[GNC] Mutual Fund Dividend After Sale

[David Carlson]

There are a couple of scenarios where it is desirable to post dividends in
the security account even though it does not affect the security,  it does
affect your ROI.  One is for certain report s and the other is when the
user reports dividends by ex dividend dates instead of payment dates.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022, 12:00 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> You deleted the account holding the fund after selling it?
>
> Otherwise, and unless you marked it 'hidden' it will always be there.
> Having activity in it doesn't change that. But you wouldn't have
> activity in it anyway from a dividend.
>
> What *exactly* do you mean by 'reappearing in my account list' and by
> 'screwing everything else up'?
>
> A Dividend receipt would normally be between some asset account ('bank'
> or a brokerage cash account if direct deposit, 'undeposited funds' if by
> paper check) according to how you received the money, and an
> Income/Revenue account, say 'Dividends Received'. The FundXYZ account
> shouldn't be touched at all.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 9/5/22 11:41 AM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:
> > Last month I sold a mutual fund say XYZ.
> > Several weeks after the sale closed and the calendar date went into the
> > next quarter I received a dividend from XYZ.
> > How do I enter that dividend transaction for XYZ without having it
> > reappearing in my account list and screwing everything else up?
>
>
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