Thanks John for your prompt feedback. Yes, I am posting it manually. Only down side is that i can not assign this income to that specific Mutual fund account and hence it does not reflects in Advance Portfolio Report, I guess.
Of course, this is not the big deal. With my regards Paras. With regards Paras ________________________________ From: john <jra...@ceridwen.us> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 10:35:30 PM To: Paras Desai <desaipa...@outlook.com> Cc: GnuCash User List <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] Posting of Dividend through Stock Assist > On Jan 16, 2024, at 05:41, Paras Desai <desaipa...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Greetings! > > I was trying to post the Dividend income from a Mutual Fund through Stock > Assist. But I encountered an issue. I am narrating my issue as below. > > When I receive the dividend, 10 % of TCS (Tax Collected at Source) is > deducted and deposited to the Tax authority on my behalf and the remaining > amount is paid to me. Such Tax deducted and deposited to Tax authority is My > Tax credit and in my books of account it should reflect as Assets (Tax Credit) > > So my posting should look like this > > Dividend : Rs 1000 Cr (Income Account : Income from Dividend) > > Cash : Rs 900 Dr (Asset Account : My Bank) > > Tax deducted : Rs100 Dr (Asset Account : Tax Credit) > > There is no expense involved in the transaction. > > Now, when I try to post this transaction through Stock Assist, It offers me > two options > > 1. Either I show the difference between the Dividend and Cash (which is Tax > deducted) as expense, or I capitalize. There is no option to post the > difference as tax credit in Assets account. > > AS a result, I need to post the transaction, with manual split, but in that > case, I'm afraid I can not show return in form of dividend income for the > Mutual Fund Account in portfolio report. > > Has anyone come across such a typical situation ? That's not a scenario that's coded into the stock assistant so you'll have to enter it manually. Since dividend payments are presumably periodic it sounds like a good candidate for a scheduled transaction. 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
