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> On Sep 7, 2022, at 12:51 AM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Jack: 
> 
> DRIP="Dividend Re-Investment Plan"
> 
> It seems to me that you've decided, in your frustration, to lash out at the 
> people who are trying to understand your problem and offer you help. That's 
> not a good look. You've testily confirmed that you haven't received shares 
> from this dividend, and dismissed the writers asking this reasonable 
> question. Your lack of discussion regarding the technical reporting 
> requirements for ROI ("Return On Investment") scenarios implies that this is 
> not your concern.
> 
> It seems to me that you have yet really to explain your original problem 
> clearly-- specifically, what exactly is showing up now that you've received 
> additional money from the disposed asset? Is it a balance in the Chart of 
> Accounts? Is it a balance in some report? *Where* is this transaction going 
> to screw things up? 
> 
> Others have explained that receipt of cash (in a transaction from income into 
> some brokerage cash account) would not affect any display of the commodity 
> account. It's like some random relative sending you $50: you enter the income 
> as coming from Income and going into your checking account. How would this 
> dividend be different? 
> 
> David T.
> 
>> On September 7, 2022 5:43:16 AM GMT+03:00, David Carlson 
>> <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You need to use nouns instead of pronouns
>> 
>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 8:44 PM Jack Frillman <jcf_m_li...@me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> What ever what that is.
>>> 
>>> On 9/6/22 7:38 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>>> 
>>> Some DRIPS work that way
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 6:17 PM Jack Frillman <jcf_m_li...@me.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Cash of course.
>>>> How can you reinvest in something you no longer have?
>>>> 
>>>> ——
>>>> I smell carrots a-cooking and where there’s carrots, there’s a rabbit.
>>>> — Yosemite Sam
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 6, 2022, at 7:04 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Jack,
>>>> John Ralls asked whether you received shares or cash.  It makes a
>>>> difference.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:30 PM John Layman <
>>>> john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I've had the same situation, but did add a zero-share split to the closed
>>>>> account.  One side was a deposit to the brokerage core account, the
>>>>> other to
>>>>> Income:Dividends:Tax-Advantaged.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=
>>>>> ieee....@gnucash.org>
>>>>> On Behalf Of Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2022 1:13 PM
>>>>> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Mutual Fund Dividend After Sale
>>>>> 
>>>>> No I didn't delete the account?
>>>>> Why would I do silly thing like that and lose all that history?
>>>>> 
>>>>> The account is hidden because it's balance is 0.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Reappearing means exactly what it says.
>>>>> I was no longer in the account tree, i.e. list, because after the sale
>>>>> it's
>>>>> balance became 0. No matter how I record that late dividend the balance
>>>>> becomes non 0 and the account reappears in the account tree or list.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't under stand the last part.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 9/5/22 12:59 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>>>>> You deleted the account holding the fund after selling it?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Otherwise, and unless you marked it 'hidden' it will always be there.
>>>>>> Having activity in it doesn't change that. But you wouldn't have
>>>>>> activity in it anyway from a dividend.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What *exactly* do you mean by 'reappearing in my account list' and by
>>>>>> 'screwing everything else up'?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> A Dividend receipt would normally be between some asset account
>>>>>> ('bank' or a brokerage cash account if direct deposit, 'undeposited
>>>>>> funds' if by paper check) according to how you received the money, and
>>>>>> an Income/Revenue account, say 'Dividends Received'. The FundXYZ
>>>>>> account shouldn't be touched at all.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Adrien
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 9/5/22 11:41 AM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:
>>>>>>> Last month I sold a mutual fund say XYZ.
>>>>>>> Several weeks after the sale closed and the calendar date went into
>>>>>>> the next quarter I received a dividend from XYZ.
>>>>>>> How do I enter that dividend transaction for XYZ without having it
>>>>>>> reappearing in my account list and screwing everything else up?
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