[GNC] Household monthly reporting

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

Not that I use it, but you might look at how you could use the budget features in GnuCash and combine them with a monthly budget report. 

⁣David T.​

On Sep 20, 2025, 10:55 AM, at 10:55 AM, Ed Greenberg <edg at greenberg.org> wrote:
>I'm trying to do a household monthly report. I've considered both the 
>income statement and the cash flow report. Here are my results:
>
>Income statement: Very good report, but doesn't include the principal 
>and escrow portions of my mortgage payment. Only the interest. So the 
>P&L doesn't tell me if I'm overspending.
>
>Cash flow report: I set this for my checking account. The cash flow in 
>and out shows what I spent out of my checking account, including 
>mortgage principal, interest and escrow,  but much of my spending was
>on 
>a credit card. I pay the entire credit card balance, so it shows up as
>a 
>cash flow item, but there is no itemization. If I were carrying a 
>balance, I'd have more of a problem using this to manage my spending.
>
>So what I want is a report of all my spending: credit card, checking 
>account, one liability debit (mortgage loan) and one asset debit 
>(mortgage escrow.) This would show me whether I had overspent my income
>
>or not, and by how much.
>
>Is this even possible?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ed Greenberg
>
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