Re: [GNC] Tracking Unrealized Capital Gains

or.com/taxes/ Even having my own spreadsheet for estimated tax, I found this one helpful in confirming that my own spreadsheet for estimated taxes was correct. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] Tracking Unrealized Capital Gains

event at some future time. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-23 14:57, David Warren wrote: > I have been using gnucash for almost a year and have a fairly sophisticated > set of personal accounts, with lots of investment (asset) accounts. > > Basically, I

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

ike many of us, I looked at several other accounting systems before settling on GnuCash. I owe a very large debt of gratitude to John Ralls and all the developers. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-u

Re: [GNC] Consolidated billing of two credit cards

t;debit" and "credit" to match how things are on _their_ books, which is exactly opposite to how they are on the consumer's books. The transaction I would enter is: Debit to My Credit Card #1: $400 Debit to My Credit Card #2: $600 Credit to My Bank Account: $1000 Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA

Re: [GNC] Account types "Bank" and "Cash"

Thanks, Adrien! Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing something. I'm not using the informal labels and, as you noticed, not using GnuCash reconciling either. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-07-02 12:38, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > At the least, the informal lab

[GNC] Account types "Bank" and "Cash"

Technical Reference manual. Maybe I didn't pick the optimum words or phrases for my search. Could someone point me at the right section? Or are account types Cash and Bank just informational, and GC doesn't treat them any differently from generic Asset? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://Bro

Re: [GNC] Balance sheet totals showing zeros?

Ken, thanks for taking the time to give us that detailed report of the resolution. I'm sure it will help people who have a similar problem in the future and search the archives for a solution. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-06-29 09:22, Ken McEvoy wrote: > Tha

Re: [GNC] Imbalance Records with zero amounts

To be clear, you're talking about accidentally hitting the enter key instead of the Tab key when moving between fields, right? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-06-26 17:04, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > > As you know, double-entry bookkeeping requires every trans

Re: [GNC] Credit and Debit Columns in Journal View

e balance. When you make a payment or return a purchase "for credit", it is indeed a credit to that account on the bank's books, but it is a debit to that account on your books. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-use

Re: [GNC] General Ledger Report Request

On 2024-06-13 14:04, John Ralls wrote: > The one thing we can’t do is pagination, it’s not something that HTML is > capable of. HTML as such, you're correct. But CSS is capable of formatting pages, though my attempts in non-GnuCash contexts didn't come out well. Stan Brown Tehachapi, C

Re: [GNC] GC now only opens a report

imes I run GC, and would prefer not to have it open automatically -- as long as when it does open, its configuration is the same and I don't have to re-expand all account levels, set up columns again, and so forth. If memory serves, 2.6.19 _did_ preserve the configuration. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA,

Re: [GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

the bug tracker and ask to > add the ability to set the tab color for the General Journal. (or give > it an ID or class to expose it for CSS styling) > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 6/11/24 10:26 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> I've never used GTKInspector, and to be

Re: [GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

mple_ way to color the General Journal tab. :-) You answered that, "not in the UI." I've never used GTKInspector, and to be honest I don't think the minor victory of coloring that tab would justify the time I'd spend in learning curve. Again, thanks for confirming that I didn't miss somethi

Re: [GNC] GC now only opens a report

Do you not have the Accounts tab? If you do, open any account and enter transactions. As an alternative, you might use Tools,,>General Journal to open the journal and enter transactions. If those things are not present, you might try closing the report -- not GnuCash, just the report. S

[GNC] Color tabs: General Journal

? I looked at the preferences and right-clicked here and there, but couldn't find anything. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscr

Re: [GNC] Easier way to print to PDF

rt the report (shows up as an > .html) and open it with Microsoft Edge and save it as a PDF. Well, you _could_ do that, if you like extra steps. But there's really no reason to involve any browser, let alone Edge. Excel opens HTML files just fine, as I posted this morning. Stan Brown

Re: [GNC] Manipulating data extracted from gnucash to Excel

Open the report in Excel and _then_ do your copy and pasting. (You probably want Edit » Paste Special » Values, keyboard Alt+E, S, V.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-05-19 17:35, David Long wrote: > Hi > I mean copy paste from a gnucash report. > Rgd

Re: [GNC] Saved Reports accross several PCs

hapi Symphony, I prefixed each report name with either "TSO_" or "SB_" so that I could easily select the one I wanted, and I had no need to create an extra user account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-

Re: [GNC] Manipulating data extracted from gnucash to Excel

ontains currency symbols -- again, the dollar sign is the only one I've tried. Maybe that's different in other currencies? Please give us more information about what you're doing and what error message you get. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] Transferring Gnu Cash Data to New Computer

asier just to click File then hover the mouse over the filename in the file list. GC will show the full path. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preference

Re: [GNC] Account Hierarchy

en Tag": > Use the custom transaction report at > https://github.com/dawansv/gnucash-custom-reports?tab=readme-ov-file#tag-prefix Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

Re: [GNC] New account

rected the windows to come up on a different monitor, so it > never occurred to me to check. Thanks for letting us know the solution, Gary, and I'm glad it's working for you. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mail

Re: [GNC] New account

always to say which version of GnuCash you're using, and which operation system and version. That's _especially_ important when you're reporting a problem. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@

Re: [GNC] can't open files

USB stick? If so, make sure it is connected before you open GC. Do you by any chance have your GnuCash data files on an encrypted drive? If so, make sure that you have activated decryption before you open GC Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ _

Re: [GNC] Recommend Accounting Books

plate? GnuCash itself gives you the option of adopting a "starter" set of accounts, which you can then customize to your specific situation. See "New Account Hierarchy Setup" in the Guide. Best wishes for good fortune in your business! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMat

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

On 2024-04-09 09:55, R Losey wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 8:42 AM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) > mailto:stan%2...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: > On cash basis, it's not an expense until it's paid. Therefore, _nothing_ > is recorded until the payment date after the

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

le check"; see <https://www.bankrate.com/banking/checking/how-long-is-a-check-good-for/> I don't know the legal position if the payee could have cashed the check but for no compelling reason waited to do so until it became stale. Are you obliged to write a new check to replace the stale one, or is

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

s "The act of writing a check on a bank account in an amount in excess of actual funds on deposit in the account and then depositing that check in a second account at a different bank to create a spurious deposit there, allowing checks to be drawn, or credit secured, based on the second ac

Re: [GNC] Recording transactions (date)

the cash basis or accrual basis. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-us

Re: [GNC] Find account

On 2024-03-30 07:28, Fred Tydeman wrote: > Thank you. That worked. > I was trying to use Ctrl-F while in Chart of Accounts. While in the Accounts pane you don't need to "use" anything. Just start typing a part of the name you're looking for. (It doesn't need to be the beginni

[GNC] Surprising error messages

missing and that I should correct? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com* 07:51:29 WARN [gnc_spawn_process_async()] Could not spawn perl: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory) * 07:51:29 ERROR <> gnc_process_get_fd: assertion 'proc' failed * 07:51:29

Re: [GNC] Help

someone else today. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-03-17 16:10, Anon20x via gnucash-user wrote: > Please unsub me from the list, thankyou. > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >

Re: [GNC] gnucash suggestions

made".) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ On 2024-03-17 14:36, J. A. Harris wrote: > On 3/17/24 15:54, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >> Your lack of accounting and understanding of the history of double >> entry is confusing you. ... > .. >> Thus

Re: [GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant

opposed to manually tweaking the amounts) is never to buy multiple taxable items in the same transaction. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferen

Re: [GNC] Bill total does not match real total

method to calculate sales tax; it just doesn't match the legally acceptable method that Amazon used. You could file a GnuCash enhancement request asking for the tax tables to include "tax by item" or "tax by subtotal". Or you could ask Florida to mandate one method or the other, not

Re: [GNC] Bill total does not match real total

uot;vendor software problem", but the mathematical issue that Michael Novack alludes to. If that's not what you're doing, what exactly is not matching to what? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

Thanks for writing, but nothing changes in the display, whether I hold down the mouse button or not. But see David H's screen shot, sent a few minutes ago. That shows many currencies, but everything in my book is in US$, so I suspect that's why I don't get anything in the drop-down. Stan Brown

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

Thanks. Maybe it's because everything is in US dollars in my books. I see from your screen shot that it gives you different currencies to choose from, but that wouldn't apply to me. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-02-24 15:12, David H wrote: > Stan, > > Thi

Re: [GNC] Net Assets

to click to change what's displayed in that bar. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-02-24 11:36, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > the bottom ticker net asset displays multiple accounts, from the drop down > select Grand total then it will show you the net asset as per your b

Re: [GNC] Removing Scheduled Transaction From a Closed Year

> delete? Sure. 1. Click Action » Scheduled Transactions » Scheduled Transaction Editor. 2. Click one of the scheduled transactions you want to delete, and click the Delete button. 3. Repeat step 2 as many times as necessary. As for the transactions that have already fired, you're going to hav

Re: [GNC] New user error

> On 2/8/24 12:41 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> On 2024-02-08 08:59, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you >>> can make edits and add new transactions. The view is filtered by default >

Re: [GNC] New user error

> not sticky. It was not sticky in 2.6.19, but it is sticky in 4.14 if you tick the box when creating the filter. If you're using 5.x, is it sticky there? If not, the bug should probably be reopened or a new bug filed. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https:

Re: [GNC] Import CSV settings location

On 2024-02-07 07:01, Mark at Lorimark wrote: > Can you click on Help->About and does it show the various paths in use? That's a nice feature, and I never knew it was there. Thanks for posting! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMa

Re: [GNC] GNUCash 5.5

lts will not be as you expect and you'll get immensely frustrated. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.o

Re: [GNC] Multiple Fiscal Years

hat accounting period is a per-user preference, not a File » Properties preference. I suppose you _could_ create additional user accounts, and have a different accounting period ("tax year") in each, but then there's no automated way to synchronize all the other preferences, report layouts, and

Re: [GNC] Advanced portfolio report picking up wrong price

On 2024-02-03 09:16, Dan O'Brien wrote: > I’ve attached a screen shot of the report Please try again. You need to _attach_ the image, not _embed_ it. (If you can see the actual image in your message before you hit Send, you have embedded it rather than attaching it.) Stan Brown Tehachapi,

Re: [GNC] SX

. In 4.14 I found I have to click once on a date; just hovering isn't enough. Maybe it's the same in whatever version you're running? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

On 2024-01-21 17:04, Myron A Schroeder wrote: > when I used the icon to > call up GNUCash, the data file was vacant. A search on the the hard drive > found it and the data was displayed as usual. Neat. Or, in the File menu, click one of the recently-used files in the numbered list. S

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

a 1.3 MB file added to the mailing list's archives. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-19 09:23, Simon Roberts wrote: > Well, that's one possibility I suppose. > > Is this not a feature that would find fairly widespread use? Indeed, is it > not a featur

Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

Well, I don't have any skin in the game, since both my computers have 64-bit Windows. It just seems a pity to shut out the minority who have 32-bit Windows. But that's a development decision, so I won't keep harping on it. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-18 20:21

Re: [GNC] Windows x64 release builds are missing

that the original poster's argument in favor is that 32-bit programs have been around for a long time. While that's true, it doesn't seem to me like any reason to abandon them. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-18 13:30, John Ralls wrote: > An x64 build will work only on 64-

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

e transaction or more than two. (It is of course possible to have a transaction that has but one split, with amount equal to zero. I do it as a way of making a memo that isn't tied to any financial transaction, for instance the number of miles I drove for charity in a given month. GnuCash has no problem with th

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

29 transactions of two splits each. There are no formulas, however. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucas

Re: [GNC] End of Year?

. But after archiving that snapshot, what's the problem with just continuing to use the original of the file that copied into the archive? That's what I've been doing since 2018, and it seems to work just fine. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-13 14:29, David Carlson

Re: [GNC] Budget car payment

has been posted many times on this mailing list. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listi

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

ollars.) So it sure looks like formulas work. Again, maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue the person was talking about. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update you

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

ransaction fires you'll have a split for Imbalance. You can then change that to the desired account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to un

Re: [GNC] new accounts are omitted from reports

d come up with a clear and simple rule for GC to follow that wouldn't have bad results in some cases. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to un

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

provided, you can Ctrl+C copy a file on one side and then Ctrl+V paste it on the other. Not as intuitive as drag-and-drop, but serviceable. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

ows 10 in a VirtualBox without a Windows product key, during my three-step upgrade from 2.6.19, using the Windows 10 reference above. I haven't tested the Windows 11 procedure, but it's from the same source, one that is usually reliable. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] How is "auto asset transfer" used in an asset account?

nced searches a few years ago. Some of them, yes. The plus sign and the quote marks no longer work as advertised, for instance. But "site:" still works, at least for now. I use it all the time. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com __

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

a volunteer testing on "real" GC. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

t know where to begin. If the programmers could give some guidance -- "test this version that fixes bugs X and Y", I could do that, and in the course of exercising the test version for the stuff I normally do in GC I could report any new bugs I noticed. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA

[GNC] Copying Windows error messages (was: Gnu cash Version 5.5 error message)

- usually works for me. Not 100%, but usually. The only way to find out if it worked in a given instance it to try to paste it into some text area with Ctrl+V. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnu

Re: [GNC] Accounting Period Change issue

period is a setting, not data. Changing the accounting period changes the rules for processing the data, but the underlying data (your transactions) are unchanged. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@

Re: [GNC] Balance column Lost

t because sometimes we _want_ to make a column disappear. Adrien's suggestion appeals to me: add a menu item to restore default widths of all columns. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To up

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 5.5 Windows - included Net Worth Linechart report now crashes the UI

ed to wait for a custom reply. <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ> Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lis

Re: [GNC] Balance column Lost

n the sum of the other column widths exceeds the window's width.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucas

Re: [GNC] Nice to Have?

scheduled transaction that is scheduled to fire in the future. Upon opening GC, if Grace is actually getting transactions popping up that are not supposed to fire today, I wonder if perhaps she has set them to repeat every day. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA

Re: [GNC] Nice to Have?

d ___ days in advance" are both unchecked (unticked), so that the transaction is not created before its assigned date, and there's no advance reminder. I suppose it's possible to tick either or both boxes and leave the number of days at zero, the default, but since they're not ticked by default i

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

panel doesn't "capture" Ctrl+Alt+PgUp. When I press that combination, it takes me to the next register tab. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription pre

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

On 2023-12-12 17:19, Glenn Fowler wrote: > Another keyboard shortcut you may find useful is CTRL + ALT + PAGE UP/DOWN > will cycle through your tabs. Indeed yes! Thanks, Glenn! (I'm terrible with a mouse, so I try to do absolutely as much as possible with the keyboard.) Stan Brown Teh

Re: [GNC] Easier way to jump to specific tab/register in main window

st; I've just tried it. > See also the /GnuCash Guide/, section 2.3.5 Tab Bar > <https://cvs.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/basics-interface1.html>. > This mentions the menu (a "list of tabs"). Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _

Re: [GNC] Business Income Statement: manipulating Cost of Goods sold (Eric Chapman)

umn in the Accounts panel, then double-clicking in that column for the first account, entering the code, and repeating for each account in turn. That also makes it easier, by keeping the context on screen at all times during the numbering process. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] Search not working

ter, GC will search only within that register. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu

Re: [GNC] UI Problem with 4.14

figuration files are here: <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations> and there's also a Linux-specific diagram here: <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Diagrams_-_Linux> Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-u

Re: [GNC] Why or why not to do year-end closing journal entries? (Close Books?)

line anyway. I don't have Liz's contact info, but sent John a request. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-12-04 17:48, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: > > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > > On 2023-12-04 17:29, Eric C

Re: [GNC] Why or why not to do year-end closing journal entries? (Close Books?)

umn, though, because for Asset and Liability and Net Worth you never close the books anyway: the relevant total is always the total of transactions since Day Zero. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-

Re: [GNC] Advise me please: go up to 5.4.2 or stay at 4.13?

point, I've found that entering transactions the same day works well for me. That way things are fresh in my mind and I'm less likely to forget to enter cash purchases. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Navigation through chart of accounts: shortcuts or bookmarks?

the account name matching is recalculated from the beginning each time you type another character. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or t

Re: [GNC] closing accounts

Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-11-28 13:51, Elmar wrote: > How do you actually CLOSE but not delete an account, so that no new > transactions can ever be posted to it, i.e. mark it as read only? Yes, that's right. The GnuCash word for a read-only a

Re: [GNC] Can I find transactions into an account that has only one split?

person-instead-of-the-list problem, would cause some other problem. I can't remember what that problem was, but as far as I can recall everyone accepted that it would be worse than people having to learn to remember to send replies to the list. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMa

Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions

on the cash basis. Even the IRS will let you use either basis, though I don't know anyone who uses the accrual basis for _individual_ income taxes. Apart from some very small businesses, almost every business uses the accrual basis. GnuCash makes it easy to use the accrua

Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions

of my credit cards give me cash back on purchases. (Since the bonus categories on two of my cards change periodically, I do have to keep track of which card I should use on a given transaction, which can be a nuisance.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/

Re: [GNC] noobie question about split transactions

ransaction isn't in Imbalance, I'm confident that you can find it by the Ctrl+F procedure. After you've found your transaction, edit the Imbalance line to the desired account and amount of your next split. (You can't delete the Imbalance split while you're in the Imbalance register. The same is tr

Re: [GNC] linking pre-existing assets with liabilities

Thanks very much for posting your solution. That will be helpful for future people who have a similar question. And even for folks like me who may not need it right now, still it's interesting! Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-11-16 16:39, AP wrote: > On Fri, Nov

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

ondered about this too, with one change of detail: I'd like to change the default for Find to "Description, Notes, or Memo". Is there any way, or is one under development? If not, I think I know how to enter a feature request. Stan Brown Tehachap

Re: [GNC] Additional 'Accounts' columns not being saved on closing program

meaning I have to re-select them for each session. > > Whilst this is not the end of the world - obviously, it is > annoying and any help in solving it would be appreciated. > On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 at 11:36, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) > wrote: >Check permissions on your .gc

Re: [GNC] Additional 'Accounts' columns not being saved on closing program

ooks, and according to <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations> USER_DATA_HOME is /Users//Library/Application Support. (On OS X 10.6 and older, replace Application Support with Applications Defaults. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___

Re: [GNC] Dealing with escrow account

BTW, GnuCash's loan wizard matched my amortization table perfectly. If there were really so many amortization methods out there, that would have been quite a remarkable coincidence. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mail

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transactions: Monday before the 4th Wednesday

trust GC to get the dates right. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-11-01 04:11, Kevin Buckley via gnucash-user wrote: > On Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 at 03:32, Stan Brown > wrote: >> Every month, I get a direct deposit two days before the four

[GNC] Scheduled Transactions: Monday before the 4th Wednesday

. Just in case I've missed something, is there any way to have the transaction appear on the right day (two days before the fourth Wednesday) and with that Monday date, not the Wednesday date? -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com

Re: [GNC] Struggling with column width

You may want to bookmark the FAQ list: <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ> The specific FAQ about column widths is <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F> That addresses how to recover a disappeared c

Re: [GNC] How to display account total with subaccounts in a report

u haven't thought about but, once you see them, you will decide to change them from the defaults, like the one that Murgan mentioned in response to your earlier message. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailin

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

e to call that "discretionary spending money", _especially_ the unrealized gains. While the _name_ Retained Earnings may not be appropriate for every entity, the _thing_ is, as far as I can see. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucas

Re: [GNC] scheduled transactions: simple or compound interest calculations in

e credit an account or credit to an account. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/li

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

On 2023-10-22 10:42, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I am also of the opinion that hiding or obfuscating terms and concepts > is not the solution. +1 It usually makes things harder not easier, as this very thread has illustrated at great length. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMa

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

ings, and select the columns you want to see. You probably want to keep the "Total" column as well, to show current balances for Assets, Liabilities, and Equity. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing lis

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

tion, but maybe you missed their messages. I know there's a lot of documentation. But start with section "I. The Basic Knowledge" in the Tutorial and Concepts Guide at <https://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=5=C=guide> The answer to your question is in that chapter. Stan

Re: [GNC] I need basic help

can be adapted to that use. Very well stated! I agree wholeheartedly. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.g

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