875314008?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26meid%3D701f318adab94959a2d6235b58b79c81%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D352875314008%26itm%3D352875314008%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2060778&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507 <https://www.ebay.com/itm/352875314008?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26meid%3D701f318adab94959a2d6235b58b79c81%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D352875314008%26itm%3D352875314008%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2060778&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507> If it's legit, I might be interested. But I saw nothing of that nature on the GnuCash site. Thanks for the reply, Neal Lewis On 1/11/22 8:08 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: HI, All we distribute for MAC is the DMG. Make sure you download it in "binary" form. If you have a poor internet connection, I am sure that someone could write it to a CD for you and ship it to you, but it is not a "service" that we generally provide. -derek On Tue, January 11, 2022 8:15 pm, W. Neal Lewis wrote: Does GnuCash have an install DVD for Macintosh? I am running Mojave and would like to try GNUCash on my computer. The download that I did, did not seem to install correctly. Thank you for your help. wnlewis ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] No install is needed
Thank you Alton. I will do what you recommended. Neal Lewis On 1/11/22 7:34 PM, Alton Brantley wrote: 1. Download the Mac software from Gnucash.org You will get a DMG file which you then open 2. Create a directory named “gnucash” in your /Application folder 3. Drag the contents from the opened DMG file ( which should contain a number of files, but in particular one named Gnucash) to the /Applications/gnucash folder 4. Close and dismount the DMG file 5. Click on /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash After it starts, in the dock, the icon will show up. I suggest right-clicking and keeping the link in the dock for easy access Don’t save your data file on the Desktop or in Documents, but save the data file in a folder Documents/gnucash The appliccation keeps versions of the data file and a lock file in the save directory. --Alton Brantley ___ 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.
[GNC] Does GNUCash have an install DVD for Macintosh?
Does GnuCash have an install DVD for Macintosh? I am running Mojave and would like to try GNUCash on my computer. The download that I did, did not seem to install correctly. Thank you for your help. wnlewis ___ 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.
