On Mon, 2024-10-07 at 22:01 -0500, Jon Schewe wrote: > On Mon, 2024-10-07 at 22:30 -0400, NoobAlice wrote: > > On 2024-10-07 09:52 PM, Jon Schewe wrote: > > > In my case there are no transaction fees, those are handled > > > separately > > > though a cash account. However that wouldn't explain why the > > > numbers > > > don't add up. Shouldn't GnuCash put the trades into lots and if > > > I've > > > sold off all of my shares shouldn't all of the buys minus the > > > sells > > > give me my capital gains? I'm trying what I feel like is a pretty > > > simple account to understand how the automatic lots work. If it > > > can't > > > get that right, I can't trust it to get the gains right when I > > > don't > > > sell off all of the shares. > > > Again, what am I missing in my understanding of how GnuCash does > > > things > > > that would explain why the numbers don't add up? > > > > > > My guess is that your basis may be off. Does your cost basis in > > GnuCash > > actually match the cost basis your brokerage has? If not, can you > > pinpoint the differences? I am assuming that you already checked > > that > > the number of shares matches. > > > I'm not comparing the numbers against my brokerage statement. I'm > comparing GnuCash with itself. To me this seems like really simple > math. > I've attached a screenshot below. > All of the buys add up to be $11,793.02 > All of the sells add up to be $11,729.04 > Doing the simple math this means that I lost $63.98. > > Now look at the bottom of the register where GnuCash computed the > Realized Gain/Loss. I put those all against the same account and that > adds up to a loss of $64.12. > Why the difference? Is this rounding error?
I went back again today and rechecked my math and now everything lines up. I must have been missing something in my initial math. _______________________________________________ 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.
