[GNC] CSV Import Reconciled field

[Gyle McCollam]

I just wanted to confirm what David told you, credit cards are always a liability because it is money you owe to someone.  Being an accountant, I can tell you that is always the correct way to record the transaction.  You should debit the expanse account (Groceries, Gas (Fuel), etc.) and credit the credit card account.  Then when you get the credit card statement, you can reconcile that to the liability account (credit card) and record any receipts you may have missed during the month.

Thank You,
Gyle McCollam

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From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 10:00 AM
To: Ove Grunnér <write2ove at gmail.com>
Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] CSV Import Reconciled field

Hello Ove,

Your procedure is very creative and I hope we can solve your problem.  I
believe that the CSV importer should respect the desired state of the
reconciliation flag, so the fact that it does not is a problem in my
opinion.

First, your problem may be the result of a recent bug in the CSV import
that may or may not be resolved in the current GnuCash release 4.8.
However, to help track it down, please tell us what release you are using,
your operating system, and the installation type(e.g. Distro, Flatpak,
compiled) .

Second, technically, credit cards are always considered to be liabilities
in accounting applications.  I realize that you are not following
technically correct accounting procedures, and your procedure works for you
(at least it did earlier), but you may run into problems if you try to
balance bank account payments against credit card bills later.  Thus, I
suggest trying to modify your procedure to follow accounting conventions.

We look forward to hearing from you.



On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 6:19 AM Ove Grunnér <write2ove at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hello, all
>
> I am in the process of changing from QIF import to CSV import of data and
> have encountered a difference in the functionality that I am trying to
> understand better in order to make it compatible with my own process, or
> change my own process to suit the functionality.
>
>
> My Account Structure is in principle:
>
> Asset:Credit Card
> Asset:Card Receipts
> Expenses:Various Expense accounts
>
>
> My process to date have been to Scan all receipts and based on the file
> names of each receipt, [ e.g. 20211231_VISA CARD_000009.99_EUR_Place of
> Sale_Category or Transfer Account_Note ] I then generate a QIF file and
> import all receipts this way to [Asset:Card Receipts] in gnucash.
>
> For bank and credit card statements I have then converted the statements I
> download from Online to QIF format, and then I import these QIF files to
> GnuCash, where the Account is always [Asset:Credit Card], and the transfer
> account is always [Asset:Card Receipts]
>
> As such, "Card Receipts" should always be Zero in the long run,
> if it is positive I am missing a receipt, and if it is negative the
> purchase has not yet showed up on my Credit Card.
>
> I then have a report that shows all Non-Reconciled transactions in
> [Asset:Card Receipts]
> When Card statement and Receipts match, I manually click the R column to
> set state to Reconciled.
> I find this very easy to work with, as I decide the Expense category when I
> name the receipt, and I can very easily reconcile it to make sure All Card
> Expenses are tracked this way.
>
> Recently in order to get Stock Transactions to import properly I had to use
> CSV format to import transactions, and in order not to have to import both
> QIF and CSV files, I decided to change receipts and Card Statements to CSV
> also.
>
> The problem I have now is that when I import any transaction using CSV it
> always is set to "Reconciled" on import.
> I tried to set the "Reconciled" field in the CSV Importer dialog, but it
> seems it is ignoring the reconsoiled information on import.
> Quote from GnuCash documentation: "Note that "reconciled" in this context
> does not mean the same as "reconciled" in the process of reconciling an
> account to an external statement. The reconciliation status of an imported
> transaction is set to cleared (c) on import of a new transaction "
>
> So the question is, without completely changing my process, is there a way
> to force csv imports to show up as Not-Reconciled after import?
> Some other way of achieving the definition of each receipts expense
> category separate to the import process and an easy way of ensuring all
> transactions on the statement has a receipt or similar confirmation of
> correctness.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice.
>
> Kind regards Ove.
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