Unrealized losses

[Alain Dormoy]

David,
Tks.

To make sure the 7.70 euros are not a leftover from some older stuff, I went back in time as far as 2010 and found that an enormous "Unrealized Gains" of 52055.21 euros turned up on Dec 20 2010. 
(it will remain there thru Aug 30 2011 - I haven't yet found out why and how it desappeared on that date).

I do not manage foreign currencies or stock.
I have checked all my Assets and Liabilities account on Dec 19 and 20, 2010. None of them show a difference of more than a few euros. 

I am at a loss to think what can have happened on dec 20.
Do you have an idea?

TIA
Alain 





 
De : David Carlson 
Date : vendredi 28 avril 2017 00:27
À : Alain Dormoy 
Cc : Gnucash 
Objet : Re: Unrealized losses


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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