2016-02-04 GnuCash IRC logs

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15:30:55 <CharlesIC> what's the easiest way to track mileage in gnucash?
15:30:58 <CharlesIC> by miles instead of a price?
15:31:23 <CharlesIC> i have something sort of ugly now, but it keeps messing with imbalance
15:34:54 <warlord> CharlesIC: I can't imagine how gnucash could do that.
15:35:05 <warlord> Track it as value, not distance.
15:35:12 <CharlesIC> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Deduction-for-Mileage-td1431031.html
15:35:18 <CharlesIC> well, the problem is the value can change
15:35:32 <warlord> Feel free to put distance into description ... and then in value you can say <distance>*<current-year-value/mile>
15:35:33 <CharlesIC> and at tax time, it generally asks how much mileage
15:35:47 <warlord> Actually, no, it does not change within a tax year.
15:35:54 <CharlesIC> never said within
15:36:25 <warlord> you implied it by "the problem is the value can change"
15:36:39 <CharlesIC> no, i didn't imply that. i never said nor implied anything about "within a year"
15:36:48 <warlord> When you are entering in a transaction you *know* the value. and that value will never change.
15:36:59 <CharlesIC> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Deduction-for-Mileage-td1431031.html
15:37:11 <CharlesIC> this discusses the risk of doing it this way
15:37:55 <CharlesIC> well, what has worked for me is just putting miles in the withdrawel column, and linking it to expenses auto mileage
15:38:00 <CharlesIC> however, that populates "imbalance"
15:38:04 <CharlesIC> so i'd like to get around that
15:38:14 <CharlesIC> and not have an "imbalance"
15:38:17 <warlord> You need a transfer account
15:38:25 <CharlesIC> yeah, i cant think of the best way to do that
15:38:29 <warlord> Imbalance implies you created an non-balanced transaction
15:38:31 <warlord> Income
15:38:35 <warlord> Or expense
15:38:37 <warlord> or equity
15:38:40 <warlord> or... wherver.
15:38:50 <warlord> Ask your accountant
15:38:51 <CharlesIC> so i put them in expenses:auto:mileage
15:38:57 <CharlesIC> however, im not sure where they'd transfer from
15:39:13 <CharlesIC> warlord, this is more a gnucash thing. in my tax software, it asks how many miles. that's why im tracking miles
15:39:21 <CharlesIC> i don't need to deal with how many cents per mile, etc
15:39:42 <CharlesIC> it only wants to know how many miles, so i was wondering the most efficient way to track that in gnucash
15:39:53 <warlord> This isn't a gnucash problem. mileage by itself isn't a financial construct.
15:40:26 <CharlesIC> well, the IRS seems to think so, because for S Corps, it asks "how many miles"
15:40:29 <CharlesIC> thanks anyways, bye
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