On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 6:44:39 PM UTC-7 Max Katsev wrote: > > Would you want to know the performance of your commodities at a granular > level (not just overall net worth) using something like beangrow > <https://github.com/beancount/beangrow>? > Do you really need to track cost basis for that? The document linked from > the beangrow repository even states "Note that nowhere in our calculations > was the cost basis used or factored in, so don't confuse it with market > value. The cost basis is only useful for tax-related effects."
I stand corrected: true, you need only cashflow for that, at least in principle. > Would you want to know which lots to sell to optimize your taxes assuming > your tax jurisdiction allows for this? > Yes but I think this would've been more important if I had the same stock > in multiple brokerages. Since I don't, I can just use the brokerage website > for this. > Sure, that works. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/689a2e97-d923-4113-a01d-45ceef59f3b3n%40googlegroups.com.
