[GNC] Removing commission split on stock transaction

[Kalpesh Patel]

Interjecting here ...

While I am on older version (4.14), I recall that whenever I needed to make any minor change to an existing entry, I had to type in the same information again in the stock split entry (almost like I was creating brand new entry or at least make GNC think that I *refreshed* each and every input field) in order for it *not* to go back to what the values were in the column where modification was wanted. Not sure if same thing is happening in the version you are using. 

-----Original Message-----
From: David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2026 3:54 AM
To: tydeman.fred at gmail.com; Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com>; Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Removing commission split on stock transaction

Out of curiosity, what happens if you try to enter that transaction from scratch? 

At some point, working on importing transactions becomes more of a burden than just entering them all over again...

David T. 

On March 1, 2026 9:58:08 AM GMT+05:30, Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com> wrote:
>I found a method that works (may not be the best).
>Delete commission split, and both trading splits.
>Alter the stock value to 0 shares.
>Click Enter.  That gets an Imbalance split.
>Alter the stock value back to the correct number of shares.
>Get a popup where I can compute the correct price.
>Delete the Imbalance split.
>Click Enter.
>Two trading splits come back and no commission split.
>
>
>
>
>On Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am running GnuCash 5.12 on Fedora Linux 41
>>
>> I am importing stock transactions from an old Quicken.
>> Many of those transactions have a small commission
>>    (due to rounding error in price).
>> Those transactions end up in GnuCash with 5 splits:
>>   stock
>>   cash
>>   commission
>>   trading (stock)
>>   trading (cash)
>> I try to remove the commission split by deleting
>>   commission
>>   trading (stock)
>>   trading (cash)
>> When I click on Enter, those three splits reappear.
>>
>> If I change the dollar amount in the trading (cash) split, it reverts 
>> back to the previous value when I press Enter.
>>
>> What is the correct way to remove the commission split?
>>
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David T.

David T.