gnucash-user Digest, Vol 130, Issue 16
venkatadri kr
venkatadri_kr at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 8 12:43:56 EST 2014
Many thanks John. I did what you suggested and it is working.
regards
Venkatadri
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Menu options disabled (Michael Hendry)
2. 2.6 on mac (Venkatadri)
3. Re: Gnucash 2.6: problem opening file (Derek Atkins)
4. Re: Import MT-940 - Import module for DTAUS import not found.
(Derek Atkins)
5. Re: Reimbursable Expenses as a Volunteer (Derek Atkins)
6. Re: Menu options disabled (David Carlson)
7. Re: Import MT-940 - Import module for DTAUS import not found
[SOLVED] (Erix)
8. Re: 2.6 on mac (John Ralls)
9. Re: Menu options disabled (John Ralls)
10. invoice not paid in listing but paid in customer report (scar)
11. Re: Balance Sheets (Tommy Trussell)
12. Re: 2.6 on mac (Venkatadri)
13. Re: 2.6 on mac (John Ralls)
14. RE: Balance Sheets (Chris Bester)
15. Re: How to record stock that goes to zero (David Carlson)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 17:11:44 +0000
From: Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com>
To: jazeera <vishrao at hotmail.com>
Cc: GnuCash Users List <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: Menu options disabled
Message-ID: <32944B9F-2FB4-4209-AB1E-E0427FA742AC at gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
On 6 Jan 2014, at 16:42, jazeera <vishrao at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> What you have suggested is the first step and I was able to do it.
> Subsequent steps is what I am talking about. If you look at the bottom of
> the document you have sent me it it has the section titled *'Using Gnucash
> to download transactions directly to an account register*'
>
> This is where the menu item: Actions>Online Actions>Get Transactions comes
> into play and it is grayed out in my setup.
>
> What about the 'Retrieve Account List' issue?
Sorry, as I said, I don?t use this feature, so I don?t have any experience of setting it up.
What you need to do is to attract the attention of a member of the List who does use the electronic banking feature, and who has the time to do some hand-holding.
You?re more likely to get this attention if you specify in detail what operating system and GnuCash version you?re using, and what you?ve already done to help yourself along the way.
Unlike me, most GnuCash users aren?t retired and have busy lives - a clearly formulated question is more likely to get a clear answer!
Michael
>
> Jazz
>
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 23:01:50 +0530
From: Venkatadri <venkatadri_kr at yahoo.com>
To: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: 2.6 on mac
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Hi
I have been a keen user of Gnucash for the last one year and have been happy with this.
I tried to install 2.6 but it is not getting installed. Can seine help ?
Regards
Venkatadri
Sent from my mobile phone
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:35:22 -0500
From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
To: Jacques Beckand <j.beckand at gmail.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Gnucash 2.6: problem opening file
Message-ID: <sjmd2k52eud.fsf at mocana.ihtfp.org>
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Hi,
Jacques Beckand <j.beckand at gmail.com> writes:
> Whenever a non ascii character (for example a french accented
> character) is contained in the full path name of a .gnucash file,
> Gnucash 2.6 cannot open it and displays the message: "An error occured
> while reading file : xxxxx"
>
> Just moving the file into a directory without any non ascii file fixes
> the problem. This looks like a regression because did not happen with
> version 2.4.13.
>
> Gnucash 2.6 on WIndows 7
I don't think this is limited (or new) to 2.6; I'm pretty sure this has
*always* been the case.
> Jacques
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
-derek
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:39:18 -0500
From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
To: Erix <gnucash at prinus.nl>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Import MT-940 - Import module for DTAUS import not found.
Message-ID: <sjm8uut2ent.fsf at mocana.ihtfp.org>
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Hi,
Erix <gnucash at prinus.nl> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been using GnuCash for a couple of years. But now I'm running
> into a problem.
>
> Since November I've upgraded from Linux Mint 15 to LM 16, and since
> then I cant import the MT940 files downloaded from my bank. I get an
> error stating : Import module for DTAUS import not found.
>
> Yesterday I upgraded from GnuCash 2.4.13 to GC 2.6.0 but the error remains.
>
> I found an old thread (apr 2010) dealing with this issue on Mac OSX
> which was about gwenhywfar but as far as I can see gwenhywfar is
> installed on my system.
>
> Anybody any ideas ?
Looks like your distribution's installation of AqBanking didn't include
the MT940/DTAUS module. You should talk to Linux Mint about it.
> TIA,
>
> Erix
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
-derek
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:42:08 -0500
From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
To: Sandeep Mukherjee <mukherjee.sandeep at gmail.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Reimbursable Expenses as a Volunteer
Message-ID: <sjm4n5h2ej3.fsf at mocana.ihtfp.org>
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Hi,
Sandeep Mukherjee <mukherjee.sandeep at gmail.com> writes:
> Reimbursable expenses are not really expenses, since in the long run
> you don't really pay for them. They are actually a special kind Assets
> known as "Accounts Receivable" or "A/R". So find that account in your
> GnuCash file, or create one if it doesn't exist. Then you can do
> something like this when you pay for food, say with your bank card:
Just to be clear here, unless you are using the Business functions you
SHOULD NOT use an account of type A/R and A/P. Those account types are
not meant for user input and you are likely to shoot yourself in the
foot if you choose to use that.
Instead, just use an account of type "Asset". You can still *name* the
account "A/R" if you wish. Just *never* use the A/Receivable or
A/Payable account types for manual transactions. Never.
> Food expense to be reimbursed:
> DEBIT $5.00 Assets:A/R
> CREDIT $5.00 Assets:BANK-ACCT
>
> Later when you receive the reimbursement, you can enter:
>
> Food reimbursement received:
> DEBIT $5.00 Assets:BANK-ACCT
> CREDIT $5.00 Assets:A/R
>
> At the end of the accounting period, check the balance in the A/R
> account. If non-zero, someone owes you money!
>
> Hope this helps,
> Sandeep
-derek
>> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 21:44:36 +0000
>> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
>> To: daniels <danielrsilva8 at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Subject: Re: Reimbursable Expenses as a Volunteer
>> Message-ID:
>> <CAL=0gLsfnjhyQ4oSSPNTb_Pna838xq3i-=VW0=9FTjgcLOC16g at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>> On 4 January 2014 11:44, daniels <danielrsilva8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have searched the mailing list archives and Google for a case similar to
>>> mine, but it seems that must people that ask this questions are either
>>> consultants or self-employed and are going to get the reimbursement from
>>> their clients, so I wanted to make sure that I was doing the right thing in
>>> my situation.
>>>
>>> I work as a volunteer and get reimbursed expenses from the food that I buy
>>> during the week. In most cases I have seen, people setup an assets account
>>> called "reimbursable expenses" and credit it with x, while taking x from
>>> their cash account for example. Is that the best practice? What if I wanted
>>> to know that that expense was actually food, so that I still wanted to track
>>> how much I spent on any given week on food, even though it wasn`t me that
>>> was actually going to pay it at the end of the day
>>
>> You could use sub accounts of the reimbursable account for food, fuel, etc.
>>
>> Colin
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:51:46 -0600
From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Menu options disabled
Message-ID: <52CB0952.7030908 at gmail.com>
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On 1/6/2014 11:11 AM, Michael Hendry wrote:
> On 6 Jan 2014, at 16:42, jazeera <vishrao at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> What you have suggested is the first step and I was able to do it.
>> Subsequent steps is what I am talking about. If you look at the bottom of
>> the document you have sent me it it has the section titled *'Using Gnucash
>> to download transactions directly to an account register*'
>>
>> This is where the menu item: Actions>Online Actions>Get Transactions comes
>> into play and it is grayed out in my setup.
>>
>> What about the 'Retrieve Account List' issue?
> Sorry, as I said, I don?t use this feature, so I don?t have any experience of setting it up.
>
> What you need to do is to attract the attention of a member of the List who does use the electronic banking feature, and who has the time to do some hand-holding.
>
> You?re more likely to get this attention if you specify in detail what operating system and GnuCash version you?re using, and what you?ve already done to help yourself along the way.
>
> Unlike me, most GnuCash users aren?t retired and have busy lives - a clearly formulated question is more likely to get a clear answer!
>
> Michael
>
>> Jazz
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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You do not mention which version of GnuCash you are using or the OS of
your computer. There may be bugs in any version newer than 2.4.13.
David C
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 21:30:10 +0100
From: Erix <gnucash at prinus.nl>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Import MT-940 - Import module for DTAUS import not found
[SOLVED]
Message-ID: <52CB1252.2040502 at prinus.nl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Derek,
Thanx for the reply.
The problem is (might be);
I did completely remove (via Synaptic) the 2.4.13 version from the
originally installed Linux Mint repo's.
I did install GC 2.6.0 from the GetDeb.net Repo.
I don't specifically use AqBanking, I download my MT940 directly from my
Dutch bank via a Web Browser not GC.
When I try to start the AqBanking setup wizard from GC GC crashes, so
you might be on to something, but thusfar it is not solving my problem.
I agree that initially it might be a Linux Mint issue but in back view
of the above I'm still a bit lost. On the LM website I can't find any GC
issues like I'm experiencing.
Since today I installed (via Synaptic) the following packages;
aqbanking-tools
libaqbanking-plugings-libgwenhywfar60
This resolved my problem. Thanx a million for pointing me to a not
before found solution. So I don't have to talk to LM, I just needed to
talk to you. Thanx again for pointing me to this direction.
Warm regards,
Erix
On 06-01-14 18:39, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Erix <gnucash at prinus.nl> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been using GnuCash for a couple of years. But now I'm running
>> into a problem.
>>
>> Since November I've upgraded from Linux Mint 15 to LM 16, and since
>> then I cant import the MT940 files downloaded from my bank. I get an
>> error stating : Import module for DTAUS import not found.
>>
>> Yesterday I upgraded from GnuCash 2.4.13 to GC 2.6.0 but the error remains.
>>
>> I found an old thread (apr 2010) dealing with this issue on Mac OSX
>> which was about gwenhywfar but as far as I can see gwenhywfar is
>> installed on my system.
>>
>> Anybody any ideas ?
>
> Looks like your distribution's installation of AqBanking didn't include
> the MT940/DTAUS module. You should talk to Linux Mint about it.
>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Erix
>
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
> -derek
>
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 13:10:22 -0800
From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
To: Venkatadri <venkatadri_kr at yahoo.com>
Cc: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6 on mac
Message-ID: <3D0D830C-48F2-4063-85CA-9CAAD589B7D4 at ceridwen.us>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Venkatadri <venkatadri_kr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have been a keen user of Gnucash for the last one year and have been happy with this.
>
> I tried to install 2.6 but it is not getting installed. Can seine help ?
Please explain in detail what you tried to do and how it failed.
Regards,
John Ralls
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 13:28:06 -0800
From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
To: jazeera <vishrao at hotmail.com>
Cc: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: Menu options disabled
Message-ID: <9ABFBCEC-3DF3-4DFA-A878-2EC3FD555086 at ceridwen.us>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
On Jan 6, 2014, at 7:48 AM, jazeera <vishrao at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I am still evaluating the software and it has been a
> frustrating experience to say the least. For instance, I don't see any
> option under the Actions--> Online Actions sub-menu other than the Show Log
> Window. Is there something that I have to do in Preferences to enable it or
> does it get enabled during an Install?
After you set up your Users and Accounts in the AQBanking setup dialog, you must continue
to the third screen in the Online Banking Setup Assistant and associate each online
account with a GnuCash account. The Online Actions menu is enabled only for account
registers that are so associated, never for the Accounts or General Ledger tabs.
>
> Another issue. Under AqBanking I was able to set up a checking account
> successfully but when I tried to download transactions thru Retrieve Account
> List I got nothing. However with another account, at a different bank, even
> in spite of failed connection on Invalid Password I was still able to
> download all the transactions. Doesn't make sense at all. Any clues what is
> going on?
If you passed a bad password to the bank and they still sent you transactions, that?s
a problem with the bank, not with GnuCash. If it was my bank account, I?d close it
immediately and find a bank with functioning online security.
Regards,
John Ralls
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:03:18 -0700
From: scar <scar at drigon.com>
To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
Subject: invoice not paid in listing but paid in customer report
Message-ID: <lafcnb$rk9$1 at ger.gmane.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
hello i am using gnucash 2.4.10 r21973 on ubuntu 12.04.
i have some discrepancies with my invoices for some customers.
when i search for a customer and look at their invoices, there is one
that is showing not being paid, even though it has. when i produce a
customer report it shows the balance due as $0.00. this only happens
for a select few customers. how to fix this discrepancy? thanks
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 18:51:04 -0600
From: Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
To: Chris Bester <chrisbester at cybersmart.co.za>
Cc: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: Balance Sheets
Message-ID:
<CABNyZMzYZUnG59jeFQrCvTdPd0H3vJSW9LZmYWXi9XkhSP40SQ at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Chris Bester
<chrisbester at cybersmart.co.za>wrote:
> My other question was; just for interest sake, what does (Equile) mean in (
> Balance Sheet( Equile)?
> Thanks again
> Chris
>
I am afraid some of the responses you received to this question took you
down a "rabbit hole." I believe I understand what happened and I hope to
clear things up. If it doesn't I hope someone will set ME straight!
When you see two "Balance Sheet" reports, one labeled "eguile" it means the
developers have included both the old "Balance Sheet" report AND a new,
"prettier" or "easier to edit" report that uses the eguile utility. They
should function similarly (as far as the numbers that appear on them),
however one or the other might suit you better.
Explanation: GnuCash uses a programming language called Scheme to create
its reports. (GnuCash uses Scheme several places, but we're just talking
about reports here.) The utility that GnuCash uses uses to interpret Scheme
code is called Guile. Someone created a special Guile "preprocessor" called
eguile that simplifies the creation of "pretty" or "easier to maintain"
reports. GnuCash developers chose it because eguile knows how to use HTML,
which is the "language" used by web browsers to make web pages look nice,
and HTML is more familiar to more people than plain Scheme code. SO an
eguile report should be easier to make into a nicer web page, which may
give you more options both in its creation and in using the final result.
I hope I didn't botch that explanation TOO terribly.
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 06:32:48 +0530
From: Venkatadri <venkatadri_kr at yahoo.com>
To: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
Cc: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6 on mac
Message-ID: <96E58642-7822-45B9-9E11-34BA8810770A at yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I downloaded the Dmg , copied the same to the applications folder and clicked the Gnucash.app. As I had not deleted the older app, it named itself as Gnucash-2. I closed off the dbus-daemon file as well. When I click the app it opens and immediately closes. I am able to open the older version app on the application sub folder.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Regards
Venkatadri
Sent from my mobile phone
> On 07-Jan-2014, at 2:40 am, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
>
>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Venkatadri <venkatadri_kr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have been a keen user of Gnucash for the last one year and have been happy with this.
>>
>> I tried to install 2.6 but it is not getting installed. Can seine help ?
>
> Please explain in detail what you tried to do and how it failed.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 19:51:14 -0800
From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
To: Venkatadri <venkatadri_kr at yahoo.com>
Cc: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6 on mac
Message-ID: <2211D8CB-9395-45E2-98B8-C60BD826EC4C at ceridwen.us>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Venkatadri <venkatadri_kr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I downloaded the Dmg , copied the same to the applications folder and clicked the Gnucash.app. As I had not deleted the older app, it named itself as Gnucash-2. I closed off the dbus-daemon file as well. When I click the app it opens and immediately closes. I am able to open the older version app on the application sub folder.
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Probably https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=721260
Try opening /Applications/Utilities/Terminal and running
defaults write -app Gnucash AppleLocale en_GB
Regards,
John Ralls
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:50:57 +0200
From: "Chris Bester" <chrisbester at cybersmart.co.za>
To: "'Tommy Trussell'" <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
Cc: 'GNU Cash User' <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: RE: Balance Sheets
Message-ID: <000601cf0b74$d62eb1d0$828c1570$@cybersmart.co.za>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi Tommy
What a wonderful breath of fresh air. You have made my day. Wel explained,
and if I may say so, in a sympathetic way, to a novice like me. I have to
emphasize my appreciation. Wish there were more people like you.
Tanks again and have a great day.
Chris
From: Tommy Trussell [mailto:tommy.trussell at gmail.com]
Sent: 07 January 2014 02:51 AM
To: Chris Bester
Cc: Egbert van der Wal; GNU Cash User
Subject: Re: Balance Sheets
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Chris Bester <chrisbester at cybersmart.co.za>
wrote:
My other question was; just for interest sake, what does (Equile) mean in (
Balance Sheet( Equile)?
Thanks again
Chris
I am afraid some of the responses you received to this question took you
down a "rabbit hole." I believe I understand what happened and I hope to
clear things up. If it doesn't I hope someone will set ME straight!
When you see two "Balance Sheet" reports, one labeled "eguile" it means the
developers have included both the old "Balance Sheet" report AND a new,
"prettier" or "easier to edit" report that uses the eguile utility. They
should function similarly (as far as the numbers that appear on them),
however one or the other might suit you better.
Explanation: GnuCash uses a programming language called Scheme to create its
reports. (GnuCash uses Scheme several places, but we're just talking about
reports here.) The utility that GnuCash uses uses to interpret Scheme code
is called Guile. Someone created a special Guile "preprocessor" called
eguile that simplifies the creation of "pretty" or "easier to maintain"
reports. GnuCash developers chose it because eguile knows how to use HTML,
which is the "language" used by web browsers to make web pages look nice,
and HTML is more familiar to more people than plain Scheme code. SO an
eguile report should be easier to make into a nicer web page, which may give
you more options both in its creation and in using the final result.
I hope I didn't botch that explanation TOO terribly.
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 10:17:00 -0600
From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: How to record stock that goes to zero
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On 12/27/2013 4:59 PM, Scott H wrote:
> I recently had some stock go to zero (yuck). I couldn't find anything in
> the documentation about how to record this. I tried to record a "sale"
> of all my shares with a share price of $0.00 USD but it won't let me do
> that since GnuCash requires a non-zero share value. How should I record
> this?
>
> I'm also not sure how to record the loss itself anyway. For example, do
> I create an account called "Expenses:Realized Losses" and record it
> there, or do I record it as negative income in "Income:Realized Gains"?
> In other words, are all capital gains and losses typically stored in one
> place? The documentation didn't seem clear about this either. Thanks in
> advance.
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I think that the US IRS is much more likely to accept a write-off if the
stock is actually sold. My broker bought back the stock that he had
originally sold me that later tanked for a few cents a share. That
makes a clean report from the brokerage house to support your tax return.
David C
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