Maybe something along the lines of "Money Invested"?
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 13:26, D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Well, it seems that "Money In" is an ambiguous phrase. Perhaps there is a > better term that this report could use instead? "Purchase Cost" comes to > mind.... > On Dec 9, 2021, at 06:39, Thomas <tduellmann+gnucashu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the clarification Richard! >> it seems like the dividends are added in another column that I did not >> look into as I always expected to see the dividends in the 'money in' >> column. >> >> Thanks to all of your feedback! >> >> On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 19:09, Richard Ullger <rull...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I recall the discussions that took place on the mailing list years ago >>> when fixing up the Advanced Portfolio Report. >>> >>> The 'Money In' column reflects only the actual cash You have used to >>> purchase the security. Dividend and interest income is included in the >>> 'Income' column only and not in the 'Money In' column. >>> >>> 'Basis' does include the cost of the security whether bought from your >>> own funds or from income. >>> >>> >>> On 08/12/2021 17:36, Thomas wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Tom and David for your quick replies! >>>> >>>> I actually found that info some time ago as well, but it seems not to >>>> do the trick (for me). >>>> In the security's account I have the buy transactions (which are taken >>>> into account by the advanced portfolio template) and also the dividend >>>> payments in a "neutral" transaction as part of the dividend payment >>>> transaction. That means that the dividend transaction has multiple >>>> accounts involved (translated, so terms might not be 100% accurate): >>>> - "Earnings:Dividends" containing the whole amount I get from the company >>>> - "Expenses:Taxes" the amount of taxes that was deducted from the above >>>> - "Assets:ClearingAccount" the amount that remained after the deduction >>>> of taxes >>>> - "Assets:Securities:CompanyXY" just added without any amount >>>> >>>> Is there something I am missing to make it work? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Thomas >>>> >>>> On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 16:45, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> IIRC Tom's suggestion is the key to getting dividends correctly assigned >>>>> in >>>>> the Advanced Portfolio Report. I cannot find the documentation either, >>>>> but >>>>> there is a lot of information in the Tutorial chapter on investments < >>>>> https://gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=4&lang=C&doc=guide> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 9:36 AM Tom Teixeira <tjteixe...@earthlink.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 12/8/21 10:09 AM, Thomas wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear User-List, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I successfully populated the advanced portfolio template with most of >>>>>>> the data by selecting of all the accounts of my securities. >>>>>>> What I did not manage to get filled is the "money in" column, to also >>>>>>> include received dividends in the calculations. I tried to add the >>>>>>> accounts with the dividends, but that was not successful. >>>>>>> My question essentially is, how to properly fill the "money in" column >>>>>>> with dividends. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't remember where it is in the manual, but add a split to the >>>>>> dividend transaction and include the asset account for the stock. 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