Yes, but GnuCash keeps trying to enter a security price after trying to zero it out, then the transaction is spoiled. Unless, that is, if you know the secret...
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 11:00 AM Fred Tydeman <[email protected]> wrote: > The tutorial says how to correctly process return of capital -- it lowers > the basis price. So, one has a larger capital gain. > > I followed the instructions in the Tutorial for Return of Capital under > Investments > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:52 AM Michael or Penny Novack < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On 9/20/2021 12:01 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > > I have entered a buy of an ETF. > > > The ETF has done several annual Return of Capitals (which I entered). > > > I have entered a sell of all of the ETF. > > > I used the Actions: View Lots: Scrub Account to create the Capital > gain. > > > The Capital gain calculated is wrong in that the Return of Capitals > were > > > ignored. > > > > > > If I did something wrong, what should I do? > > > > Are you saying that these returns of capital were included in your > > capital gains? (incorrect). In that case, I rather suspect that you did > > not enter the transactions that were "return of capital" correctly (did > > not credit the correct account). Please describe what you entered for > > these return of capital transactions. Presumably the debit side of the > > transactions was "cash" (some bank account). But what was the credit > side? > > > > Are you saying that the returns of capital were not included in capital > > gains? That would be correct (at least they would in my jurisdiction) > > > > Let's first settle the accounting questions before asking n terms of > > what gnucash is doing. > > > > Michael D Novack > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
