It could be very helpful to learn if this started in a recent release, or has it been that way since back in the 3.x series.
On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 8:54 AM David T. via gnucash-user < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > In the course of catching up with my accounting, I've been working > extensively with mutual fund holdings, and their buys and sells. I have > found a disturbing bug in the way that the lots feature handles existing > gains. > > Specifically, the software recalculates ALL gains in a lot the moment you > select that lot. A user does not have to try and change anything in the > lot; the mere act of selecting the lot causes every gain entry to be > recalculated. The recalculation silently takes place without notice to the > user, and it recalculates gains entries that have already been reconciled. > Sometimes, the value on the reconciled gain transaction will be changed; at > other times, new gains entries get created. I haven't figured out why a new > entry is created sometimes, and the existing entry gets changed at others. > > This is highly problematic. It means that users cannot rely on lot-managed > accounts having accurate gains information, and its silent action means > that the user will not know why their accounts were accurate at one point, > but not later on. > > To see this in action, create a mutual fund account, add a purchase of 100 > shares. Sell 25 shares at a different price, and then use the lots features > to assign the purchase and then the sale to a lot. Gnucash will > automatically create the gain transaction. Now, change the gain value in > the transaction to something else. Reconcile the account, including the > gains entry. Now, return to the lot window and select the lot. The gains > will be recalculated-- even though the gain is already reconciled. > > If others confirm my observations, I'll file a bug. > > David T. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
