[GNC] GnuCash and USD tenths and mils

[Derek Atkins]

Keep in mind that gnucash does not store the price in the register, it 
stores the #shares and total $value.  Are you saying you would have a mil 
in the total value of the split?
-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
On June 18, 2026 11:38:28 Clint Chaplin <joatmon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunate.  My use case is stock that has split.  The suggested way to
> record this change in basis in GnuCash is to sell all the stock, and then
> rebuy at the split quantities at the new pricing.  This will lead to
> amounts that are fractions of a penny, but simply cannot be recorded in
> GnuCash with the current restriction.
>
> Even worse is when a spinoff happens and needs to be recorded.  The basis
> of the stock needs to be modified, but the only way I can see is to "sell"
> and "buy" at the new basis, but the total amount per purchase cannot be in
> fractions of a penny.
>
> When I have over 100 lots to do this to, the rounding to the nearest penny
> will catch up...
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
>> No, no more than you can get a 10th of a penny at the bank or the grocery
>> store. Prices can be in fractions of a penny, amounts cannot.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 16, 2026, at 10:39 PM, Clint Chaplin <joatmon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Is there a way to set GnuCash to take USD tenths and mils on some
>> > accounts?  My default is USD, if that matters...
>> >
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