Actually, the dividends DON'T have to go to the fund account. You could register the reinvestment as a dividend transaction (to a cash account), followed by a buy transaction. That is how I handle these. YMMV. Best, David
On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 12:15, azalea4va<commo...@azalea.name> wrote: GnuCash - User mailing list wrote > In other words, money comes from the income account (e.g., > Income:Dividends) and goes to the brokerage account (Assets:Brokerage) . I > am not sure you need that second transaction at all. > ... > Without the second transaction, things get much simpler. The dividends MUST go to the fund account, the questions is wether or not to show them in the brokerage account. I could just have Income:Dividends -> Asset:Brokerage:Fund and that would be simpler. The dividend MUST go to the fund account because it is buying additional shares of that fund. But if I lack the in/out transaction fo the money going through the brokerage fund, that account no longer matches what I see when I get a listing from the brokerage company. Also, by putting that information on the brokerage account, I have one account that shows all money movement into and out of that account. So yes, I do not NEED the second transaction. Having it is a value judgement. Do I want simple or am I willing to deal with some complexity to get a clearer view of what is happening? Fortunately I was able to automate the process using the shell script I mentioned in an earlier post, eliminating much of the manual labor. -- View this message in context: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Copying-many-transactions-tp4692519p4692692.html Sent from the GnuCash - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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 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.
