sql-ledger-users

Jargon and codes

[Gordon H. <gha...@ma...>]

A couple of questions.

1) Is there a link (reference) to all the jargon used in SQL-Ledger?
   I assume this is accounting jargon, and not SQL-Ledger specific.
   For example, COGS.

2) Most of what my company is going to sell can be called consulting,
   and probably most of my expenses will be things like office
   supplies.  I know consulting has a code, and I would be surprised
   if office supplies didn't have a code (or two).  But how does one
   go about finding or picking a code for something else?  I have a
   couple of minor revenue streams, one where I will pass on costs
   (plus a markup) for registering an IP domain and another for passing
   on monthly rents on a IP domain (web site).  To me, this doesn't
   really seem like codes 1530/4030/5030.

Gord

Re: Jargon and codes

[Anders W. <aw...@kr...>]

Gordon Haverland wrote:

>A couple of questions.
>
>1) Is there a link (reference) to all the jargon used in SQL-Ledger?
>   I assume this is accounting jargon, and not SQL-Ledger specific.
>   For example, COGS.
>
I don't know if there is a reference of termes used in SQL-ledger. I 
think a reference could sort things out, especially for us not used of 
american/canadian (?) accouting. But COGS is a common accounting term 
that is spelled out: Cost Of Goods Sold.

>
>
>2) Most of what my company is going to sell can be called consulting,
>   and probably most of my expenses will be things like office
>   supplies.  I know consulting has a code, and I would be surprise
>   if office supplies didn't have a code (or two).  But how does one
>   go about finding or picking a code for something else?  I have a
>   couple of minor revenue streams, one where I will pass on costs
>   (plus a markup) for registering an IP domain and another for passing
>   on monthly rents on a IP domain (web site).  To me, this doesn't
>   really seem like codes 1530/4030/5030.
>
There is a accounting standards board for every country, that gives us 
some differences in accounting principles. You have to check out what 
conventions there is for the authorities that you are reporting to. (or 
give us some hint where in the world you are :-)

regards
Anders Wallenquist

Re: Jargon and codes

[Dieter S. <dsi...@sq...>]

In Canada and US you are free to choose the account numbers and
description to best describe your business. The Default chart of account
is basically a bare bones chart of accounts.


Dieter Simader    http://www.sql-ledger.org   (780) 472-8161
DWS Systems Inc.     Accounting Software       Fax: 478-5281
=========== On a clear disk you can seek forever ===========

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Anders Wallenquist wrote:

> Gordon Haverland wrote:
> 
> >A couple of questions.
> >
> >1) Is there a link (reference) to all the jargon used in SQL-Ledger?
> >   I assume this is accounting jargon, and not SQL-Ledger specific.
> >   For example, COGS.
> >
> I don't know if there is a reference of termes used in SQL-ledger. I 
> think a reference could sort things out, especially for us not used of 
> american/canadian (?) accouting. But COGS is a common accounting term 
> that is spelled out: Cost Of Goods Sold.
> 
> >
> >
> >2) Most of what my company is going to sell can be called consulting,
> >   and probably most of my expenses will be things like office
> >   supplies.  I know consulting has a code, and I would be surprise
> >   if office supplies didn't have a code (or two).  But how does one
> >   go about finding or picking a code for something else?  I have a
> >   couple of minor revenue streams, one where I will pass on costs
> >   (plus a markup) for registering an IP domain and another for passing
> >   on monthly rents on a IP domain (web site).  To me, this doesn't
> >   really seem like codes 1530/4030/5030.
> >
> There is a accounting standards board for every country, that gives us 
> some differences in accounting principles. You have to check out what 
> conventions there is for the authorities that you are reporting to. (or 
> give us some hint where in the world you are :-)
> 
> regards
> Anders Wallenquist
> 
> 
> 

Re: Jargon and codes

[Kal K. <lan...@cy...>]

A fairly good tutorial on accounting can be found here
http://www.onlinewbc.org/Docs/finance/bkpg_acct.html#intro

Lando

Dieter Simader wrote:

> In Canada and US you are free to choose the account numbers and
> description to best describe your business. The Default chart of account
> is basically a bare bones chart of accounts.
>
> Dieter Simader    http://www.sql-ledger.org   (780) 472-8161
> DWS Systems Inc.     Accounting Software       Fax: 478-5281
> =========== On a clear disk you can seek forever ===========
>
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Anders Wallenquist wrote:
>
> > Gordon Haverland wrote:
> >
> > >A couple of questions.
> > >
> > >1) Is there a link (reference) to all the jargon used in SQL-Ledger?
> > >   I assume this is accounting jargon, and not SQL-Ledger specific.
> > >   For example, COGS.
> > >
> > I don't know if there is a reference of termes used in SQL-ledger. I
> > think a reference could sort things out, especially for us not used of
> > american/canadian (?) accouting. But COGS is a common accounting term
> > that is spelled out: Cost Of Goods Sold.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >2) Most of what my company is going to sell can be called consulting,
> > >   and probably most of my expenses will be things like office
> > >   supplies.  I know consulting has a code, and I would be surprise
> > >   if office supplies didn't have a code (or two).  But how does one
> > >   go about finding or picking a code for something else?  I have a
> > >   couple of minor revenue streams, one where I will pass on costs
> > >   (plus a markup) for registering an IP domain and another for passing
> > >   on monthly rents on a IP domain (web site).  To me, this doesn't
> > >   really seem like codes 1530/4030/5030.
> > >
> > There is a accounting standards board for every country, that gives us
> > some differences in accounting principles. You have to check out what
> > conventions there is for the authorities that you are reporting to. (or
> > give us some hint where in the world you are :-)
> >
> > regards
> > Anders Wallenquist
> >
> >
> >

Re: Jargon and codes

[Anders W. <aw...@kr...>]

Den 21 Aug 2001 17:52:12 -0400 skrev Kal Kolberg:

> A fairly good tutorial on accounting can be found here
> http://www.onlinewbc.org/Docs/finance/bkpg_s
> Lando


Thanks,

this is good - if you are a accounting rookie. But if you are trying to
move a software from one
context to another, ie from one accounting standard to another, from one
language to another, from one line of business to another. You need
something else.
The key is correct conception and use of terms. A "reference" whould be
helpful to understand the concepts and then how to move SQL-Ledger to a
new context and an existing knowlage.

What is COGS? Is it equivalent to the swedish term "KSV", Kostnad f=F6r
f=F6rS=E5ld Vara? What is SKU? etc. If the term COGS where defined some
where as Cost of Goods Sold it would be a much easier task to understand
this piece of software. In most dictionaries for accountants "Cost of
goods sold" is indexed but not COGS.

Anders

revisions, useful now that stylesheet var is enabled

[Jeff K. <jt...@ad...>]

Thanks for the quick update to enable the stylesheet variables. Here are
a couple of quick improvements that will enable us to write more precise
stylesheets:

1) replace type=submit|checkbox|radio with
class=submit|checkbox|radio type=submit|checkbox|radio

This enables optional "input.checkbox {}" granularity in our
stylesheets.

I ran these replace commands in the bin/mozilla directory and it didn't
seem to introduce any bugs:

replace 'type=radio' 'class=radio type=radio' -- *
replace 'type=submit' 'class=submit type=submit' -- *
replace 'type=checkbox' 'class=checkbox type=checkbox' -- *


2) And not really stylesheet related:
(menu.pl)
FRAME NAME="bottom_menu" SCROLL="no"

Adding the SCROLL="no" removes the unnecessary scroll on the bottom
frame, the text appears too low without it.

Could you work these into the source tree?