[GNC] Balance sheet unusable for LANG="de..."; was: Bad account setup in Guide §12

[John Ralls]

> On Apr 17, 2020, at 7:26 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> David
> 
> Am 17.04.20 um 13:00 schrieb David Cousens:
>> Frank 
>> 
>> In that case you should be concerned as the trading account balances are
>> currently reported under equity in the Balance sheet.
>> 
>> The attached is a Balance sheet run on a dummy book I created
>> Trading_Test_BalSheet.png
>> <http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t375329/Trading_Test_BalSheet.png>  
> 
> Oh, that makes the balance sheet useless for german and probably other
> users. Unrealized gains/losses do not belong in the balance. The user
> has to manually enter value adjustments in the closing book process
> according local law to reflect them, if applicable.
> 
> That was also the reason, why the trading accounts were not implemented
> over a decade.

If you don't want unrealized gains change the price source to Average Cost.

Regards,
John Ralls