> On Jan 4, 2026, at 09:27, Fred Tydeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Responses inline. > I found more online documentation after I posted my query. > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM John Ralls <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jan 4, 2026, at 08:29, Fred Tydeman <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Should one remove Commission splits before doing the above? >>> Is one really supposed to be able to pick any account in the stock >>> assistant for where the cash proceeds will go? >> >> No (but you’re still paying commissions?). > > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/tool-lots.html > 9.7.2.8. Considerations > > mentions commissions. > I infer that commissions and fees should be removed and netted into sale > price.
I don’t know how you get there from the documentation, but I understand that the lots computation might not recognize commission splits as increasing the basis and reducing the proceeds. IIUC that’s the law in some countries, so that might be the right thing for it to do. > > The "commissions" in my file are due to import of Quicken QIF where they are > due to limited share price precision (in Quicken), so result in rounding > errors. > > I am not really paying commissions. > >> No. Proceeds must be an Asset account. In nearly all cases it’s going to be >> the broker account that’s the parent of the stock account or a currency sub >> account of the broker account, but GnuCash doesn’t require that. > > Agreed, it must be an Asset account. > I tried to pick the cash account at the brokerage, but could not. > I also tried to type in the cash account and it would not take it. > After the transaction was created, I manually fixed the proceeds account. Check the account type in the account editor. It must be Asset or Bank and it needs to be denominated in the same currency as the one the stock trades in because the Stock Assistant isn’t smart enough to deal with cross-currency stock trades. Regards, John Ralls > _______________________________________________ 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.
