I managed to sort the capital reconstruction out: Stock split with a negative value.
As for the naming and code issue: I think I'll just rename the stock to it's final name, and enter notes on the earlier transactions before the name change? Or is there a proper way to handle this? I was also thinking the stock merger feature could be used? On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 6:13 PM Gnucash Xboxboy Mageia < xboxboy.mageia+gnuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks everyone: I think David's tab trick worked. It appears to have > worked anyways. > > Now my next trick, is a double trick: > During the ownership of a company, it has changed it's name/code. How does > one best handle this? > > and > > I have 163 shares in a company that had a capital reconstruction, and > after wards it has 98 shares: So the reverse of a stock split: Can the > stock split process handle this? > > I appreciate everyone's input. > Xboxboy > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 5:32 PM Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> >> Sent: Thursday, 7 March 2019 12:26 PM >> To: Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com>; Gnucash Users < >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> Subject: Re: [GNC] Fwd: Bonus share entry >> >> Chris, >> >> That's a bad idea. It messes up the lots as you note, it screws up the >> acquisition dates (important for tax purposes in the US), and ultimately >> it's not what happened. Since it is possible to add zero cost shares using >> tab (instead of enter), there is no reason to use this approach. You >> certainly don't *have* to use it. >> >> David >> >> On March 7, 2019, at 2:29 AM, Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Message: 6 >> > Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 22:00:16 +1030 >> > From: Gnucash Xboxboy Mageia <xboxboy.mageia+gnuc...@gmail.com> >> > To: Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> >> > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Fwd: Bonus share entry >> > Message-ID: >> > >> > <CAKFYoHp0Q5P+1uMDVM=aO=WHE+iYNBd8vc9ib5oHaiHRyG8=0...@mail.gmail.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> > >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:38 PM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> The cost may be zero, but the value is not. >> >> Maybe just enter them as 0.01? >> >> >> >> -derek >> >> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. >> >> On March 6, 2019 6:07:28 AM Gnucash Xboxboy Mageia >> >> <xboxboy.mageia+gnuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi all, >> >>> I have some bonus shares that were issued with no cost to me: >> >>> >> >>> I am having trouble entering them without a cost. When I put 0 as >> >>> the >> >> cost, >> >>> on the next line 1 appears, and I am unable to get rid of it. >> >>> >> >>> Perhaps I'm doing this the wrong way, and need to be entering them >> >>> as a share split? >> >>> >> >>> In this case, I had 100 shares, and got issued 16 for no cost: so I >> >>> have >> >>> 116 in total. >> >>> >> >>> Any ideas? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> Xboxboy >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> 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. >> > Hi Derek, >> > >> > I've attached a picture, I don't think I'm explaining very well. >> > >> > Please see attached. >> > >> > What can I do about that imbalance line? >> > Many thanks, >> > Xboxboy >> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was >> > scrubbed... >> > Name: Screenshot_20190306_215426.png >> > Type: image/png >> > Size: 34424 bytes >> > Desc: not available >> > URL: >> > <http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/attachments/20190306/ >> > 8a2c7c73/attachment.png> >> > >> >> Hi XBoxBoy, >> >> If the tax authorities have agreed that you are getting these bonus >> shares for zero cost, then to keep the cost correct in GnuCash you will >> have to do a dummy sell of all your existing shares at cost, and then in >> another transaction, buy them, including the bonus qty, at the same cost. >> Assuming this is for your personal accounting, it probably doesn't matter >> which account you use for the other side in each transaction - you could >> probably use either a bank account (and if you reconcile that bank account, >> flag the transactions as reconciled even though they never appear on a bank >> statement) or an Equity:Opening Balances account - you should check with >> your accountant. >> >> Doing this will mean manually keeping track of lots bought and sold when >> determining costs of future sales. >> >> Regards, Chris Good >> >> Hi David, >> >> You're right, I was confusing this with the problem where the Advanced >> Portfolio Report doesn't handle Return Of Capital transactions, but it >> seems to handle zero cost and price transactions OK. Sorry for the bad >> advice XBoxBoy. >> >> Regards, >> Chris Good >> >> _______________________________________________ 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.
