Jack,
John Ralls asked whether you received shares or cash. It makes a
difference.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:30 PM John Layman <john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com>
wrote:
> I've had the same situation, but did add a zero-share split to the closed
> account. One side was a deposit to the brokerage core account, the other
> to
> Income:Dividends:Tax-Advantaged.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=ieee....@gnucash.org>
> On Behalf Of Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2022 1:13 PM
> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Mutual Fund Dividend After Sale
>
> No I didn't delete the account?
> Why would I do silly thing like that and lose all that history?
>
> The account is hidden because it's balance is 0.
>
> Reappearing means exactly what it says.
> I was no longer in the account tree, i.e. list, because after the sale it's
> balance became 0. No matter how I record that late dividend the balance
> becomes non 0 and the account reappears in the account tree or list.
>
> I don't under stand the last part.
>
> On 9/5/22 12:59 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> > You deleted the account holding the fund after selling it?
> >
> > Otherwise, and unless you marked it 'hidden' it will always be there.
> > Having activity in it doesn't change that. But you wouldn't have
> > activity in it anyway from a dividend.
> >
> > What *exactly* do you mean by 'reappearing in my account list' and by
> > 'screwing everything else up'?
> >
> > A Dividend receipt would normally be between some asset account
> > ('bank' or a brokerage cash account if direct deposit, 'undeposited
> > funds' if by paper check) according to how you received the money, and
> > an Income/Revenue account, say 'Dividends Received'. The FundXYZ
> > account shouldn't be touched at all.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > On 9/5/22 11:41 AM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:
> >> Last month I sold a mutual fund say XYZ.
> >> Several weeks after the sale closed and the calendar date went into
> >> the next quarter I received a dividend from XYZ.
> >> How do I enter that dividend transaction for XYZ without having it
> >> reappearing in my account list and screwing everything else up?
> >
> >
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