Try using the Stock Split assistant to record bonus shares. When you use that assistant, it seems to have special privileges to accommodate a split with just the shares without associating a value to it. But when you try to replicate the same splits manually, you run into issues that you have described.
To use the stock split assistant - - first, open the register in which bonus shares have been declared - then click on Actions -> Stock Split, then Next - it will automatically select the stock account you are in, so click next - on the next screen, enter the date when bonus was issued and the no. of bonus shares (in your case, 16). You can change the description to Bonus instead of Stock Split - on the next screen, it will ask you if there was a cash payout as well. If there was, enter the details here or skip. Then you are done. This will create a split in your stock register without the imbalance issue. You can run the Advanced Portfolio report and the balance sheet report after recording this split. It should show that your cost basis hasn’t changed. Cheers. On 06-Mar-2019, at 5:55 PM, <gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org>> <gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org>> wrote: Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 22:38:26 +1030 From: Gnucash Xboxboy Mageia <xboxboy.mageia+gnuc...@gmail.com<mailto:xboxboy.mageia+gnuc...@gmail.com>> To: fred.b...@dial.pipex.com<mailto:fred.b...@dial.pipex.com> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] Fwd: Bonus share entry Message-ID: <cakfyohr_stteywc20f2p5jmugp6ulvnyzniz20zoj6dqons...@mail.gmail.com<mailto:cakfyohr_stteywc20f2p5jmugp6ulvnyzniz20zoj6dqons...@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:22 PM Fred Bone <fred.b...@dial.pipex.com<mailto:fred.b...@dial.pipex.com>> wrote: On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 22:00, Gnucash Xboxboy Mageia said: [...] Hi Derek, I've attached a picture, I don't think I'm explaining very well. Please see attached. What can I do about that imbalance line? Delete it, and delete the price and value on the "buy" split. Fred, I think I've done as you say, but it continues to place 1 in the line below? I've attached an updated pic -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screenshot_20190306_223604.png Type: image/png Size: 28399 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/attachments/20190306/97314ef2/attachment-0001.png> ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
