Move to https://github.com/beancount/beangrow/issues/6
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 6:44 AM redst...@gmail.com <redstre...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I have a case that doesn't produce the desired output: a transfer out of
> an account, in-kind. This gets categorized as an ASSET_OTHERASSET. I'm not
> sure I understand the reasoning for why this category cashflows out the
> *cost basis* of the other asset. Shouldn't it be outflowing the market
> value instead?
>
> More generally, in-kind transfers (in or out) don't seem to work correctly
> for this reason. They only work if both source and target accounts are
> considered together in a group.
>
> Source:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> option "operating_currency" "USD"
> plugin "beancount.plugins.implicit_prices"
>
> 2005-01-01 commodity USD
> 2005-01-01 commodity HOOL
>
> 2000-01-01 open Assets:Brokerage:USD
> 2000-01-01 open Assets:Brokerage:HOOL "STRICT"
> 2000-01-01 open Assets:Zero-Sum-Accounts:Transfers "STRICT"
>
> 2020-01-01 * "Buy"
> Assets:Brokerage:HOOL 1000 HOOL {1 USD}
> Assets:Brokerage:USD
>
> 2020-10-01 price HOOL 1.1 USD
>
> 2020-10-02 * "Transfer out, in kind"
> Assets:Brokerage:HOOL -1000 HOOL {1 USD}
> Assets:Zero-Sum-Accounts:Transfers 1000 HOOL {1 USD}
>
> Config:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> investments {
> investment {
> currency: "HOOL"
> asset_account: "Assets:Brokerage:HOOL"
> cash_accounts: "Assets:Brokerage:USD"
> dividend_accounts: "Income:Dividends:Brokerage:HOOL"
> }
> }
> groups {
> group {
> name: "currency.HOOL"
> investment: "Assets:Brokerage:HOOL"
> }
> }
>
> Results:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Desired (meaningful) output: 12% CAGR
> Actual output: 0.00% (since the cashflow is -1000 for the buy, and +1000
> for the transfer).
>
>
>
>
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