Dividend transaction results in unbalanced balance sheet

[Derek Atkins]

It certainly sounds like a rounding "error", but not necessarily in
the math routines.  More likely the rounding in the report is
different than the rounding in the Chart of Accounts..

What version of GnuCash?

-derek

Quoting John Schoffstall <john.schoffstall at pobox.com>:

> This is odd.
>
> My 403(b) received three dividends on March 22, and three lots of its 
> mutual fund were purchased. Dividend was credited to 
> Income:Dividends. Since the purchase, my balance sheet has been off 
> by penny.
>
> I've tracked down the offending transaction to that 
> dividend/reinvestment. If I take those transactions out, the balance 
> sheet balances. If not, it doesn't. I've tried changing the balance 
> sheet's Options -> 'Price Source', but no dice. I've tried lumping 
> the three dividends together into one transaction, but the same thing 
> happens, off by a penny. I've deleted the transactions and reentered 
> them several times. Same thing happens. (I.e., it's not a typo.) Each 
> individual dividend reinvestment transaction is balanced.
>
> The penny off balance is annoying. Given the tiny size, maybe this is 
> rounding error in the math routines?
>
> Anyone else seen this? Any ideas for a fix?
>
> == John
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