Selling stock

[Mike C.]

I am using Windows XP and have not had a problem  with lots lately but I
did with GC version 2.X.  When it comes to tax time I still check the
calculations with a spread sheet since I use FIFO.
Mike

On 3/29/2012 11:10 AM, John Ralls wrote:
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 8:27 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>
>> On 3/29/2012 9:00 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>>> On Mar 29, 2012, at 6:25 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I was doing it wrong for a long time and now I am trying to go back and
>>>> fix recent sales transactions first.  When I try to add the missing
>>>> lines for capital gains, GnuCash wants to either apply the dollar amount
>>>> that should be in the commodity account to Imbalance-USD if I tab
>>>> repeatedly until I leave the transaction or to adjust the number of
>>>> shares if I use a new line for the additional commodity currency amount.
>>>> Does this only work if completely entered from scratch rather than
>>>> edited in?
>>> I've seen that during an edit. It usually "takes" on the second try: Just fix up the realized gains split and delete the imbalance-usd split.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks John.  I have tried more than once to use tabs and so far it
>> seems to not 'take', with one or the other of the two outcomes mentioned
>> above.  I am using release 2.4.10-1 (or so I thought- the about screen
>> says 'This copy was built from svn r22003 on 2012-02-11.') in Windows 7
>> Pro.  I am trying an experiment in a fresh test file, and I hope to
>> repeat the experiment in Ubuntu.  If I isolate the problem to this
>> windows build, I will report that.
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> The exact Gnucash version won't matter, that bit of code hasn't been touched lately. I'll be surprised if there's any difference between M$Win and Linux.
>
> Um, maybe I misunderstood what you're doing... what do you mean by the "additional commodity currency amount"? I thought that we're talking about selling stock.
>
> Here's what a completed transaction looks like:
>
> This particular sale was of a mutual fund with reinvested dividends, so there was a combination of short-term and long term capital gains. 
>
> You also mentioned that you were getting a split with the Imbalance-USD account. That should happen only if you save an unbalanced transaction -- as long as the edit stays open, the balancing split will have a blank account so that you can easily assign it:
>
>
> If you fail to zero the price in the realized gain split, then go back and delete the price and shares *without closing the transaction edit*, Gnucash will do this:
>
>
> If you close the transaction at this point, that bottom split will get assigned to Imbalance-USD:
>
> Perhaps that's what you're seeing?
>
> I just verified that when this happens you can just fix up the realized gain split (delete the price and re-enter the gain amount, tabbing out of the split) and delete the imbalance-USD split and all is well.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
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