It helps to think of it as all the steps that would be taken by your broker.
Say on a transfer you realize the gains:
plugin "beancount.plugins.auto"
2024-01-01 * "Add cash"
Income:Misc
Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:Cash 1000.00 USD
2024-01-01 * "Buy BMO in US"
Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:BMO 2 BMO {90.00 USD}
Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:Cash
2024-02-18 * "Sell BMO, realized gain"
Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:BMO -2 BMO {90.00 USD} @ 94.19 USD
Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:Cash 2*94.19 USD
Income:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:PnL
2024-02-18 * "Transfer cash equivalent"
Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:Cash -2*94.19 USD
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:Cash 2*127.03 CAD @ USD
2024-02-18 * "Sell BMO, realized gain"
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:Cash -2*127.03 CAD
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:BMO +2 BMO {127.03 CAD}
It's not super convenient, but you can compress those last three
transactions to
2024-02-18 * "Sell BMO, realized gain"
Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:BMO -2 BMO {90.00 USD} @ 94.19 USD
Income:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:PnL -8.38 USD
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:BMO +2 BMO {127.03 CAD}
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:Cash 2*127.03 CAD @ USD
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:Cash -2*127.03 CAD
If you prefer to provide the exchange rate instead it can fill in the P/L:
2024-02-18 * "Sell BMO, realized gain"
Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:BMO -2 BMO {90.00 USD} @ 94.19 USD
Income:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:PnL
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:BMO +2 BMO {127.03 CAD}
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:Cash 2*127.03 CAD @ 0.74147 USD
Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:Cash -2*127.03 CAD
Granted it could be better, but it's possible.
Thankfully you probably don't have a ton of these...
(You could automate the generation of these with a plugin if you do.)
On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 9:08 AM Martin Blais <bl...@furius.ca> wrote:
> (But to the straightforward question is: yes, it can.)
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 9:08 AM Martin Blais <bl...@furius.ca> wrote:
>
>> It depends.
>> What happens to your unrealized gain?
>> Does this trigger a realization and stepping up of cost-basis? Or do you
>> carry the unrealized gain to CAD?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 10:11 PM Matt McCormick <mattmc...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Some commodities trade on multiple stock exchanges and can be
>>> exchanged. How can this transaction be properly recorded? For example:
>>>
>>> 2024-02-18 * "Transfer BMO"
>>> Assets:CA:Brokerage:CanadianAccount:BMO 1 BMO {127.03 CAD}
>>> Assets:CA:Brokerage:USAccount:BMO -1 BMO {} @ 94.19 USD
>>>
>>> This results in a "Transaction does not balance" error due to the
>>> different currencies.
>>> Is there a way this can be properly recorded?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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