[GNC] Advanced Portfolio report of basis

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Sherlock,

I suppose "we" is you and your partner.

Fred described the process in
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/invest-retofcap.html
and I have the same expectation as him in the reporting.

> We track the acquisition date separately as Gnucash only tracks transaction dates.

I'd expect any share movement to be a transaction.
Regards

On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 2:37 PM Sherlock <sh025622 at gmail.com
<https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user>> wrote:

>* Hi Fred,
*>>* The approach we use it to enter a transaction selling each lot's shares
*>* at their current cost basis, purchasing the same number of shares of
*>* each lot at their new cost basis, and recording the amount of capital
*>* returned to an income account for the security.  We use a separate
*>* transaction from the income account for the security to the account that
*>* receives the return of capital.
*>>* Regards,
*>>* Sherlock
*>>>* On 5/30/26 7:30 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote:
*>* > I have a stock that has had a few Return of Capital transactions.
*>* > They have been recorded as sell of zero shares at zero price for the
*>* > Return of Capital dollar amount.
*>* >
*>* > When I look at the Advanced Portfolio report for that stock,
*>* > the Basis price is the original purchase amount.  I am expecting that
*>* > the Basis price to be original purchase amount - (sum of Return of
*>* Capital).
*>* >
*>* > Did I record Return of Capital wrong?
*>* > Is there a bug in the Advanced Portfolio?
*>* >
*>
* > Is there a better way to find the basis of a stock?*