If the transaction has a tax-deferred status then you could record the sale in a "Deferred Income" category.
On Monday, October 4, 2021 at 9:23:20 AM UTC+8 psionl0 wrote: > Your asset sale is actually an income category and should be recorded as > such. In the same transaction you record the cost of the asset sold as an > expense: > > 2019/03/18 * Buy xx > Assets:Investing:ABC Securities:xx 5.37578 xx @ > $26.725424031 > Equity:Opening Balances > > 2019/03/19 * Sell xx > Income:Investing:ABC Securities:Sales -5.37578 xx @ > $44.373095625 > Assets:Investing:ABC Securities:Cash $238.54 > Assets:Investing:ABC Securities:xx -5.37578 xx @ > $26.725424031 > Expenses:Investing:ABC Securities:Cost of Sale $143.67 > > > On Monday, October 4, 2021 at 8:53:07 AM UTC+8 Jasel17212 wrote: > >> I've run into an issue that I just can't find an answer to in either the >> manual or archived conversations from this group, so I thought I would post >> to see if you guys can help me out. >> >> Following is an example of a stock transaction: >> >> 2019/03/18 * Buy xx >> Assets:Investing:ABC Securities:xx 5.37578 xx @ >> $26.725424031 >> Equity:Opening Balances >> >> 2019/03/19 * Sell xx >> Assets:Investing:ABC Securities:xx -5.37578 xx @ >> $44.373095625 >> Assets:Investing:ABC Securities:Cash >> >> After completing the transaction, all of my ABC Securities:Cash balance >> is correct, and all is good. If I run a balance report, however, I see a >> $94.87 balance when I expected to see $0.00. >> >> ledger -f register.ldg --price-db price_db.txt -V --strict --explicit bal >> --depth=1 -e 2019-03-20 >> >> $xxx,xxx.xx Assets >> $-xxx,xxx.xx Equity >> $xxx,xxx.xx Expenses >> $-xxx,xxx.xx Income >> $-xxx,xxx.xx Liabilities >> -------------------- >> $94.87 >> >> If I run the same report with the --unrealized flag, I can see the $94.87 >> show up in the unrealized gain category. >> >> ledger -f register.ldg --price-db price_db.txt -V --strict --explicit bal >> --depth=2 -e 2019-03-20 --unrealized >> >> $xxx,xxx.xx Assets >> $-xxx,xxx.xx Equity >> $-xxx,xxx.xx Opening Balances >> $-94.87 Unrealized Gains >> $xxx,xxx.xx Expenses >> $-xxx,xxx.xx Income >> $-xxx,xxx.xx Liabilities >> -------------------- >> 0 >> >> In this example, I have realized the gain, so how do I record it as >> such? I have many more examples of this where the transaction has occurred >> exactly as above, but the accounts have a tax-deferred status, so how do I >> handle those accounts as well? >> >> Thanks >> JL >> > -- --- 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/cf8ecdaa-711b-4a11-8291-143368be4cdbn%40googlegroups.com.
