[GNC] Batch posting of foreign currency invoices

Samantha Payn samantha at boorertranslations.com
Mon Apr 6 02:30:12 EDT 2020


   Thank you, Adrien.

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   1. Re: Batch posting of foreign currency invoices

   (Adrien Monteleone)

   2. GNU 3.9 WIn 10 menus completely disconnected from app

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   3. Re: How To Set Tax Report Options (Adrien Monteleone)

   4. FW: GNU 3.9 WIn 10 menus completely disconnected from app in

   dual monitor mode ( [7]fciani at gmail.com)

   5. Re: How To Set Tax Report Options (Adrien Monteleone)

   6. Re: Badly formed URL (Bruce Irving)

   7. Re: How To Set Tax Report Options (D.)

   8. Re: How To Set Tax Report Options (D.)

   9. Re: How To Set Tax Report Options (Alex Aycinena)

   10. Re: How To Set Tax Report Options (Keith Fetterman)

   11. Re: GNU 3.9 WIn 10 menus completely disconnected from app in

   dual monitor mode (John Ralls)

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   That is an interesting problem.

   There isn’t a batch posting feature, so you still have to post them
   individually, but I can see how removing lots of extra clicks would
   help the workflow.

   Somewhere in the process, GnuCash needs to confirm with the user what
   the exchange rate will be. Outside of a separate batch posting
   function, I don’t see how this could be implemented presently. If a
   batch posting function were added, it should include an *option* to
   only confirm an exchange rate once per currency per run.

   Regards,

   Adrien

   On Apr 4, 2020 w14d95, at 9:09 AM, Samantha Payn <
   [11]samantha at boorertranslations.com> wrote:

   Hi Rob

   No, I'm not referring to importing bills. I issue invoices in various

   currencies. If I am issuing a number of invoices at once, all in the

   same currency which is not my own, I currently have to click ok for the

   currency conversion for each invoice when I post them, even if I post

   them all at once. Is there a way to OK the conversion rate for a number

   of invoices in a foreign currency all at once when they are posted

   together?

   Cheers

   Hi

   I upgraded to 3.9 on Wins 10. The app menu items do not appear in a

   drop-down. They are totally disconnected from the app off to the side.

   Not sure how this happened.

   Thanks

   Frank

   Sadly, it is one account at a time. (unless there is a trick I don’t
   know about)

   Regards,

   Adrien

   On Apr 4, 2020 w14d95, at 10:30 AM, Keith Fetterman <
   [12]keithfetterman at gmail.com> wrote:

   Is there documentation on how to set tax report options for multiple
   accounts? I am trying to set the income tax classifications (TXF
   Categories) for multiple expense and income accounts, but it doesn’t
   seem to be able to do more than one account at a time. Here is what I
   am doing.

   Set income tax identity to “Individual, Joint …”

   Select an expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   Select another expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   etc.

   When I return to a previous expense account, the Tax Related checkbox
   is unchecked and the TXF Category assignment is cleared.

   Do you have to run the “Tax Report Options” assignment separately for
   each account? By this I mean, perform the steps above for a single
   account then click the “OK” button to close the dialog?

   Thanks

   Keith

   I have an update - the menu items appear normal when the application is
   on

   my primary monitor. However, if the main app is on my secondary
   monitor,

   the menu items appear on the primary monitor.

   So there is an issue with the use of dual monitors.

   Frank

   From: [13]fciani at gmail.com < [14]fciani at gmail.com>

   Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2020 12:25 PM

   To: [15]'gnucash-devel at gnucash.org' < [16]gnucash-user at gnucash.org>

   Subject: GNU 3.9 WIn 10 menus completely disconnected from app

   Hi

   I upgraded to 3.9 on Wins 10. The app menu items do not appear in a

   drop-down. They are totally disconnected from the app off to the side.

   Not sure how this happened.

   Thanks

   Frank

   For this and other tax setup documentation see the Help @ § "10.5
   Setting Tax Report Options”:
   [17]https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/set-tax-options.html

   (Payer Name Source and Copy Number explained near the end)

   Regards,

   Adrien

   On Apr 4, 2020 w14d95, at 10:33 AM, Keith Fetterman <
   [18]keithfetterman at gmail.com> wrote:

   A follow up question related to using the "Tax Report Options” feature.
   What are the fields “Payer Name Source” and “Copy Number” used for?

   Thanks

   On Apr 4, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Keith Fetterman <
   [19]keithfetterman at gmail.com> wrote:

   Is there documentation on how to set tax report options for multiple
   accounts? I am trying to set the income tax classifications (TXF
   Categories) for multiple expense and income accounts, but it doesn’t
   seem to be able to do more than one account at a time. Here is what I
   am doing.

   Set income tax identity to “Individual, Joint …”

   Select an expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   Select another expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   etc.

   When I return to a previous expense account, the Tax Related checkbox
   is unchecked and the TXF Category assignment is cleared.

   Do you have to run the “Tax Report Options” assignment separately for
   each account? By this I mean, perform the steps above for a single
   account then click the “OK” button to close the dialog?

   Thanks

   Keith

   OK.  The Experimental report shows the customer name on the entry
   mentioned.Now, it is saying one was not processed as it has
   (Quote)Invalid Txn Type(/Quote).  This was a transaction that I had
   recorded manually to the old AR account then,later, corrected it by
   entering an invoice from the old AR account.

   Bruce Preach the Gospel wherever you go. If necessary, use words.

   On Saturday, April 4, 2020, 9:50:19 AM MDT, Christopher Lam <
   [20]christopher.lck at gmail.com> wrote:

   The aging report cannot handle payments unattached to a customer or
   vendor. Try the experimental aging report instead.

   On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, 11:17 pm Bruce Irving via gnucash-user, <
   [21]gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

   The above is a screenshot of Receivables Aging.  The Company name was
   blank.  When I clicked on the amount, it showed that it was a badly
   formed URL.  I have tracked it to a customer that wanted an amount owed
   him to be put on account.Ideally, this would show his name.Should I
   delete the payment and create a new one.This occurred on 3.8 Flatpak
   Peppermint 10 on an Acer Laptop.  (I have since upgraded to 3.9
   Flatpak.)Thanks.

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   There is one exception I know: you can set an account and all its
   children to the same TXF category. Otherwise, Adrien is correct.

   David T.

   -------- Original Message --------

   From: Adrien Monteleone < [25]adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>

   Sent: Sat Apr 04 21:56:32 GMT+05:30 2020

   To: Gnucash Users < [26]gnucash-user at gnucash.org>

   Subject: Re: [GNC] How To Set Tax Report Options

   Sadly, it is one account at a time. (unless there is a trick I don’t
   know about)

   Regards,

   Adrien

   On Apr 4, 2020 w14d95, at 10:30 AM, Keith Fetterman <
   [27]keithfetterman at gmail.com> wrote:

   Is there documentation on how to set tax report options for multiple
   accounts? I am trying to set the income tax classifications (TXF
   Categories) for multiple expense and income accounts, but it doesn’t
   seem to be able to do more than one account at a time. Here is what I
   am doing.

   Set income tax identity to “Individual, Joint …”

   Select an expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   Select another expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   etc.

   When I return to a previous expense account, the Tax Related checkbox
   is unchecked and the TXF Category assignment is cleared.

   Do you have to run the “Tax Report Options” assignment separately for
   each account? By this I mean, perform the steps above for a single
   account then click the “OK” button to close the dialog?

   Thanks

   Keith

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   There is one exception I know: you can set an account and all its
   children to the same TXF category. Otherwise, Adrien is correct.

   David T.

   -------- Original Message --------

   From: Adrien Monteleone < [31]adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>

   Sent: Sat Apr 04 21:56:32 GMT+05:30 2020

   To: Gnucash Users < [32]gnucash-user at gnucash.org>

   Subject: Re: [GNC] How To Set Tax Report Options

   Sadly, it is one account at a time. (unless there is a trick I don’t
   know about)

   Regards,

   Adrien

   On Apr 4, 2020 w14d95, at 10:30 AM, Keith Fetterman <
   [33]keithfetterman at gmail.com> wrote:

   Is there documentation on how to set tax report options for multiple
   accounts? I am trying to set the income tax classifications (TXF
   Categories) for multiple expense and income accounts, but it doesn’t
   seem to be able to do more than one account at a time. Here is what I
   am doing.

   Set income tax identity to “Individual, Joint …”

   Select an expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   Select another expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   etc.

   When I return to a previous expense account, the Tax Related checkbox
   is unchecked and the TXF Category assignment is cleared.

   Do you have to run the “Tax Report Options” assignment separately for
   each account? By this I mean, perform the steps above for a single
   account then click the “OK” button to close the dialog?

   Thanks

   Keith

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   >

   >

   From: Keith Fetterman < [37]keithfetterman at gmail.com>

   To: GnuCash users group < [38]gnucash-user at gnucash.org>

   Cc:

   Bcc:

   Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 08:33:43 -0700

   Subject: Re: [GNC] How To Set Tax Report Options

   A follow up question related to using the "Tax Report Options” feature.

   What are the fields “Payer Name Source” and “Copy Number” used for?

   >

   See "Setting Tax Report Options" in Gnucash help manual:

   "For codes for which the "Payer Name Source" is not grayed, the payer
   on

   the TXF record will be based on what is specified here, either the
   account

   name of the account or the account name of the account’s parent
   account.

   This feature is typically used for interest accounts or stocks or
   mutual

   funds that pay dividends where the individual payees are shown on the
   tax

   schedule. For example, if the parent account’s name is the name of your

   broker and the sub-account’s names are the names of individual stocks
   that

   pay dividends and the name on the 1099-DIV received is that of the
   broker,

   in order to match that name, you would select ’Parent Account’; the
   total

   dividends from the broker would be exported and, if you had several

   brokers, there would be an amount exported and a subtotal for each
   broker,

   along with each brokers name. Alternatively, if you had a parent
   account

   named *Directly Held*, for example, and below it sub-accounts for one
   or

   more stocks, you would receive a 1099-DIV from the issuer of each stock

   separately and, in order to match that name, you would select Current

   Account; the total dividends from each stock would be exported and, if
   you

   had several stocks, there would be an amount exported and a subtotal
   for

   each stock, along with each stock’s name as the payer.

   Some tax Forms/Schedules need to have multiple copies filed under some

   circumstances (for example, Schedule C if a taxpayer and spouse have

   separate businesses). For tax categories on these Forms/Schedules, the
   Copy

   Number is not grayed out and can be used to segregate accounts by copy

   number."

   Thanks

   On Apr 4, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Keith Fetterman <
   [39]keithfetterman at gmail.com>

   wrote:

   >

   Is there documentation on how to set tax report options for multiple

   accounts? I am trying to set the income tax classifications (TXF

   Categories) for multiple expense and income accounts, but it doesn’t
   seem

   to be able to do more than one account at a time. Here is what I am
   doing.

   >

   Set income tax identity to “Individual, Joint …”

   Select an expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   Select another expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   etc.

   When I return to a previous expense account, the Tax Related checkbox
   is

   unchecked and the TXF Category assignment is cleared.

   >

   Do you have to run the “Tax Report Options” assignment separately for

   each account? By this I mean, perform the steps above for a single
   account

   then click the “OK” button to close the dialog?

   Unfortunately, you have to do them one-at-a-time. There is a
   long-standing

   feature request to allow them to be done in batches but it hasn't been

   implemented. At least it is just a big effort once at the beginning;
   once

   set up, ongoing maintenance is not as onerous. Note that, as it says in
   the

   manual,:

   "If the Income Tax features are used, it is strongly recommended that
   the Tax

   Info column be made visible on the accounts tab (click large

   downward-pointing arrow and select Tax Info check box). The Tax Info
   column

   will display the Form/Schedule and tax category (e.g., Schedule D
   Dividend,

   cap gain distrib.) assigned to an account, if any."

   This allows you to scan down the chart-of-accounts and see that all

   accounts that should be tagged are and that those that shouldn't be
   aren't.

   The whole US Income Tax feature is a bit cumbersome and needs to be

   re-implemented, but that is a big task.

   Thanks

   Keith

   >

   Regards,

   Alex

   Hi Alex,

   Thank you finding this. I dug deeper in the Gnucash help manual and
   found the sections that you referred to. Thanks for the clarification
   about the copy number. I’ve seen that used in TurboTax. It all makes
   sense.

   Keith

   On Apr 4, 2020, at 11:15 AM, Alex Aycinena <
   [40]alex.aycinena at gmail.com> wrote:

   From: Keith Fetterman < [41]keithfetterman at gmail.com <mailto:
   [42]keithfetterman at gmail.com>>

   To: GnuCash users group < [43]gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:
   [44]gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>

   Cc:

   Bcc:

   Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 08:33:43 -0700

   Subject: Re: [GNC] How To Set Tax Report Options

   A follow up question related to using the "Tax Report Options” feature.
   What are the fields “Payer Name Source” and “Copy Number” used for?

   See "Setting Tax Report Options" in Gnucash help manual:

   "For codes for which the "Payer Name Source" is not grayed, the payer
   on the TXF record will be based on what is specified here, either the
   account name of the account or the account name of the account’s parent
   account. This feature is typically used for interest accounts or stocks
   or mutual funds that pay dividends where the individual payees are
   shown on the tax schedule. For example, if the parent account’s name is
   the name of your broker and the sub-account’s names are the names of
   individual stocks that pay dividends and the name on the 1099-DIV
   received is that of the broker, in order to match that name, you would
   select ’Parent Account’; the total dividends from the broker would be
   exported and, if you had several brokers, there would be an amount
   exported and a subtotal for each broker, along with each brokers name.
   Alternatively, if you had a parent account named Directly Held, for
   example, and below it sub-accounts for one or more stocks, you would
   receive a 1099-DIV from the issuer of each stock separately and, in
   order to match that name, you would select Current Account; the total
   dividends from each stock would be exported and, if you had several
   stocks, there would be an amount exported and a subtotal for each
   stock, along with each stock’s name as the payer.

   Some tax Forms/Schedules need to have multiple copies filed under some
   circumstances (for example, Schedule C if a taxpayer and spouse have
   separate businesses). For tax categories on these Forms/Schedules, the
   Copy Number is not grayed out and can be used to segregate accounts by
   copy number."

   Thanks

   On Apr 4, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Keith Fetterman <
   [45]keithfetterman at gmail.com <mailto: [46]keithfetterman at gmail.com>>
   wrote:

   Is there documentation on how to set tax report options for multiple
   accounts? I am trying to set the income tax classifications (TXF
   Categories) for multiple expense and income accounts, but it doesn’t
   seem to be able to do more than one account at a time. Here is what I
   am doing.

   Set income tax identity to “Individual, Joint …”

   Select an expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   Select another expense account

   Click the Tax Related checkbox

   Select a TXF Category

   etc.

   When I return to a previous expense account, the Tax Related checkbox
   is unchecked and the TXF Category assignment is cleared.

   Do you have to run the “Tax Report Options” assignment separately for
   each account? By this I mean, perform the steps above for a single
   account then click the “OK” button to close the dialog?

   Unfortunately, you have to do them one-at-a-time. There is a
   long-standing feature request to allow them to be done in batches but
   it hasn't been implemented. At least it is just a big effort once at
   the beginning; once set up, ongoing maintenance is not as onerous. Note
   that, as it says in the manual,:

   "If the Income Tax features are used, it is strongly recommended that
   the Tax Info column be made visible on the accounts tab (click large
   downward-pointing arrow and select Tax Info check box). The Tax Info
   column will display the Form/Schedule and tax category (e.g., Schedule
   D Dividend, cap gain distrib.) assigned to an account, if any."

   This allows you to scan down the chart-of-accounts and see that all
   accounts that should be tagged are and that those that shouldn't be
   aren't.

   The whole US Income Tax feature is a bit cumbersome and needs to be
   re-implemented, but that is a big task.

   Thanks

   Keith

   Regards,

   Alex

   Could you try
   [47]https://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/maint/gnucash-3.9-2020-04-03-
   git-3.9-5-gbedc9631f+.setup.exe? MinGW64 upgraded gtk from 3.24.14 to
   3.24.16 two days after the 3.9 release.

   Regards,

   John Ralls

   On Apr 4, 2020, at 9:33 AM, < [48]fciani at gmail.com> <
   [49]fciani at gmail.com> wrote:

   I have an update - the menu items appear normal when the application is
   on

   my primary monitor. However, if the main app is on my secondary
   monitor,

   the menu items appear on the primary monitor.

   So there is an issue with the use of dual monitors.

   Frank

   From: [50]fciani at gmail.com < [51]fciani at gmail.com>

   Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2020 12:25 PM

   To: [52]'gnucash-devel at gnucash.org' < [53]gnucash-user at gnucash.org>

   Subject: GNU 3.9 WIn 10 menus completely disconnected from app

   Hi

   I upgraded to 3.9 on Wins 10. The app menu items do not appear in a

   drop-down. They are totally disconnected from the app off to the side.

   Not sure how this happened.

   Thanks

   Frank

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