Version: 5.5 Build ID: Flathub 5.5 Finance::Quote: 1.58 linux mint 21.1 TIAA is the source. format is Intuit/Quicken .qfx The relevant account structure was implicit in what I wrote. It approximates the structure of the TIAA accounts. More explicitly: Asset Account 1-> employer contract A -> branch employer contract subaccount A -> various mutual funds Asset Account 1-> employer contract A -> branch employer contract subaccount B -> restricted investments Asset Account 1-> employer contract A-> branch IRA -> branch for brokerage account-> stocks, ETFs Asset Account 1-> employer contract A-> branch IRA -> branch for mutual funds Asset Account 1-> employer contract B -> branch employer contract subaccount C -> various mutual funds Asset Account 1-> employer contract B -> branch employer contract subaccount D -> restricted investments Asset Account 1-> brokerage account -> stocks, ETFs IRA - > various mutual funds Asset Account 2 -> other employer contract -> lifecycle fund of funds
"employer contract" indicates this is tax deferred so dividends, capital gains, etc. are not currently taxable, RMDs are taxed Asset Account 1-> brokerage account is not tax deferred TIAA includes contract labels in the .qfx that drill down to the container holding the actual securities, e.g., Asset Account 1-> employer contract A -> branch employer contract subaccount A. This is the "more detailed information" that I mentioned in the post. Is this what you wanted? Dale On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 2:16 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > It would be helpful to know what release pf GnuCash you are on, which > import format you are using, and possibly which financial institution is > providing the import files. > > If there is other informstion, possibly if you are using a certain report > or have a specific accounting structure, that may slso help. Sorry about > my fat finger problem, my smartphone keyboard has tiiny keys and my cat is > tryong to help me. > > > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 12:18 PM Dale Alspach <alspac...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Recently there was some restructuring of some of my retirement accounts >> (still under control of my former employer). This caused problems with >> importing because the parent accounts of the securities were altered. >> This led to a lot of questions from the importer. This entailed a tedious >> process of selecting the correct "new" account. One particular difficulty >> is that the same security may be used in more than one branch of the >> account tree. Fortunately the importer actually supplies some detailed >> information which greatly helps identify the correct branch. >> >> 1. I discovered that the importer does not require uniqueness. That is, >> multiple accounts in the import file can be mapped to the same gnucash >> account. My accounting is strictly personal so the restructuring just >> meant >> creating an appropriate branch for each investment and reparenting the >> account. The nonuniqueness allowed me to point transactions corresponding >> to the old and new versions of the investment to the new one. *Thus for me >> the nonuniqueness is a desirable feature.* >> >> 2. The account selection process seems to make some unwarranted >> assumptions >> that resulted in extra steps and in some cases a difficult to resolve >> ambiguity. >> i. After I selected one branch for a matching account, the importer kept >> suggesting that same branch for all subsequent selections. This resulted >> in >> extra steps to select the correct branch. It would have been better for >> the importer to suggest the branch of the last selection and not the very >> first one. >> ii. The ambiguity arose when the importer asked what income account to >> associate with a security. In my setup, the assignment of any income >> attributable to an investment depends on which branch of the accounts this >> particular investment occurs. (taxable or not?, IRA, 403b, brokerage?) The >> name/symbol of the security does not uniquely determine the branch. What I >> needed was that more detailed information that appears when the account >> corresponding to the investment is selected. >> >> Before I add a formal request for enhancement, I would be interested in >> knowing whether others have the same or similar concerns. I checked >> bugzilla and did not find anything. >> Dale >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.