[GNC] Do I treat a managed investment account as stocks, or no?

[Louise]

As soon as I sent this question I thought to myself, this sounds like a 
question for an accountant!!

I'm in Canada, and I doubt my accounts will be used for tax purposes. I 
think they are just for me, and I have a tendency to make things more 
complicated than they need to be.

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed their thoughts.

Louise.



On 2026-05-04 8:46 a.m., gnucash at kcburns.com wrote:
> Louise,
>
> Income tax implications can affect how you wish to do your accounting...
>
> What income tax laws are you subject to?  USA?
>
> My knowledge is only of USA tax laws.
>
> If you are in the USA, then is this account in a Traditional IRA, Roth 
> IRA, 401(k), or other tax deferred account?  Or not in a tax deferred 
> account?
>
> It boils down to whether you need to have your accounting system 
> contain the information for completing the income tax forms regarding 
> capital gains.
>
> Ken
>
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> Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 15:36:14 -0600
> From: Louise<louise at bernevyl.com>
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>     no?
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> I have a managed investment account where I deposit funds monthly, and
> someone, or AI, decides what stocks to buy.
>
> So far, in GnuCash, I have just been transferring my deposits to the
> appropriate account. When the dividends are paid out I have simple been
> allocating the amounts to a plain account per stock.
>
> Should I be treating these "purchases" as stocks, or is this not 
> necessary?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Louise.
>
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