2017-09-15 GnuCash IRC logs
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03:10:49 <gjanssens> .
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07:50:38 <christopherlam> gjanssens: how does "Income & GST Statement" within "Income & Expense" menu sound ?
07:53:08 <gjanssens> christopherlam: good
07:53:36 <gjanssens> christopherlam: I'm currently debugging the set_selectable errors we see in the transaction report.
07:53:57 <christopherlam> \m/ rock on! \m/
07:54:12 <gjanssens> I think it's not something your changes introduced, they only amplified it. So I want to fix the root cause.
07:54:47 <christopherlam> this sounds painful
08:00:39 <gjanssens> It took me a while but I think I found what's causing this. Fixing that however triggers other issues. I'm probably breaking some assumptions in other locations...
08:00:47 <gjanssens> So the hunt goes on.
08:00:55 <gjanssens> I have to leave for a while though...
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17:13:49 <marusich> If I never reconcile my expense accounts, are there any ramifications I should be aware of? For example, is it possible that if I don't reconcile my expense accounts, GnuCash might display confusing information to me somewhere?
17:14:30 <marusich> It seems to me that because I have no statements for my expense accounts, there is no need to reconcile them.
17:14:54 <warlord> What would you reconcile them against?
17:15:12 <warlord> (generally you only need to reconcile Asset and Liability accounts)
17:15:26 <marusich> Nothing, so I don't think it's an issue... I'm just looking for confirmation that it won't be a problem if I leave that reconcile column with a bunch of "n"s in it.
17:16:50 <marusich> It won't cause reports to look confusing if I don't reconcile my expense accounts, right?
17:17:22 <marusich> I'm totally new to GnuCash, so I'd just like to make sure I "do the right thing".
17:21:11 <warlord> Nope. No issues
17:21:20 <marusich> Cool, thank you for confirming my understanding!
17:23:18 <marusich> I've noticed that when I transfer money from one account to another, the date of the transaction is different on the different statements. This is understandable, since each financial institution perceives the transaction at different times. Is there a "best practice" for recording the date in my books? Right now I'm just recording the date I initiated the transaction, and I'm not changing it even if the transaction date is a
17:23:18 <marusich> few days off according to my financial institutions.
17:24:04 <marusich> The same is true for all kinds of transactions...ATM withdrawals, credit card purchases, etc. I presume most people just don't worry about the dates being a little off, as long as they're included in the relevant statement period.
17:37:18 <christopherlam> marusich: you're absolutely right, we don't typically need to make our books match the bank books. our books mean our record of events, on the date that we choose to record them.
17:55:04 <marusich> OK, that's what I figured. Thanks for responding!
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18:43:40 <fell> marusich, I use an interim current asset account money transfer between the 2 bank accounts
18:45:04 <marusich> fell, if you just have one intermediary account, doesn't that make it difficult to tell via reports where the money is actually flowing? Each transaction from one account to another would require 2 transactions, one in and one out of the intermediary account.
18:45:36 <marusich> What benefits does modeling it in that way confer?
18:46:29 <fell> exact dates and control over the transaction time.
18:47:38 <marusich> Does it make it easier to tell how much you're spending, etc.?
18:48:13 <fell> the cash flow report is between sets of accounts, so just include it on one side.
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18:50:19 <marusich> I see. I'm not sure I value knowing precisely which day a transaction occurred in a given account, as long as all other details of the transaction match what my financial institution's statement says. If I find that knowing the precise dates is helpful, perhaps I'll try modeling it that way. Thank you for the suggestion!
18:50:43 <fell> and an intermediate account "liabilities:written cheques" helped me to track a pending check.
18:52:39 <fell> and I dropped a bank, which was days slower than others.
18:54:35 <marusich> Something like that makes more sense to me, especially since some people might wait weeks before depositing or cashing a check.
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