Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Okay, can you take a look at this (there is a table and a screenshot,
> so I can't just paste text):
>
> http://www.jandr.org/temp/gnucashdocs/invest_sell1.html
Your table is wrong. When selling shares you want (need) to put in
the sell price, not the buy price... Which means you need to enter a
transaction like:
Account #shares price total buy total sell
A:Bank NETSALE
E:Commissions COMMISSION
A:Stock:SYMB PROFIT
A:Stock:SYMB -NUMSHARES SALEPRICE TOTALSALE
I:CapGain PROFIT
where PROFIT = TOTALSALE - TOTALBUY (this is computed from the cost basis)
NETSALE = TOTALSALE - COMMISSION
So, knowing TotalSale, TotalBuy, and Commission you can compute
everything else.
You will also notice that this balances out:
TOTALSALE + PROFIT = PROFIT + NETSALE + COMMISSION
TOTALSALE = TOTALSALE - COMMISSION + COMMISION
TOTALSALE = TOTALSALE
The only problem is that it's unlikely the register will actually let
you create this transaction, because it usually wont let you enter
in a split with zero shares.
-derek
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