vouchers in gnucash

[Daniel Tudosie]

Yes you are probably right: the simple way to do it is to keep their
value (in dedicated accounts, of course...) instead of their number.
I just wanted to see in an account that I have n vouchers not the value
of n vouchers (n * nominal value); this way I would prevent keeping in
the "voucher account" fraction of a voucher.

Anyway, thanks !

Regards,
Daniel


On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 14:58 -0400, Ludovic Nicolle wrote:
> I'd agree with Nils here. Unless I am wrong, your vouchers are not a 
> separate currency, they are entirely tied to your home locale currency.
> 
> They have a redeeming value, thus they can be treated as a cash 
> equivalent, although maybe in a separate account.
> 
> You might disagree or not see the relation with your question, but the 
> way you present it is similar to treating each bill denomination as a 
> separate currency, so for example you would have the "20$ bills" 
> currency, and the "100$ bills" currency. You would ask "why? those are 
> not a different currency, they are in (say) US dollars, they belong 
> together in the USD accounts."      In my view of your problem, the 
> vouchers have a similar role. They are "18.95$" bills of some sort, if 
> you want.
> 
> Unless their rate to your usual currency can vary, i dont, see why you 
> should create another currency.
> 
> Just my 2-cents worth voucher ;-)
> 
> Ludo (and i didn't post on the list cause my email address is not 
> recognized by the listserver, sorry about that)
> 
> 
> On Jun 30, 2005, at 14:52, Nils Jeppe wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Daniel Tudosie wrote:
> >
> >> Which approach do you think is the most appropriate ?
> >
> > I'd probably simply use a normal account for them. If you get the 
> > vouchers from somewhere - your employer, your relatives as a gift, 
> > whatever - also define an "income" account for them and transfer the 
> > amount over when you get a new one; if you "cash in" on a voucher 
> > simply transfer from the voucher asset account to the correct expense 
> > account.
> >
> > No idea if this is correct but it's probably the easiest way to do it.
> >
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