Unrealized/Realized Gains and Losses

Robert A. Uhl ruhl@4dv.net
Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:54:24 -0600


On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 08:36:22AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> I agree that you don't necessarily need a new account type to answer
> these questions.  Although you _do_ need additional policy information
> for choices such as LIFO,FIFO and you may want a flag to keep track of
> which units have been sold (for brevity of recomputation).

Not just LIFO/FIFO.  It's also possible to select which items are
being sold when.  With stocks in the US, it defaults to FIFO, but one
can choose to sell any stock one desires.

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Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net>

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