[GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

[Adrien Monteleone]

Consider as well, another software package entirely to handle quotes, 
proformas, invoices, AR even.

Then export the resulting accounting data to GnuCash to complete your books.

(the same goes for investment tracking)

If you weren't doing your own accounting, you'd be using the other 
software anyway for those purposes and then giving your accountant the 
end result. And their software wouldn't likely be capable of generating 
those documents or managing customer accounts or managing investments, 
but just keeping the books and generating reports.

In short, you are wearing many hats that are often worn by several 
distinct individuals using distinct software, and thus you may have to 
use multiple apps to suit your needs.

Regards,
Adrien

On 12/28/22 1:50 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 at 02:01, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On 12/27/22 6:43 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
>>> I am still getting used to this software.  I don’t find it the most
>>> intuitive piece of software, but it will be beneficial to me. The other
>>> gripes that I have, are not ones that the developers want to fix
>>>
>>> 1) Can not generate a quote
>>
>> I recall this being considered for version 5.0 due out next Spring, but
>> I haven't checked the status on the feature lately. Meanwhile, create
>> invoices for printing/e-mailing, but do not post them. Edit them either
>> within GnuCash or some other editor to indicate they are 'Quotes'. (a
>> quote is not a transaction and should never be posted to your books)
> 
> 
> I believe that the next invoice then has a number one higher than it would
> otherwise have. That would break the requirements here that invoices are
> consequently numbered.
> 
>>
>>> 2) Can not generate a proforma invoice
>>
>> A bit trickier to implement, though it might be part of the above
>> change. As I noted, I haven't looked at the progress in some time. Maybe
>> check Bugzilla to find it and chime in on making it part of the feature,
>> or file a separate bug for it. (might already be filed too, I'm not
>> certain)
> 
> 
> I thought that the developers were against this, stating it’s not part of
> accounting. But it would be so very useful to small companies.
> 
> 
>> 3) No direct support for cryptocurrencies
>>
>> That isn't likely to happen for some time for special reasons. GnuCash
>> sticks with 'official' currencies. If any crypto are added to that list
>> by the governing bodies, they should auto-appear available in GnuCash.
>> In the meantime, there are of course work-arounds.
> 
> 
> Governing bodies are often slow to react, or have their own agendas. I know
> of an IEEE standard for antenna measurements that says a chart recorder
> should be used, despite people people use computers nowadays for data
> acquisition and have done for decades.
> There are
> 
> 1) large companies such as NewEgg accepting crypto
> 
> https://kb.newegg.com/knowledge-base/using-crypto-on-newegg/
> 
> 2) PayPal, that has millions of users - far more than any crypto exchange.
> I don’t know how much is bought or sold on PayPal, but they keep pushing
> it. Their fees are very high
> 
> https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/crypto
> 
> 
> 3) Charities accepting it.
> 
> 4) Depending upon what side of the bed Elon Musk gets out, Tesla will or
> will not accept it.
> 
> 5) Legal tender in at least one country.
> 
> 6) I don’t know if Sage accepts crypto, but there’s plenty about it on
> their website
> 
> https://www.sage.com/en-gb/blog/tag/cryptocurrency/
> 
> It seems a matter of when. NOT IF, other mainstream software packages
> support crypto.
> 
> 
> Regards,
>> Adrien
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
>