[GNC] Scrubbing workflow

[Geoff]

Hi Tim

Lot scrubbing has nothing to do with internationali[sz]ation.  It is 
just one possible method** to match your buys and sells for a particular 
stock account and thus calculate your gains and losses.

Each sale transaction is applied consecutively to each buy transaction, 
and the capital gain (or loss) on each such match is calculated and 
stored as a separate transaction in the stock account.

Note that scrubbing works on a "FIFO" basis (first in , first out) which 
may or may not be what you want to do.

If you have three stock accounts, you will have to scrub each of them 
separately.  There is no "easier way".

Note that the process is completely reversible - you can manually delete 
the capital gain/loss transactions and start over.

You don't have to remember which sales have been scrubbed, the scrubbing 
process will just pick up any unapplied sales next time you run it.


**The other method is to manually match your sales to your buys one lot 
at a time.


Hope this helps.

Regards

Geoff
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On 30/12/2022 11:00 am, ml at tgr66.me wrote:
> I searched the mailing list and didn’t really get any hits from the past six years, so I’m starting a new thread.
> 
> I understand the concept of lots, and I *think* I understand _why_ GnuCash uses the scrubbing concept (i.e., internationalization?).
> 
> In any case, I’m a little worried about the work flow as I implement GnuCash.
> 
> Let’s say I perform a number of trades of stocks in any given month, but I don’t remember when sells I’ve scrubbed, and which I haven’t. How do I tell which ones need to be done? Go through each symbol (could easily be 30 or more total over three accounts)?
> 
> Just curious if I”m missing an easier way?
> 
> Tim
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