[GNC] Mutual Fund Dividend After Sale

[Jack Frillman]

I tried something like that but couldn't get it work right.
Could you send a example screen shot?

On 9/6/22 11:12 AM, John Layman wrote:
> I've had the same situation, but did add a zero-share split to the closed
> account.  One side was a deposit to the brokerage core account, the other to
> Income:Dividends:Tax-Advantaged.
>
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> Subject: Re: [GNC] Mutual Fund Dividend After Sale
>
> 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 don't under stand the last part.
>
> On 9/5/22 12:59 PM, Adrien Monteleone 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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