Capital gain import - qif or ofx?

[Derek Atkins]

I think you're right that the QIF importer wont do this.

-derek

Jeff Carneal <jeff-ml at soldmy.net> writes:

> Ok, so I have an account that provides me CSV format transactions  
> that in the past I converted to QIF for import.  I'm sure that will  
> still work with gnucash with one added wrinkle:  accounting for  
> realized capital gains.
>
> I'd like to account for them as provided in example 8.7.1 here:
>
> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.0/C/gnucash-guide/invest-sell1.html
>
> I can easily get the following parts of the transaction to work on  
> QIF import:
>
> Assets:Bank                    3525
> Assets:Stock:SYMBOL              3600
> Expenses:Commissions   75
>
> The part I am unable to get to import correctly is:
>
> Assets:Stock:SYMBOL   1600    (shares=0, price=0)
> Income:Capital Gains                  1600
>
> No matter what I try, I cannot get a valid QIF file to import with  
> those two.  The best I've been able to do is the following:
>
> Imbalance-USD:       1600
> Income:Capital Gains             1600
>
> It appears that the import cannot reconcile 0 shares for 0 dollars to  
> a total of $1600 so it throws it into the Imbalance account instead.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> 1)  Can someone show me a .qif entry that will import as this example  
> is written?
>
> 2)  If not, is what I am going for possible with an OFX import and  
> can someone give me an example?
>
> 3)  Are there hooks such that I could learn scheme (ack!) and write  
> my own importer for exactly this?  Where do I begin?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
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