Re: [GNC] Downloading Finance: Quote for Mac

2020-03-22 Thread Adrien Monteleone
What is the trouble you are running into? Which MacOS version? Did you read over this page in the wiki? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Installing_Finance::Quote_on_macOS Regards, Adrien > On Mar 21, 2020 w12d81, at 3:54 PM, Kevin Byford wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm trying to

[GNC] Downloading Finance: Quote for Mac

2020-03-22 Thread Kevin Byford
Hello, I'm trying to download Finance:Quote for mac and I'm running into some trouble. I've read the user guide section on this and I'm still lost. The guide mentions that I can email if I'm still having issues so I'm hoping someone can provide some assistance. I'd appreciate any help you can

Re: [GNC] Contingency Funds was: Re: How to record Personal income tax ?

2020-03-22 Thread David Cousens
Hi Long Yes, the transaction when you pay tax is as follows Dr Cr Asset:Bank:Checking 1000 Liability:Tax 1000 to pay the tax and Liability:Tax

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash for cash-basis charity/fund accounting?

2020-03-22 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 3/22/2020 5:27 PM, Edward Bainton wrote: Thank you all for these responses: very helpful indeed. It does indeed sound like GnuCash will do the job, with some gentle 'hacks' for our particular needs. I guess my only remaining question is how long it takes to learn it. I'm a bit of a geek

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash for cash-basis charity/fund accounting?

2020-03-22 Thread Edward Bainton
Thank you all for these responses: very helpful indeed. It does indeed sound like GnuCash will do the job, with some gentle 'hacks' for our particular needs. I guess my only remaining question is how long it takes to learn it. I'm a bit of a geek (who on opensource freeware isn't?) and will

Re: [GNC] gnucash v.3.8 Reconciliation

2020-03-22 Thread Alan Auerbach
Dear John, Thank you for getting back to me. Now I understand. I changed the date to "Today" assuming I run the report immediately after doing the reconciliation. I removed the Reconciliation Date column for clarity and now I have a perfectly understandable report. THANK YOU! With your

Re: [GNC] gnucash v.3.8 Reconciliation

2020-03-22 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Indeed, the OP was about the report. I’m not sure where my brain was. Sorry for the noise. Regards, Adrien > On Mar 22, 2020 w13d82, at 12:17 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > Adrian, > > I believe Alan is talking about the Reconciliation Report and not about > the Reconciliation function.

Re: [GNC] How to start a new GC file for a new year?

2020-03-22 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 3/22/2020 2:42 AM, David Carlson wrote: A technique which has been mentioned in the past but not recently is to designate a backup file copy made at the same time as the year end reports as the final copy for the year. This could be manually marked read only by your file manager software.

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash for cash-basis charity/fund accounting?

2020-03-22 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
I will make this simple. If you know how you would do this the old fashioned way, pen and ink on paper, then you can do it using gnucash. Using cash basis is easy provided you aren't invoicing (the business features assume accrual basis). The only complication I can see is the "donor

Re: [GNC] Contingency Funds was: Re: How to record Personal income tax ?

2020-03-22 Thread Long
Hello Adrien Monteleone-2, I understand what you mean by using liability instead using "Contingency Fund". But, Should i record the transactions WHEN my Liability:Tax = 1200, and at the end of the year, i just need to pay tax 1000 ? I will return that money back to my liability in december ?

Re: [GNC] Using GnuCash for cash-basis charity/fund accounting?

2020-03-22 Thread Long
Hello, I'm not a professional or accounting, But i wondering that Why you don't use Gnucash and Spreadsheet at the same time ? Like me. Create a spreadsheet with name, date, amount, where they are sending money to, example : January, Peter, 3000$, paypal .. It's can be whatever you want. Using

Re: [GNC] How to start a new GC file for a new year?

2020-03-22 Thread David Carlson
A technique which has been mentioned in the past but not recently is to designate a backup file copy made at the same time as the year end reports as the final copy for the year. This could be manually marked read only by your file manager software. David Carlson On Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 11:08 PM