Re: [GNC] Mortgage & Loan Repayment schedule tool

2020-01-11 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 1/11/20 1:52 PM, Don Ireland wrote: > Thanks. I really understood that -- there are lots of variables that can > alter the interest versus principal portions of rhe payment (such as thr > payment was processed at the bank on the 15th but you entered it into the > system on the 20th. You

Re: [GNC] Mortgage & Loan Repayment schedule tool

2020-01-11 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 1/11/20 12:26 PM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > Do not fault the tool if it does not agree with the bank. I have > written these things. There are simply too many assumption about how > to do the calculation, where to round off, etc. << I ended up with a > fancy version that allowed

Re: [GNC] Mortgage & Loan Repayment schedule tool

2020-01-11 Thread Dale Alspach
I found the wizard confusing for setting up the escrow. I suggest using the wizard to set the principal and interest payment approximately. Then either edit the scheduled transaction created or add a separate scheduled transaction to handle the escrow account. The escrow is an asset. There should

Re: [GNC] Mortgage & Loan Repayment schedule tool

2020-01-11 Thread David Carlson
Don, I think that the mortgage tool should not have a problem with fixed amount lines like escrow. There must be extra lines in the SX transaction that was created by the tool. You can manually edit that SX transaction after it has been entered once into the register or alternatively in the SX

Re: [GNC] Mortgage & Loan Repayment schedule tool

2020-01-11 Thread Don Ireland
Thanks. I really understood that -- there are lots of variables that can alter the interest versus principal portions of rhe payment (such as thr payment was processed at the bank on the 15th but you entered it into the system on the 20th. You now have 5 extra days of interest). But

Re: [GNC] Mortgage & Loan Repayment schedule tool

2020-01-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
Do not fault the tool if it does not agree with the bank. I have written these things. There are simply too many assumption about how to do the calculation, where to round off, etc. << I ended up with a fancy version that allowed instructions where to adjust that could get agreement to a penny

Re: [GNC] (GNU) How to Transition to a New Year

2020-01-11 Thread Richard Claeys
Thank you, Adrien, for the prompt and reassuring reply. Based on your guidance, we'll just stay the course and keep adding to the current file. We're retired and use GnuCash in place of Quicken to track household spending and organize our taxes. Now retired, we have simplified our investment

Re: [GNC] Difficulty in migrating Gnucash to second computer

2020-01-11 Thread Geert Janssens
Op zondag 5 januari 2020 23:17:42 CET schreef Stan Brown: > On 2020-01-05 08:33, boldstripe wrote: > > You can show the 'file path' of a Gnucash file, that is the location on > > your hard drive directory structure, if it is one of the 'recently > > opened' ones listed under the main File menu.