Unbalanced balance sheet

[Mark Eackloff]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> Mark Eackloff <meackloff at cox.net> writes:
> 
> 
>>This happened to me recently.  I determined that it was caused by an
>>unbalanced entry.  Yes, that's right.  Apparently it is possible to
>>enter only one side of a transaction.  I'm not sure if that's a
>>"feature" or a bug.
> 
> 
> The only way I know of to enter unbalanced transactions is via the OFX
> Import process.  I (still) consider that a bug, but it has not (yet)
> been fixed.  :(
> 
> However, that's not the only way to cause a balance-sheet imbalance.
> Another way is not accounting for capital gains/losses when you sell a
> commodity other than your report-currency.  Gnucash 1.8 does not
> properly account for the change-in-value of commodities, which means
> your balance sheet will be out of balance.
> 
> -derek
> 
Gnucash 1.8 seemed to have unbalanced my balance sheet today by adding a 
gain from the sale of stock to the remaining unsold shares.  This 
occurred when I used the recording method indicated in the tutorial 
under "Selling Stock."  Just to see what would happen, I reversed the 
lines that recorded the gain.  In other words. I put the $122 gain in 
the sell column, and the $122 increase in the stock's value in the buy 
column.  I then reloaded the Balance Sheet report but nothing changed. 
Truly bewildered, I recovered by deleting the entry, then recording the 
sale as though I got what I paid for it (same price per share).  Then I 
made another entry to adjust the money received and record the gain.  My 
Balance sheet now balances, but the entry in the stock register still 
erroneously shows that I sold the stock for what I paid.  Is this a 
known bug?  I couldn't find it in bugzilla.