Can you try to update the cost of the original transaction of the parent company and scrub the account again to re calculate the cap gain
Saludos Cordiales Murugan ________________________________ From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam=hotmail....@gnucash.org> on behalf of Michael Matz <michael.m...@gmail.com> Sent: 29 September 2024 18:52 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: [GNC] stock spinoff and lots I've been using GnuCash for my personal finances for many years. I've not used the stock lot feature until recently and am working thought my old data and adding stock lots and capital gains transactions. How do I add a transaction to a lot, which changes the cost basis but not the number of shares? In the user guide, I found a section about return of capital, which says to enter a transaction in the stock account with 0 shares. However, that transaction is not in the "Splits free" list in the lot editor so I can't add it to the lot. https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnucash.org%2Fdocs%2Fv5%2FC%2Fgnucash-guide%2Finvest-retofcap.html&data=05%7C02%7C%7C616d4df336f0417f0c2508dce0d13ea0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638632436528035919%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Lk%2B%2FKFzdLomKyVKf6E8v1yOqDQub1DsnydxGZ3%2F%2FrcM%3D&reserved=0<https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/invest-retofcap.html> My need is slightly different, a spin-off rather than return to capital, but it is essentially the same in that it changes the cost basis but not the number of shares. I found this post which gets me most of the way there: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fpipermail%2Fgnucash-user%2F2018-February%2F074963.html&data=05%7C02%7C%7C616d4df336f0417f0c2508dce0d13ea0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638632436528056733%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZGmz2jd%2Bd7KnvlUPZ%2BLM%2FGa34AmKyy7yqnIOg8xjsW4%3D&reserved=0<https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2018-February/074963.html> Following this, I can create a lot and the correct capital gains transaction for the spin-off stock. However, the same issue exists with the 0 share transaction for the parent company - it can't be added to a lot so the cost basis for the parent stock is wrong. Am I missing something or is there no way to add a transaction to a lot which changes the cost-basis but not the number of shares? Thanks, Michael GnuCash 5.4, Ubuntu _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=05%7C02%7C%7C616d4df336f0417f0c2508dce0d13ea0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638632436528068001%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oSEdnRpUOmH8RDTjeRtdiWGGSQIdODfazO40G8WIJs0%3D&reserved=0<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. _______________________________________________ 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.
