Thanks Ross & David C
On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 3:43 PM David Cousens
wrote:
> Edit->Preferences->Accounts->Labels make sure "Use formal accounting
> labels" is checked.
>
> On Wed, 2024-10-02 at 13:25 -0400, David Warren wrote:
>
> Chris's actual question was important to me.
>
> Does the code ac
Edit->Preferences->Accounts->Labels make sure "Use formal accounting
labels" is checked.
On Wed, 2024-10-02 at 13:25 -0400, David Warren wrote:
> Chris's actual question was important to me.
>
> Does the code actually do something different for different 'types'
> of
> assets/liabilities? If so
Yup!
Edit -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Use formal accounting labels
(Which I found by tracing the code from the table of debit strings upwards,
and found a test against GNC_PREF_ACCOUNTING_LABELS)
Ross
On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 12:26 PM David Warren wrote:
> Chris's actual question was importan
As the GnuCash help page suggests, not all assets are equal, in that there
exists different levels of asset liquidity.
One use of this is the presentation of assets on the balance sheet. The greater
the liquidity of an asset, the closer to to top the asset is listed.
Personally in GnuCash I ass
Chris's actual question was important to me.
Does the code actually do something different for different 'types' of
assets/liabilities? If so, what?
Given the answer, is there a way to turn off all of that Increase/Decrease
stuff and have gnucash simply say Debit/Credit in all headings instead, f
The question was not a theoretical one, it was a practical one. I agree,
theoretically, you would expect GC to treat all AssetClass accounts the
same. In fact, in object-oriented coding, it's best practice to have a
parent class that you'd derive the child classes from, so that association
is enfor
Brook Milligan wrote:
> Is it really the case that the _only_ impact of account type is to change
> the headings in the GUI?
>
Wll, not completely. The actual question was "how does GnuCash treat
accounts (like Cash, Bank, or Credit) differently than the base accounting
type account (Asset
Perhaps I'm being overly dense here...
Cash, Bank Accounts, etc are sub-elements of Assets.
So certainly, GnuCash treats assets the same - an asset is an asset.
But once you divide assets up - in any way - you are treating them as
different things... therefore,
"Is 'Cash on Hand' an asset?" - Ye
Is it really the case that the _only_ impact of account type is to change the
headings in the GUI?
Cheers,
Brook
> On Oct 2, 2024, at 9:29 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> wrote:
>
> Thanks for this, Ross. I asked a similar question in July, but your look
> into the code gave a much better an
Thanks for this, Ross. I asked a similar question in July, but your look
into the code gave a much better answer than I got.
It would be very nice if this information can be added to section 2.8.2
of the Tutorial and Concepts manual.
Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com
On 2024-10
To give R their due, they did say:
> I think GnuCash may use different labels for the columns (if you are not
> using formal accounting terms of "debit" and "credit")
>
Which is a less than definitive answer, but is on the right track.
Ross
On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 6:41 PM Chris Miller via gnuca
Hi R,
>> >> Isn't that just a bit like stating that "your brother is a person, and
>> >> your
>> >> wife is a person, so what's the difference? They are all persons?" I would
>> >> suggest that there is a difference .
>> Yes. Exactly. What is it? -- not your biology ridicule, but the original
>
So, answering the question. Internally, GnuCash has an enumeration
GnuAccountType, which that drop down is populated from. There are
conditionals all over the code that switch based on the account type. One
significant one for answering your question (Cash vs. Bank or any other
Asset account, Credi
On 10/1/24 10:31, R Losey wrote:
On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:23 PM Chris Miller via gnucash-user
wrote:
Hi Stephen and R,
>> Isn't that just a bit like stating that "your brother is a
person, and your
>> wife is a person, so what's the difference? They are all
persons?" I wo
On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:23 PM Chris Miller via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> Hi Stephen and R,
>
> >> Isn't that just a bit like stating that "your brother is a person, and
> your
> >> wife is a person, so what's the difference? They are all persons?" I
> would
> >> suggest t
Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com
On 2024-10-01 09:44, Chris Miller via gnucash-user wrote:
> * How do "Cash", "Bank" and "Asset" accounts different from each other?
> They are all assets ...
> * How do "Liability" and "Credit Card" accounts different from each
> oth
Hi Stephen and R,
>> Isn't that just a bit like stating that "your brother is a person, and your
>> wife is a person, so what's the difference? They are all persons?" I would
>> suggest that there is a difference .
Yes. Exactly. What is it? -- not your biology ridicule, but the original
question
> On 10/01/2024 9:44 AM PDT Chris Miller via gnucash-user
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> These are GnuCash questions; not accounting questions:
>
>
> * How do "Cash", "Bank" and "Asset" accounts different from each other?
> They are all assets ...
> * How do "Liability" and "Credi
On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:12 PM Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> On 10/1/24 10:04, R Losey wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 11:44 AM Chris Miller via gnucash-user <
> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> These are GnuCash questions; not accounting questions:
> >>
> >>
> >>
On 10/1/24 10:04, R Losey wrote:
On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 11:44 AM Chris Miller via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
Hi Folks,
These are GnuCash questions; not accounting questions:
* How do "Cash", "Bank" and "Asset" accounts different from each
other? They are all assets
On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 11:44 AM Chris Miller via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> These are GnuCash questions; not accounting questions:
>
>
> * How do "Cash", "Bank" and "Asset" accounts different from each
> other? They are all assets ...
> * How do "Liabil
Hi Folks,
These are GnuCash questions; not accounting questions:
* How do "Cash", "Bank" and "Asset" accounts different from each other?
They are all assets ...
* How do "Liability" and "Credit Card" accounts different from each other?
They are all liabilities ...
Are these disti
Am 24.01.2019 um 01:32 schrieb Michael or Penny Novack:
> On 1/23/2019 10:25 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>> Yep, I’m one of those. I track every expense, entered from *where* I
>> spent the funds. So if the money was the green folding kind (or coin)
>> out of my wallet or pocket, I have an account
On 1/23/2019 10:25 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
Yep, I’m one of those. I track every expense, entered from *where* I spent the
funds. So if the money was the green folding kind (or coin) out of my wallet or
pocket, I have an account for that. If I move money to/from my wallet, I track
that too
Yep, I’m one of those. I track every expense, entered from *where* I spent the
funds. So if the money was the green folding kind (or coin) out of my wallet or
pocket, I have an account for that. If I move money to/from my wallet, I track
that too. And I routinely reconcile the amount. (no report
Lorrie,
John's suggestion will work.
Assuming of course that you spent this cash, then you create transactions of
some sort that move this cash to some expense account. John's technique will
work, although it doesn't provide any information about how you have spent the
money.
I try occasionall
> On Jan 22, 2019, at 7:24 PM, Lorrie Laskey wrote:
>
> Looking over my accounts, I see a Cash account with what looks like every
> cash transaction I have ever made going back 4 years. Since I don't track
> my cash, it is a negative balance and is skewing the balance of my overall
> accounts.
Looking over my accounts, I see a Cash account with what looks like every
cash transaction I have ever made going back 4 years. Since I don't track
my cash, it is a negative balance and is skewing the balance of my overall
accounts.
Do I need to track this and if not, how do I delete it without de
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