[GNC] Mutual Fund Dividend After Sale

[Jack Frillman]

On 9/5/22 3:09 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Sep 5, 2022, at 10:32 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/5/22 12:13 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:
>>> No I didn't delete the account?
>>> Why would I do silly thing like that and lose all that history?
>>> The account is hidden because it's balance is 0.
>>> Reappearing means exactly what it says.
>>> I was no longer in the account tree, i.e. list, because after the sale it's balance became 0. No matter how I record that late dividend the balance becomes non 0 and the account reappears in the account tree or list.
>> I didn't think you deleted it, but wasn't sure what was going on.
>>
>> I can set an account with a non-zero balance to 'hidden' and it stays that way, even with subsequent activity. I can set it to hidden with a zero balance, add another transaction to make it non-zero, and it stays hidden. I'm not sure why your account is showing up.
>>
>> Did you by chance set a View filter on your Accounts tab that would affect this?
>>> I don't under stand the last part.
>>>
>>>> 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.
>> As it states, 'normally' a dividend transaction doesn't involve the fund/stock at all. It is a separate transaction between asset & income accounts. Though David just informed me that there may be times you might record it there, which I had not thought of.
> In both cases you record an empty split to the stock account. That doesn't change the account's balance and therefore won't unhide it from the Accounts page.
>
And how do I do that?

> Regards,
> John Ralls
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