Assuming one creates a separate account to track each stock (for example, “Joint Brokerage:AAPL” and “Joint Brokerage:AMZN” doesn’t a user have to scrub for each symbol? Or am I misunderstanding and it *should* work at the “Joint Brokerage” level?
> On Dec 29, 2022, at 20:04, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tim > > Lot scrubbing has nothing to do with internationali[sz]ation. It is just one > possible method** to match your buys and sells for a particular stock account > and thus calculate your gains and losses. > > Each sale transaction is applied consecutively to each buy transaction, and > the capital gain (or loss) on each such match is calculated and stored as a > separate transaction in the stock account. > > Note that scrubbing works on a "FIFO" basis (first in , first out) which may > or may not be what you want to do. > > If you have three stock accounts, you will have to scrub each of them > separately. There is no "easier way". > > Note that the process is completely reversible - you can manually delete the > capital gain/loss transactions and start over. > > You don't have to remember which sales have been scrubbed, the scrubbing > process will just pick up any unapplied sales next time you run it. > > > **The other method is to manually match your sales to your buys one lot at a > time. > > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > > Geoff > ===== > > > On 30/12/2022 11:00 am, [email protected] wrote: >> I searched the mailing list and didn’t really get any hits from the past six >> years, so I’m starting a new thread. >> I understand the concept of lots, and I *think* I understand _why_ GnuCash >> uses the scrubbing concept (i.e., internationalization?). >> In any case, I’m a little worried about the work flow as I implement GnuCash. >> Let’s say I perform a number of trades of stocks in any given month, but I >> don’t remember when sells I’ve scrubbed, and which I haven’t. How do I tell >> which ones need to be done? Go through each symbol (could easily be 30 or >> more total over three accounts)? >> Just curious if I”m missing an easier way? >> Tim >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
