> On Apr 17, 2020, at 7:26 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger > <frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > David > > Am 17.04.20 um 13:00 schrieb David Cousens: >> Frank >> >> In that case you should be concerned as the trading account balances are >> currently reported under equity in the Balance sheet. >> >> The attached is a Balance sheet run on a dummy book I created >> Trading_Test_BalSheet.png >> <http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t375329/Trading_Test_BalSheet.png> >> > > Oh, that makes the balance sheet useless for german and probably other > users. Unrealized gains/losses do not belong in the balance. The user > has to manually enter value adjustments in the closing book process > according local law to reflect them, if applicable. > > That was also the reason, why the trading accounts were not implemented > over a decade.
If you don't want unrealized gains change the price source to Average Cost. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ 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.
