Chapter 8 - investment accounts

[John Ralls]

> On Feb 1, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Jamestk <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> It's all here, everything we have been talking about on this thread is detailed under, wait for it...
> Implementing Cap Gains (Is a Pain in the Neck)
> http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/head/lotsoverview.html
> I am now puzzled as to why this wasn't mentioned before is it new or part of the Ed Snowden files :)
> Automatic calculation of capital gains!

It’s not new, it was first introduced in 2003.

I can’t explain why it’s not in the regular documentation files. Perhaps none of the other participants in this thread know about it, but more likely they don’t use it because of its shortcomings.

Regards,
John Ralls