Share donation and Capital Gains

[AmigaPhil]

AmigaPhil wrote:

> I wrote:

>  [*strange*: Part of my post seems to have been cut-off in the
>   archives...  So re-posting... ]

 [ONCE MORE ?!?!?   Why is this happening ?
  (Sorry for re-posting multiple times.)   ]


>> I have donated a few shares to charities.
>> When I selected "Check account" from the "Show lots" window for
>> the share account, a new Capital Gain transaction was automatically
>> registered.
>>
>> With what should I balance that Capital Gain transaction as in fact,
>> I did not made any gain in the donation ?
>
> Thinking again...

> From my side, it does not really matter how much the charity has
> received, but how much the donation has cost me.

> So I voided the Capital Gain by adding a transaction to debit the
> charity account.


> Comments ?


AmigaPhil