Hey Zurab - this topic is a pretty frequent one. Take a look at the mailing list archives first and then let us know if you're still having trouble.
On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 2:43 PM Zurab Sajaia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I just recently found and started using beancount, and have been having > fun converting my old financial records to it. Most of the transaction > types I was able to correctly enter and balance but have been unable to > figure out what is wrong with one particular item: > I'm trying to record a 8:1 split that happened for GE last year. > 2021-08-02 * "Reverse Split GE 1 for 8" > Assets:Robinhood:GE -37.704432 GE {} @ 12.965 ; three lots with > different prices > Assets:Robinhood:GE 4 GE {103.72 USD} > Assets:Robinhood:Cash 73.96 USD > So the 32 old stocks were converted into 4 new, and for the residual of > (new) 0.713 the cash was paid out. > > Now here's the problem, whichever way I tried to turn this transaction I'm > not able to balance it, seems like beancount calculates the sale at the > cost in the first leg (no matter what price I put after @ it doesn't seem > to be used) and therefore says that the transaction is not balanced. > > What can I be doing wrong? other than having long fractional quantities > and prices, everything else (seems to me) is straight out of the docs... > any advice would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > Zurab > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/f9e995eb-96b1-4eb7-b1ba-7433c8f2451fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/f9e995eb-96b1-4eb7-b1ba-7433c8f2451fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CACGEkZvmM%2BufoiEZRECu7XDZPabkSZiyKpVWonhw-oMX-jxzUA%40mail.gmail.com.
