It seems that the order of the transactions matter. If I swap the entries
I get the following:
2019/03/19 * Sell xx
Assets:Investing:ABC Securities:xx -5.37578 xx @
$26.725424031
Expenses:Investing:ABC Securities:Cost of Sale $143.67
Income:Investing:ABC Securities:Sales -5.37578 xx @
$44.373095625
Assets:Investing:ABC Securities:Cash $238.54
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
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
--------------------
$-94.87
That seems right to me.
I would appreciate any other perspectives on this topic.
Thanks!
JL
On Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 8:52:52 PM UTC-5 Jasel17212 wrote:
> That seems to get me a step closer, but I still see a balance of $94.87
> when I run my balance reports.
>
> 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
>
> The same report with the --unrealized flag also shows the same balance,
> but the unrealized category is now gone.
>
> 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
> $xxx,xxx.xx Expenses
> $-xxx,xxx.xx Income
> $-xxx,xxx.xx Liabilities
> --------------------
> $94.87
>
> I'm missing something here. How do I record the $94.87 as a capital gain
> and make the report balance to zero?
>
> Thanks
> JL
>
> On Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 8:23:20 PM UTC-5 [email protected] 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
>>>
>>
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