GNUCash feature wishes

Zeno R.R. Davatz zdavatz at ywesee.com
Fri Aug 15 12:35:29 CDT 2003 

Dear Derek
Dear Developers
Hi List

1. VAT-Expense
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I am half new to GNU-Cash, I am slowly changing from my proprietary Software to GNU-Cash. One thing I am chewing at the moment is how to add up all my different VAT-Expense-Accounts to one sum. I want one account that shows me only my VAT-Expenses say for each quarter. I have two VAT-Expense-accounts one for 7.6% VAT and one for 2.4% VAT. And I would also like a Total. This Total I do not have to pay to may goverment but I can deduct it from my VAT-Income.

2. VAT-Income
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When I write bills I always have to add the VAT of 7.6% separately. That VAT I then have to give to my government at the end of every quarter. I would like to add up all my VAT-income to one account.

The VAT_Income-VAT_Expense account should give me the amount I owe to the government ;-)

3. Depreciation
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Does GNUCash handle depreciation (German: Abschreibung) in any ways? I would like to have a feature where I can enter depreciations to every account where I have goods/hardware that depreciate over the years. I normally have one account for every depreciable good/piece-of-hardware (whatever) in my Activa.
If I enter a depreciable good into my existing accounting software I does several steps automatically for me:

1. Creates new acount for the good (ie. Aktiva:Server Withie)
2. It deducts the VAT to the VAT-Expense-Account as the VAT is not depreciable.
3. It deducts the correct amount of my Aktiva:Server Withie _account according to the time period I entered; ie: Withie-Server has to be depreciated to 0 until 21.8.2005

Like this I have a perfect 'balance-sheet' at the end of the year ;-)) and I can show my Bookkeeper how great my accounting Software is.

4. Customising the invoice
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I figured out how to customise my invoice to my own look and feel - unfourtunately I can not customise the text yet without going into the code. 
What I did not figure out is how to make those settings my default settings. Everytime I make a new bill I have to choose the layout of my invoice again (Logo, witch Text should appear on the invoice, etc.).
What would also be nice is if I could add a starting invoice number, that automatically counts upwards after every invoice I print. This saves me time of typing my invoice number.

I am willing to contribute to above features _financially.

If you like you can give me estimates on every user story and tell me how long that would take to implement in ideal programming hours ('user story' as described in extremeProgramming.org).

Thanks for any Feedback.

Zeno

On 15 Aug 2003 09:39:54 +0100
Aldous Everard <aldous at hypercubesystems.co.uk> wrote:

> If you reply to all, then your messages will be posted on the mailing
> list as well as coming to me.  That will probably help you get more
> responses, which in this case would be a good thing, as I think I've run
> out of ideas (I'm new to the whole thing myself too) ;-).
> 
> Hope somebody else may be able to help
> Aldous
> 
> On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 18:04, Zeno R.R. Davatz wrote:
> > On 14 Aug 2003 17:52:53 +0100
> > Aldous Everard <aldous at hypercubesystems.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > I think tax tables may help. Are you using these?  If I understand you
> > > correctly you want to put VAT already paid on purchases into negative
> > > liability accounts.  if you set one up for 7.6% going to one account,
> > > and another for 2.4% rate of tax, so
> > > 
> > > Liabilities _ VAT _ Input __ 7.6% Rate
> > >                           |_ 2.4% Rate
> > > 
> > > have a feeling this is only half the story, but I've got a bus to catch.
> > Thanks yes I done this. But now I would like to push a button and give a time frame for a quarter and then I would like to know the amount I owe to the government.
> > 
> > Any hints?
> > 
> > tia
> > Zeno
> > 
> > > 
> > > Good luck
> > > Alodus
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 16:01, Zeno R.R. Davatz wrote:
> > > > Ok thanks.
> > > > 
> > > > But I still do not understand or know how to add up all my accounts with VAT of 7.6% to one account, that just gives me the VAT. At the moment I just have singel accounts for every item that got a different VAT.
> > > > 
> > > > tia
> > > > Zeno
> > > > 
> > > > On 14 Aug 2003 14:37:09 +0100
> > > > Aldous Everard <aldous at hypercubesystems.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 13:18, Zeno R.R. Davatz wrote:
> > > > > > Thanks for the hint.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > What I did not find out so far is, how I can sum up all my different expense accounts that have VAT and then extract only the VAT I have to pay to my government?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > TIA
> > > > > > Zeno
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ah, yes, the UK VAT return box numbers are:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 1 - VAT due in this period on sales and other outputs
> > > > > 2 - VAT due in this period on aquisitions from other EC Member States
> > > > > 3 - Total VAT due (sum of boxes 1 and 2)
> > > > > 4 - VAT reclaimed in this period on purchases and other inputs (inc.
> > > > > aquis. from the EC)
> > > > > 5 - Net VAT to be paid to Customs or reclaimed by you (Diff. between
> > > > > boxes 3 and 4)
> > > > > 
> > > > > 6 - Total value of sales and all other outputs excluding any VAT.
> > > > > Include your box 8 figure
> > > > > 7 - Total value of purchases and all other inputs excluding any VAT.
> > > > > Include your box 9 figure
> > > > > 8 - Total value of all supplies of goods and related services, excluding
> > > > > any VAT, to other EC Member States
> > > > > 9 - Total value of all aquisitions of goods and related services,
> > > > > excluding any VAT, to other EC Member States
> > > > > 
> > > > > phew, that should tie it together hopefully.  The answer to your
> > > > > question is box 5
> > > > > 
> > > > > Aldous
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 14 Aug 2003 12:46:19 +0100
> > > > > > Aldous Everard <aldous at hypercubesystems.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:02, Zeno R.R. Davatz wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi List
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I am new to GnuCash.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > My question is:
> > > > > > > > Does GnuCash have any functions to support VAT on an account basis? In Switzerland you have different VAT taxes (2,4% and 7.6%). I would need to set the VAT-Tax for each account separatly. I also need this function for my quaterly payments to the government ;-(
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Thanks for your feedback.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Zeno
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I recently set up accounts with VAT (in the UK), which seem to work so
> > > > > > > far.  I had very little idea when I started setting them up, but used
> > > > > > > this thread which was current at the time:
> > > > > > > http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2003-July/007414.html
> > > > > > > It stood me in good stead, so I recommend having a look at it.
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Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

Zeno Davatz
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