I think you're recording the dividend into the Brokerage cash account only. Beware the Advanced portfolio report (and upcoming IFRS average cost report) will not recognise this dividend because it has no split into the stock account. So, you'll want to record as follows:
Asset:Broker:Stock 0 STOCK Asset:Broker:Cash +$8.61 Income:Dividend -$10.13 Expenses:Taxes:Tax Withheld +$1.52 On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 at 02:13, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > I just bought the stock and I got a dividend and I don't know how often > I will get them. So setting up a scheduled transaction for it is not > practical. > > The response Gyle sent was the solution what I was trying to do. > > Thanks. > > On 10/9/21 8:59 PM, Liz Dodd wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 11:46:14 -0400 > > Jack Frillman via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > >> Yes it was a big help. > >> Thanks. > >> > >> On 10/9/21 10:23 AM, Gyle McCollam wrote: > >>> This would be your entry: > >>> > >>> Parent Brokerage Account $8.61 > >>> Tax Account $1.52 > >>> Dividend Income Account $10.63 > >>> > >>> Hope this helps you and is clear. > >>> > >>> Thank You, > >>> *Gyle McCollam* > > > > To avoid having to work this out every year, try making a shceduled > > transaction. > > Edit out the numbers and put the the instructions in place. > > > > Attached is how I get my electricity account recorded faster. > > Liz > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > -- > Old Unix programmers never die, they just mv to /dev/null > - Anonymous > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
