On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 10:56 PM Aaron Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm working on getting various importers setup for my accounts and have
> hit a snag. After importing transactions from my brokerage's OFX files, I
> see messages like the following:
>
> mine.beancount:65467: Transaction does not balance: (-0.02619 USD)
>
> 2020-09-24 * "DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT"
> Income:Dividend -53.01 USD
> Assets:Brokerage:TICKR 0.491 TICKR {107.91 USD, 2020-09-24}
>
> It appears my brokerage does not specify the price with enough precision.
> I'm considering doing the math to calculate the price on my own and
> replacing my brokerage's value in the importer, but it feels a little
> 'icky' to be ignoring data from them... And how would I know I'm not
> introducing an error (i.e. getting my cost basis wrong if my importer
> miscalculates the price due to not subtracting out commission or something)?
>
The real question is whether they hold the number of rounded units or a
more precise fraction.
I would call them and ask, and track the units as closely to what they do.
(Is this Vanguard?)
Has anyone else seen an issue like this, or have any wise words on how best
> to work around it?
>
Make the tolerance larger, or use an extra posting to absord the rounding
errors.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Aaron
>
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