Heide, I see that my email program mangled your name. I apologize!
David T. On February 8, 2026 10:27:23 AM GMT+05:30, "David T. via gnucash-user" <[email protected]> wrote: >Heidelberg, > >In what way did your view differ from the example? > >If you didn't see all the different splits from the example, that's to be >expected, since you haven't yet entered the gains information. In this case, >all you would need to do is add new splits for the gain-- one for 0 shares >anchored to the current commodity in the amount of the gain, and a second >balancing split in the same amount going to some income account. > >Note that in order to input the zero share split, you need to *TAB* through >the line, not ENTER. GnuCash insists on adding share values to the split if >you press enter. > >For the record, I used to put gains into the sale entry as you are trying >here, but found it much clearer and easier to follow in the books if I entered >the gains in a separate transaction. That way, I get a description that >identifies this money clearly as gains and there aren't the weird register >issues that the documentation notes about multiple lines appearing in the >register. > >For what it's worth, with separate gains transactions, I also enter every gain >transaction with the same description format: "XXX Gain/Loss" where XXX is the >ticker. That way, in the income account, I have a clear outline of the source >of each gain. YMMV. > >David T. > >On February 8, 2026 9:03:09 AM GMT+05:30, Heide Wang <[email protected]> >wrote: >>John, >>Thank you. I am more interested in using "Combine the sale and capital gain >>in one transaction" as in 9.7.1.1. not the Captial 11. After I entered the >>negative share and the selling price, I tapped 'split.' My account register >>did not match the example's in 9.7.1.1. I must have done something wrong. >>Any additional suggestions would be appreciated. >>Heide >> >>On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_capgain.html >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> >>> On Feb 6, 2026, at 10:00, Heide Wang <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have held stocks in my Gnucash account for over 10 years; I've never sold >>> them. I recently sold the stock for a profit. What is the correct way to >>> record it to show the profit? I entered the negative share number and >>> total sold price, then tabbed the split, but it recorded the sale without >>> showing any profit. What did I do wrong? >>> I used Gnucash 5.10. My operating system is macOS Sequoia 15.7.3. >>> Thank you for your help. >>> Heide >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >_______________________________________________ >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.
