If funds were used to buy a different security first then that security was sold for a withdrawal and intermediate gains matter unlike in U.S. custodial accounts, it could get very messy.
David C On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 9:43 AM D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > If OP is looking to track gains using FIFO, wouldn't the lots > functionality work for them? I believe that it uses FIFO exclusively... > > David T. > > On November 14, 2018, at 8:23 PM, David Carlson < > david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think that Christian is asking a slightly different question. I > interpret it that in one parent custodial mutual fund account he purchased > Fund A on dates 1, 2 and later then sold some or all of Fund A and bought > Fund B in the same custodial account on date 3. > > Now I am not sure if he needs to account for capital gain at that point or > later on date 4 when he actually withdraws the funds from the parent > custodial account. > > David C > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 8:05 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, November 14, 2018 8:42 am, Christian Pinedo Zamalloa wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I would like to know if it is possible to order manually the > transactions > > > of a mutual fund account. > > > > > > When I transfer suscriptions from one mutual fund to another one, the > > > order > > > of the transfer transaction depends on the date when the transfer was > > > done. > > > > > > However, it would be quite useful to reorder this transfer transaction > > > because according to FIFO laws for mutual funds in my country, > transfers > > > of > > > mutual funds mut be ordered according to the initial purchase not to > the > > > date of the transfer between funds. So: > > > > > > - Suscription of Fund A, date: 1, effective_date: 1 > > > - More Subscriptions, date: 2, effective_date: 2 > > > - Transfer of Fund A to Fund B, date: 3, effective_date: 1 > > > > GnuCash does have multiple dates, which include the post-date, > entry-date, > > reconcile-date.. but only one visible date: the post-date. > > > > You have two options: > > > > 1) You could set the post-date to date 3 and put date 1 in the transfer > > description, or > > 2) You can set the post-date to date 1 (and put date 3 in the > description). > > > > I can think of no other way to do what you want. > > > > Personally, (noting that IANAA), I would go with option 1. > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -- > > > Christian Pinedo > > > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > -derek > > > > -- > > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
