gnucash-devel Digest, Vol 87, Issue 15 -- Reimbursable/non reimbursable expenses (Derek Atkins)

[Tom Bullock]

Derek, you said:

On 6/9/2010 12:00 PM, gnucash-devel-request at gnucash.org wrote:
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:51:54 -0400
> From: Derek Atkins<warlord at MIT.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Reimbursable/non reimbursable expences
> To: "William G. Lea P.E"<bill.lea at petroleumtechnicalassociates.com>
> Cc: gnucash-devel at lists.gnucash.org
> Message-ID:<sjmvd9se2kl.fsf at pgpdev.ihtfp.org>
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> Hi,
>
> "William G. Lea P.E"<bill.lea at petroleumtechnicalassociates.com>  writes:
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>    
>> I need to be able to handle reimbursable business expences. I need to
>> be able to charge milage and driving time against a specific job and
>> also be able to handle non reimbersable expences accumulating them for
>> tax purposes. How can I do this? Asection on this would be usefull.
>>
>> Thnaks
>>      
> This is really a question for gnucash-user.
>
> For reimbursible expenses you would put the "expense" into an asset
> account, and then when you get reimbursed it would be a transfer from
> the reimbursibles asset to your cash asset.  For non-reimbursible
> expenses you'd just use a regular expense account.
>
> As you sent this to the devel list, I look forward to seeing your patch
> that updates the documentation!
>    

I would like to learn the process of updating documentation and think 
that this issue would be a good one to start on,
assuming it already has not been done.

What are the steps of the patch process?  Where do I find how to 
proceed?  I assume it is part of the developer's list.

Since I have never done anything yet for GC, I am well aware I need to 
start small and carefully.  Let me know if my
offer works for all of you.

Tom Bullock