Resend: Stock sale skews balance sheet by commission amount

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Thu Oct 12 13:01:51 EDT 2006


Well, one way to check is to look at the Expense:Investment:Commission
account and see if it says $34 for this transaction

-derek

TRunner <ttop123 at comcast.net> writes:

> I don't know to either determine or modify what currency this  
> particular transaction used.  Where do I look?  I tried to choose  
> "Edit Exchange Rate" from the context menu, but nothing happened when  
> I picked that item (no menu displayed or anything).  The account  
> seems to be set for the correct commodity, as far as I can tell.
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>> I dont know.  That transaction looks right to me.  Are you sure
>> that the transaction currency is correct and that you didn't
>> get bitten by http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116353
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> TRunner <ttop123 at comcast.net> writes:
>>
>>> Just as a side note, I don't post questions here very often, but it
>>> seems like most of the time when I do I never get a response the
>>> first time and have to prod the list with a re-send.  Am I doing
>>> something that's bad etiquette in my questions, or have I just been
>>> unlucky?
>>>
>>> Original post:
>>>
>>> I'm not sure exactly what my mistake here is, but if someone can
>>> point it out it would be very helpful.
>>>
>>> After this stock sale transaction, my balance sheet is off by $34
>>> (I'm sure it's not coincidental that's the commission amount), but
>>> the transaction itself balances, so I don't know what I'm doing
>>> wrong.
>>>
>>> Expense:Investment:Commission			buy 34.00
>>> Assets:Investments:brokerage				buy 3269.68
>>> Expense:Capital Loss						buy 713.32
>>> Assets:Investments:brokerage:fund              -580.612 shares @
>>> 5.69
>>> sell 3303.68
>>> Assets:Investments:brokerage:fund  								sell 713.32
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
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>
>
>

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available


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