Custom Reports - Repository of User Reports

[Andrew Sackville-West]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 08:44:50PM -0700, Pierre Constantineau wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am wondering whether there is a repository or a site where user
> contributed custom reports are posted.  I don't want to re-invent the
> wheel and a search through the mail archives didn't offer me much help
> - although other have looked for what I am looking for...

this has been discussed before. in short, no. if a report is needed by
users we'd just release it. 
> 
> In short, I am looking for a canadian version of the advanced
> portfolio report.
> Something with Adjusted Cost Base and Capital gains calculated along
> the lines needed for Canadian Taxes...
> 

I *think* the Advanced Portfolio can do what you want, and if not, it
shouldn't be hard to make it do so. Patches welcome.

A

> 
> Here is the long version of what I am looking for:
> 
> I live in Canada and for Canadian Tax purposes, stocks and mutual
> funds are not tracked by lots but as their average cost.  When we get
> to sell the commodity, we look at the average cost of purchasing the
> stock, including any commissions to purchase, and the we calculate the
> capital gains by the difference in selling price to the adjusted cost
> and then deduct the selling commission.
> 
> For mutual funds where there is no commission for the purchase and
> sell of units, the average cost seems OK.  However, for brokerage
> accounts where commissions need to be taken into account, the
> calculations are can be misleading because the report does not take
> the commissions into account.
> 
> I would think that someone else already went through the exercise of
> creating or modifying the custom report that is needed here in Canada.
> 
> I first went through the exercise of trying to track it all through
> accounts, however, it did get very cumbersome very quickly. I then
> looked into reports and my hope is that the solution is already out
> there...
> 
> I haven't entered yet all my stocks and mutual funds transactions in
> there and therefore I am flexible in how I set up the accounts.
> 
> Pierre Constantineau
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