Out of balance after QIF Import

[John Layman]

The balance difference is the amount of unrealized gains.

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:56 AM
To: john.layman at laymanandlayman.com
Cc: 'Anthony Dardis'; 'Mitch Singler'; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Out of balance after QIF Import

"John Layman" <john.layman at laymanandlayman.com> writes:

> I am a former Microsoft Money user who converted to GNUCash January 
> 1st.  I have separate files for business and personal accounts, and 
> started both cold as of January 1st.  I imported only investment accounts
from Money.
> Since converting, my business accounts are always in balance, but the 
> personal accounts are not.  I believe this is due to the 
> investment-related transaction prior to Jan 1.  I have been unable to 
> think of a way to balance my personal accounts.

Sounds like you're failing to account for any capital gains or losses from
the sale of equities?

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-derek

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