interesting Figures (Shouldn't They Match?)

[Jay Ridgley]

On 02/27/2017 10:45 PM, Chris Good wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jay Ridgley [mailto:jridgley2 at austin.rr.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2017 1:36 PM
>> To: Chris Good <chris.good at ozemail.com.au>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: interesting Figures (Shouldn't They Match?)
>>
>> On 02/27/2017 07:26 PM, Chris Good wrote:
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:07:09 -0600
>>>> From: Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>
>>>> To: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>>>> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: interesting Figures (Shouldn't They Match?)
>>>> Message-ID: <957f2aee-b3cc-b946-06fc-ac34026bdb10 at austin.rr.com>
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>>>> On 02/27/2017 09:43 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>>> Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Good afternoon,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just ran a Balance Sheet and an Advanced Portfolio and found
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Account				Balance Sheet 	Advanced Portfolio
>>>>>> Total Investments		$553,856.78	$541,590.70
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unrealized Gain/Loss		$130,684.25	$171,555.97
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both reports were run with the same report options, why are they
>>>> different?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you sure both are using the same "Quote Source"?
>>>> Thanks Derek,
>>>>
>>>> They should be; how would I check?
>>>>
>>>> I did discover one thing - CASH is NOT included in the Advanced
>>> Portfolio...
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jay
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Jay
>>>>>
>>>>> -derek
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Jay Ridgley
>>>> jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
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>>>
>>> Hi Jay,
>>>
>>> 'Quote Source' is one of the report options. You probably should use
>>> 'Nearest in Time'.
>>
>> I used 'Most Recent' for both reports. Is that a problem?
>>
>> All my investments are currently held, there are none that are not active
>> and
>> updated daily.
>>
>>>
>>> Cash dividends may not be included as 'income' in the Advanced
>>> Portfolio Report unless you add a dummy split to the stock account in
>>> the dividend transaction.
>>> Please see
>>> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-help/report-
>> classes.html#r
>>> eport-
>>> assets
>>
>> I am talking about accounts that contain CASH (not invested), those
> accounts
>> are not included in the report. I have several in my portfolio of
>> investments.
>> For example Investments:Retirement:IRA:Cash
>>
>>>
>>> Regards, Chris Good
>>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jay
>> --
>> Jay Ridgley
>> jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
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>
> Hi Jay,
>
> AFAIK, Advanced Portfolio Rpt is only for accounts of type 'Stock' or
> 'Mutual Fund'.
> Cash is usually under Assets:Current Assets, not Assets:Investments.
>
> Regards, Chris Good
>
Good Morning Chris,

I understand that cash is an asset, however, AFAIK to make my IRA 
correct and to satisfy the IRS (United States). The cash that is held in 
that account MUST be included there, the account is of type cash. It 
contains money that is available to be invested, proceeds from sell 
transactions and funds that may be transfered to my bank as a 
distribution from the IRA. I will verify that is correct with my 
accountant when we next meet.

Cheers,
Jay
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