Trial Balance Report with Investment Transactions

[Chris Good]

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> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 13:07:10 -0500
> From: Richard Lindgren <rlindgren74 at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
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> Subject: Trial Balance Report with Investment Transactions
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> Hi,
> 
> Richard Lindgren <rlindgren74 at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> I have a problem with the Trial Balance report relative to incorporating
my
> investments. My regular accounting portion seems to be okay, but when it
> comes to using the Trial Balance with my investment transactions there is
> always a discrepancy!
> 
> It doesn't seem to matter whether it is a Drip fund account a purchase or
sell
> transaction. It keeps track of the number of shares okay, but when it
comes
> to the actual dollars...it's wrong. I'm not saying that the gnucash
program is
> inaccurate, I'm saying I am EXTREMELY frustrated and can not figure what
I'm
> doing wrong. Maybe I have set up the various accounts wrong! I need help
> here before I switch to something else.
> 
> Please help me?
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help in this matter, as it is VERY important
to
> me.
> 
> Richard Lindgren

Hi Richard,

Have you followed the suggestions in the GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts
Guide,
Part II. Managing Personal Finances, Ch 9 Investments, Selling Shares,
Automatic Calculation of Capital Gain or Loss Using Lots, Run a Trial
Balance, Tip
to try to determine exactly which sale transaction(s) make the Trial Balance
go out of balance?

You need to give us something to work with to help you.
If you identify a particular sale/capital gain that first causes the trial
balance problem, and you cannot figure out why,
please provide all the costs for all buys and sells up to and including the
sale, and the sale and capital gain transaction info,
so we can check if you or GnuCash is doing something wrong.

It would be even better if you could provide a test (depersonalised) GnuCash
file which shows the problem so there are no misunderstandings.

Have you used scrubbing to create capital gain transactions or have you
manually entered them?
If you are using scrubbing, have you ensured you have complied with all the
points in the following "Considerations" paragraph?
Are you using multiple currencies or trading accounts?

Regards, Chris Good
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