>>>>> "o" == o1bigtenor <[email protected]> writes:
o> When I look at a cashier's slip I can figure out what accounts things go o> into - - - dunno how you'd be able to automate all of that - - - - well o> maybe but that would mean having a complete copy of all the UAN and EAN (I o> think that is what the US and the European bar code associations are) bar o> codes. Might be a large assumption that one could make that an error free o> process. You can also semi-automate. For example, I don't think that I can fully automate the calculation of the Wash Sale Rule for capital loss transactions followed by a repurchase of "the same equity or a substantially equivalent instrument", since the government determines what equivalent means in that context. However, I can maintain a small data file with wash sales from my broker (which can also be downloaded as a tab-separated file), and then whenever my code determines that a purchase is occurring, look to see whether there is an applicable wash sale for that security on the given day. Perhaps you don't need all of UAN/EAN, but there's a way to download what you do need, so that you only maintain that. The main idea here being: take whatever you do manually, and teach the computer how to replicate as much of that activity as possible. John -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/m2sghar4rh.fsf%40newartisans.com.
