Re: [GNC] Stock transaction research

2021-11-27 Thread Christopher Lam
I believe gnucash can record all your detailed stock accounting accurately, however, the data entry is (imho) difficult to do correctly. Additionally, to extract data from your stock accounts is also not obvious-- from dividends to notional distributions to stock splits, or reinvesting dividends in

Re: [GNC] Stock transaction research

2021-11-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 18:17 Geoff wrote: > Hi Tom > > I suggest you read Chapter 9 Investments: > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/invest_concepts1.html ... Thanks, Geoff, will do. Blessings, -Tom ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnuca

Re: [GNC] Stock transaction research

2021-11-27 Thread Geoff
Hi Tom I suggest you read Chapter 9 Investments: https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/invest_concepts1.html Particularly Chapter 9.5 Buying Shares: https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/invest-buy-stock1.html And pay attention to Paragraph 9.5.2.1. Handling Commissions and

Re: [GNC] Stock transaction research

2021-11-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 12:10 Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: … > Whether worthwhile or not, you'd have to judge, but since you would be > hand entering the data in either case, not more work using gnucash and > as you note, easier t produce the reports you would want.

Re: [GNC] Stock transaction research

2021-11-27 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
I have all the records, but not all are in or available in digital form, so I have been laboriously entering them in a spreadsheet. Would it be worthwhile to set up a new data file just for those stocks and import/hand enter them in Gnucash instead? (I suspect any IRS auditor would be more imp

[GNC] Stock transaction research

2021-11-27 Thread Tom Browder
I have been browsing various Gnucash documentation areas and think Gnucash might be able to help me with a tedious task: properly account for all transactions on stocks bought many years ago which have undergone spinoffs, splits, reverse splits, renames, etc. The stocks were recently sold to buy re