[GNC] Fwd: Re: Average Cost Basis for stocks in Balance Sheet report

[David T.]

Stop what? Did I say something offensive or wildly inaccurate? If so, I apologize.

David



-------- Original Message --------
From: Elise Scher <elise.scher01 at gmail.com>
Sent: June 22, 2026 11:18:04 AM GMT+05:30
To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Average Cost Basis for stocks in Balance Sheet report

STOP

On Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 11:22 PM David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> To answer your question: I don't think so.
>
> IANAA, but I suspect you're using the Balance Sheet for the wrong purpose.
> A Balance Sheet is a snapshot in time--not covering a period. I don't
> believe it's meant for tax reporting. You could certainly use this report
> for tax purposes, but you'd just not transfer the gains information to the
> tax forms.
>
> Have you explored setting up and using the tax options features in
> GnuCash, along with the TXF report? I've found that to be reasonably
> robust, and there are no problems with reporting unrealized gains there. I
> will note that I am in the US, so the tax options are well-formed for me.
> It can take a little bit to get things set up properly, but once
> established, it's pretty effective.
>
> David T.
>
> On June 22, 2026 2:49:13 AM GMT+05:30, Stan Dragnev via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> >Is there a way to display only the ACB of stocks on a balance sheet
> report?
> >
> >I'm trying to avoid having unrealized losses/gains on tax returns but
> even selecting "Average cost of purchases weighted by volume" in the
> Commodities settings produces unrealized gains/losses drift in Gnucash.
> >
> >--
> >Stan
> >
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