"Advanced Portfolio" realized gain/loss

[Robin Chattopadhyay]

+1 for this method.

This is exactly how I handle reinvested dividends; everything between the
account for the security and what I call the "Uninvested Cash" account.

This actually works well when importing OFX files because my brokerage (as
well as the 401k recordkeeper) treats dividend reinvestments as two
separate transactions: one for the receipt of cash and one for the purchase
of shares.

But like Derek said, the Advanced Portfolio report doesn't show the
dividends as income.

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 5:45 PM, FireFly <fireflys_98 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just have the dividend come from Income > Asset:401k:Cash and then
> reinvest from there (so buy whatever the stock/mutual fund is from
> Asset:401k:Cash > Asset:401k:Random Mutual Fund)
>
> That seems to have been working for me, but then again I'm not an
> accountant.
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> Jesse C <crimson.corelio at gmail.com> writes:
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> > Second what Firefly mentioned.  I've had all sorts of report issues if
> you
> > move money from an Income account into a security.  Income should always
> > move into an Asset/Cash account and then into a security.
>
> Based on this, I'm not sure how I would account for reinvested dividend
> income and have it get reported correctly.
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