[GNC] Investment report including purchase dates and costs

Wm Tarr wm at ilipsis.net
Thu Oct 16 12:56:24 EDT 2025


No harm in doing a test scrub on an account without too many tx to see 
what it does for you.  Worst case is you need to delete the tx it 
creates for each sale and tidy up the lots.  I use lots even though I 
don't need to for tax purposes because I like having a realised gain / 
-loss tx in my p+l.

I'm not sure what you need the purchase dates for but the lots might 
suit your purpose.

Wm.


On 2025-10-16 14:27, rsbrux wrote:
> The pre-baked investment reports I have found (Advanced Portfolio and
> Investment Portfolio under Assets & Liabilities) lack the securities'
> purchase dates. Advanced Portfolio obviously makes use of them without
> making them explicit. Is there any way of including them explicitly,
> short of implementing lots? I haven't yet bothered with lots, because
> Switzerland has no capital gains tax. If there is no other way, can I
> count on the  "Scrub Account" function to miraculously create the
> needed data? What unwanted side effects might that entail?
>


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