Capital Gains Input Question

[David T.]

Fred--

I appreciate that you are trying to help, but honestly, your tone is condescending and insulting. I mean, seriously "words of one syllable"!?!? What is that about? 

I will certainly try (yet again) to get the same results as you get, but, as I have noted in great detail previously, I receive noticeably different results than you or others do with this procedure.

It is possible that there is something particular to my own software/hardware configuration that is causing the problems I have been observing. The fact that I see different behaviors at slightly different times in the same register suggests something else at work here.

In the mean time, Fred, the best help you can offer me going forward, is to moderate your tone in general. 

David

--- On Mon, 12/13/10, Fred Bone <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> From: Fred Bone <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com>
> Subject: Re: Capital Gains Input Question
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Monday, December 13, 2010, 4:56 AM
> On 12 December 2010 at 20:33, David
> T. said:
> 
> > Thanks. My problem is not related to incorrect
> valuation of share
> > liquidation, though--it's a matter of not being able
> to enter capital
> > gains amounts.
> 
> OK, let's spell it out in words of one syllable.
> 
> You have 150 shares in XXX, bought for 3 each, which you
> are selling for 
> 4 each. Assuming no transaction costs, that's a capital
> gain of 150.
> 
> Open the account for XXX, in which you have previously
> recorded the 
> purchase. Set the view to "Basic". Click "Blank". Adjust
> the txn date as 
> necessary, enter Description, enter the account that
> receives the sale 
> proceeds, enter "-150" in "Tot shares" and "4" in next
> column. Hit 
> "Return" to complete the txn so far.
> 
> Click "Split" (or select "Transaction Journal" view"),
> click on this txn 
> and go to the blank split.
> 
> Enter any desired memo, tab to "Account" column, select
> your capital 
> gains account, tab to "Debit" column, enter value of gain
> (150), tab 
> twice to next split.
> 
> Enter any desired memo, tab to "Account" column, enter this
> account, tab 
> to "Price" column, delete the "1". "Credit" column will
> already show 
> value of gain (150). Hit "return" twice.
> 
> All done.
> 
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