Re: [GNC] Newby questions opening accounts

2021-01-15 Thread Geoff
Hi Peter, and welcome to the GnuCash world. Q1. The recommended practice is to create an Equity::Opening Balances account and use that as the contra-account for all your opening balance entries. It won't be a problem doing this after you have started entering other transactions, just choose

[GNC] Newby questions opening accounts

2021-01-15 Thread Peter S. Shenkin
Hi I've recently volunteered to take over as treasurer of a non-profit. The previous treasurer was keeping his accounts with a different (tty-based) system and I wanted to try Gnucash instead. 1. After having set up my accounts, I looked at the documentation and saw that Opening Balances are

Re: [GNC] Upgrade from portable 2.6 to 4.4

2021-01-15 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 15, 2021, at 3:24 PM, W. Michael Schoel via gnucash-user > wrote: > > I am presently using GnuCash Portable 2.6.19 on win-10 and am attempting to > upgrade to GnuCash Portable 4.4 which is already installed and with the > accounts transferred from the older version. The accounts

[GNC] Upgrade from portable 2.6 to 4.4

2021-01-15 Thread W. Michael Schoel via gnucash-user
I am presently using GnuCash Portable 2.6.19 on win-10 and am attempting to upgrade to GnuCash Portable 4.4 which is already installed and with the accounts transferred from the older version. The accounts are all empty and all my attempts to transfer the entry data have failed. I am concerned

Re: [GNC] Login error

2021-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That has snagged me more than once even typing stuff in. It is a poorly designed page. Regards, Adrien On 1/15/21 3:47 PM, David H wrote: Ha Ha, well spotted - should have clicked on the next button down to update my options - I blame Lastpass as it's prefilled every user name/password on the

Re: [GNC] Login error

2021-01-15 Thread David H
Ha Ha, well spotted - should have clicked on the next button down to update my options - I blame Lastpass as it's prefilled every user name/password on the website :-) Thanks David H. On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 at 07:39, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > That would be

Re: [GNC] Login error

2021-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That would be attempting to get a list of all registered users and their e-mail addresses. Of course, it requires admin privileges... Regards, Adrien On 1/15/21 3:14 PM, David H wrote: Derek, See below, seems to be https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/roster/gnucash-user Cheers David H.

Re: [GNC] Login error

2021-01-15 Thread David H
Derek, See below, seems to be https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/roster/gnucash-user Cheers David H. Error*gnucash-user roster authentication failed.* -- gnucash-user list run by gnucash-user-owner at

Re: [GNC] Login error

2021-01-15 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Fri, January 15, 2021 3:28 pm, d16...@gmail.com wrote: > I am trying to login but I keep getting > > gnucash-user roster authentication failed. Where are you trying to login? > I am sure that I am using the correct password > > > > Peter > Please remember to CC this list on all your

Re: [GNC] Login error

2021-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I just logged in without issue. The login page (after entering your e-mail address) has a reminder feature at the bottom. It will e-mail your password to you. Regards, Adrien On 1/15/21 2:28 PM, d16...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to login but I keep getting gnucash-user roster

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
No worries. And I understand the explanation. Thanks. Regards, Adrien On 1/15/21 2:11 PM, John Ralls wrote: Sorry Adrien, my ISP bounced the list cc so you get to see this twice. On Jan 15, 2021, at 10:13 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: the devs seem to take the approach that it is

[GNC] Login error

2021-01-15 Thread d16pmg
I am trying to login but I keep getting gnucash-user roster authentication failed. I am sure that I am using the correct password Peter ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to

Re: [GNC] Set up

2021-01-15 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 1/15/21 8:23 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Most people might prefer to put files they create in a "documents" directory. /In other words, you might under documents create a folder with a name like gnucash-data and use THAT as a place to store your gnucash data./ / / /If all the

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread John Ralls
Sorry Adrien, my ISP bounced the list cc so you get to see this twice. > On Jan 15, 2021, at 10:13 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > the devs seem to take the approach that it is extremely rare for customers to > also be vendors and/or employees, or all three. From personal mom & pop small

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread R. Victor Klassen
The reason it matters that it is not revenue is that in this jurisdiction there is a subsidy based on reduction in revenue during COVID-19. The neighbour’s ability to sell was severely hampered so we helped out. Before the pandemic we were not selling anything for him, nor did we have an

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 1/15/21 7:25 AM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: The mechanism looks like this: customer orders from our online store (typically) some items of ours and some of the neighbour’s. Branding is clear on the store. Twice a week we deliver orders. On that day or the one before, we inform the

Re: [GNC] Changing end date on a saved report config option

2021-01-15 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
No way for us to know what you are doing wrong, but it SHOULD work. You run the report << wrong end date shows up >>  You then use Edit +> Report Options and then the "general" tab. You should see there a way to specify start and end dates. If you were doing it this way, remember you have to

Re: [GNC] Set up

2021-01-15 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
Most people might prefer to put files they create in a "documents" directory. /In other words, you might under documents create a folder with a name like gnucash-data and use THAT as a place to store your gnucash data./ / / /If all the files you create are somewhere in the documents folder,

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread R. Victor Klassen
> On Jan 14, 2021, at 10:48 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > The usual "I am not an accountant and this is not accounting advice" applies > here. The following is simply how *I* would approach this: > And I’m not really asking about accounting, more the GnuCash mechanisms. > Some

Re: [GNC] UK specific: MTD - Making Tax Digital

2021-01-15 Thread Samantha Payn
If this is relevant to someone running a small business in the UK then I'm interested. -- Samantha Payn [1]www.boorertranslations.com http://www.proz.com/profile/947767 [2]https://uk.linkedin.com/in/samanthapayn On 15/01/2021 11:19 Alain D D Williams <[3]a...@phcomp.co.uk> wrote:

Re: [GNC] UK specific: MTD - Making Tax Digital

2021-01-15 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 03:26:01AM -0600, chr...@floatdene.com wrote: > Hi, > > Is anyone interest in having a MTD bridge for GnuCash for VAT submissions? I > have developed a bridge and would be happy to integrate it with GnuCash if > there is still any interest. That would be of interest to