Unrealized losses

[David Carlson]

Alain,

You will have to try to close in on the time that amount first appears by
trying older dates for that report.  Those imbalances may come from
exchanges between currencies that were not adjusted by creating a
transaction or split to 'realize' the gain, or from one or more stock
transactions, again where the gain was not 'realized' by a transaction or
split.

For an individual who rarely trades securities, the most likely cause would
be an exchange between currencies.

After you have found the transaction or transactions that caused the
unrealized gain, the simplest method to resolve it is to create an equity
account called realized gains and an income account called realized
income.  then add two split lines to the offending transaction for that
amount (7.70 euros), one to each of the new accounts.  If the error
doubles, just change the sign for each line.

There are more elegant solutions for stock or currency traders.  Read the
sections of the help manual and Tutorial if you are interested.

David C

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Alain Dormoy <cageda at free.fr> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have a very small amount (7.70 €) showing as part of equity on my
> balance sheet as of dec 31 2015 (and still as of dec 31 2016).
>
> I don't know what it means and where that comes from.
> Any idea?
>
> TIA
> Alain
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