Don,
Documentation, especially for reports, is lacking in some areas.
If you aren't finding something there, that doesn't mean GnuCash can't
do it, but that the docs haven't been updated yet to describe or explain it.
I think some sections are listed as 'coming soon' or something to that
Don, setting aside accounting policy, to answer your original questions:
(1) Does GnuCash recognize unrealized gains/losses of investments such as
stocks
Yes it does.
(2) so that they would appear in an Income Statement for a given period?
No, they do not appear on the Income Statement until the
Don
Unrealized gains are not usually recognized in normal net income and as such
would not appear in an income statement which basically measures operating
income. They are normally recognized in comprehensive income which includes
all changes in equity other than the contributions by the owners
You may wish to read Peter Selinger's essay at
https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/gnucash.html
On Thu, 6 Aug 2020, 7:09 am doncram, wrote:
> Does GnuCash recognize unrealized gains/losses of investments such as
> stocks, so that they would appear in an Income Statement for a given
Does GnuCash recognize unrealized gains/losses of investments such as
stocks, so that they would appear in an Income Statement for a given period
and in a Balance Sheet for a given date? And if so, how/where, and can one
control the presentation?
The online documentation of the Tutorial and
