Jon, https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Concept_of_Lots gives some clues on how to perform stock splits and how shares are treated as lots
also https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/stock-split.html David Cousens On Mon, 2018-12-31 at 18:45 -0800, Jon Leech wrote: > David Cousens wrote: > > In that case it is fairly simple. If you open the transaction in the account > > register they are in then edit the account entry split which debits them to > > that account and just select the new account you want to move them to in the > > drop down list. If you click on another transaction you will then get a > > dialog asking whether you want to confirm the changes. This will remove the > > transaction from that register. If you then open the new account register > > you should see the transaction in the register for the new account. > > That would work if I were transferring all of the shares in the > account to another account. But I'm only moving a portion of them (which > I don't think I previously made clear - sorry for that). It may be that > I end up having to synthesize new transactions that didn't actually > occur to accomplish this (e.g. breaking the original purchase into two > parts for the shares transferred / remaining), but I'd prefer the > gnucash history to reflect actual events insofar as possible. > > There is very little about this topic in the mailing list archives. > The last time someone asked was about 5 years ago, AFAICT, and it > doesn't seem like the program is more capable in this area than it was > in 2013. But I am hoping someone else has addressed this specific > problem and documented how they accomplished it. > > Jon > _______________________________________________ > 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.
