[GNC] Tax deferred account transfers suggestion

[David Carlson]

It seems that nearly all these replies ignore the fact that that the tax
report has a feature that allows the user to associate certain accounts
with certain US tax forms.  It even allows association with specific copies
of some forms like 1099s.

This is on top of user creativity in account naming or COA structure.

I think the OP was referring to that report in his question.

Depending on which itch needs scratching, there are many solutions
available.

On Sat, Apr 3, 2021, 12:11 PM David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com> wrote:

> Transfers can be made in and out of tax deferred accounts.  Assigned is
> not a verb that triggers any GNUCash functionality I am aware of.  I am
> suggesting that:
>
>    - US Income Tax Deferred accounts have an attribute that identifies
>    them.
>    - When money is put transferred from not deferred or cash in, it is a
>    taxable income deduction on the tax report.
>    - When it is taken out to an account not tax deferred or cash, it is
>    retirement income on the tax report.
>    - If money or shares are moved from one tax deferred account to
>    another, it is a rollover and should be ignored by the tax report.
>
> The implications for US state tax and other nations vary.
>
> One weakness of GNUCash and some similar software is that transfers that
> are tax affecting (or otherwise categorical) are not allowed to have a
> category like expenses and income in cash flow.  If I was tracking multiple
> customer accounts, for instance, cash movements between them should be
> labeled: corrections, trading, gift, etc., but perhaps that is beyond the
> scope of GNUCash.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> To: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 2, 2021 2:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Tax deferred account transfers suggestion
>
> I am not able to confirm right now but IIRC it is already possible to
> assign transfers from tax advantaged accounts as well as other accounts
> that trigger 1099s in the US to the respective forms in the tax report.
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 1:45 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> It'd be nice if the transfers from tax deferred accounts (401k, IRA) to
> not tax deferred showed as taxable income on the tax report.  Reverse
> transfers might also be listed as tax deductions.
>
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