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Questions tagged [gnucash]

For questions related to the GnuCash personal and small-business financial-accounting software freely licensed under the GNU GPL. As this is a personal finance site, questions about usage of the software are preferred over technology-related questions.

GnuCash has good documentation which can help answer many questions about its usage.

Furthermore there are:

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How to fix Finance::Quote to pull quotes in GnuCash

I made the jump from Jumsoft's Money app to GnuCash a while back. It appealed to all my OCD tendencies. I don't know how to use Perl, or stuff of the sort, but with detailed instructions I manage to get things done... when I can find them. I set up…
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Is it possible to add your own currencies or other "countable entities" in GnuCash?

I'm trying to track the income and expenses of an essence that is not listed as any pre-defined GnuCash currency (say, bubble gum stickers, number of calories or air temperature). Is it possible to add new entity type and do accounting of that…
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Gnucash: Tags/ Multi-category

This is a question about if a certain feature exists of how other users "do it": Can I attribute different or multiple cost centers to a transaction? Example: I went on holidays and paid a flight. I book the flight at the "mobility" expenses because…
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Is it possible to track meter readings in GnuCash?

I'd like to keep the record of, for example, water and electricity consummation. Is it possible to properly implement a pseudo-account in GnuCash to store the meters' readings? Even more, having the current electricity cost and the delta between…
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Gnucash: Add new column for bookings

Is there a way to add a custom column for accounts in gnucash, so that I can add special information to bookings like: "Who added the entry?" or "What is the date of the bill?" I could input this information to the "description" field, but that…
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GnuCash: How to sum "search result" entries?

Is there a simple way in GnuCash to sum "search result" entries, or would one need to build some sort of "custom report"?
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How does GNUCash calculate "profits"

At the bottom is a summary bar, which shows "Net Assets" and "profits". I'm slightly baffled at what GNUCash thinks profits are, since it seems to be different than "net worth".
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GnuCash and version control

I'm starting to organize my accounts more and gnucash seems like a good program to use. If possible, I would like to use version control for my repository (with git, for example) so that I have backups and can edit the file on multiple computers. …
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Gnucash category structure for funds distributed across multiple bank accounts

In Gnucash, what is the best way to structure category accounts which will hold funds distributed across several bank accounts? In Canada we have Tax Free Savings accounts which return more interest than regular savings accounts, but they have a…
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Unable to retrieve quotes in the modern GnuCash with Alpha Vantage

I have a problem getting currency and symbol quotes in GnuCash. When I open Tools - Price Database and click Get Quotes, in several seconds I see a dialog with the following text: Unable to retrieve quotes for these items: CURRENCY:CNY …
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Gnucash extension to generate interest entries

I often find myself manually entering interest (and according tax) entries for savings accounts in gnucash. Is there a plugin or extension available where I can enter the initial value, the interval and the interest (and tax rate) as well as the run…
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gnuCash: Selling a car

I bought an old car two years ago for 4000$. Now I am selling it for 2000$. Meanwhile I had much repairs which exceeded all the prices. Determining the value of such an old car is hard. Once upon a time, I put the following transaction of 4000$ into…
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Handling multiple currencies in GnuCash

I started using GnuCash when I used in Germany and hence I have a whole EUR structure in my database (Aktiva, Anfangszustand, Aufwendungen, Ertraege, Fremdkapital). Later, I moved to the US. I created a new gnuCash database for that (US Assets, US…
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How do I track an interest free loan I made in GNUCash? How do I track payments against that loan?

I use GnuCash for my personal accounting since 2008. As I am not a native English speaker, I struggle with the understanding of some GnuCash manual terms and explanations that I do not use in my daily life. I do not use credit cards and any form of…
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Recurring non-scheduled transactions in GnuCash

Does GnuCash have a similar mechanism to MYOB where a transaction can be made into a template for posting when needed? I can see a transaction can be made into a template for automated scheduled posting, but can't see how to "post now". I've just…
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