To both lists.
On 08/09/15 16:59, Jack wrote:
[which list do we want this on - it started on both, but one got dropped
somewhere]
On 2015.09.08 09:45, aga wrote:
On 31/08/15 21:58, David Houlden wrote:
On Monday 31 August 2015 13:43:27 Jack wrote:
On 2015.08.31 12:08, aga wrote:
I've been wrestling for a while with
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347166 "Price/share" field on
investment transaction entry form is mislabeled. Actually is total
buy/sale amount.
Jack has noticed that if a Dividend transaction is edited to be a
Reinvest, the price field has no label. I then found that this
happens also with Buy or Sell transactions. That is easily fixed.
Then I noticed that once the above edit has completed, the
resulting transaction is unbalanced, that is, it has an incorrect
interest amount. The erroneous amount corresponds with the amount
of the original Dividend transaction.
I've been trying to eradicate that, but the only way I've found, is
to remove the Interest field from Reinvest transactions (and
presumably Buy and Sell, but I've not looked at them).
a) Is this likely to be a problem to anyone?
b) Can anyone see a better way to resolve this? I'm sure there
must be one.
Allan
First, whether that field is total amount or price per share depends
on the configuration, and I think there are multiple levels, in that
you can specify specifically for that equity, for that investment
account, and overall for KMM.
I don't see how you can remove the interest field from a reinvest
transaction. I use that to specify (using different categories)
whether the amount is taxable or not, dividend, foreign dividend, .....
I also don't see how you can remove it. I have dividends which get
reinvested and the dividend has to be reported as income at tax year
end. The interest field is used for that information.
Dave.
A supplementary question, now.
In the process of testing, I noticed that the Buy transaction allows
input of a dividend amount, but that amount is discarded on saving.
Can anyone see a legitimate need for a Dividend on a Buy transaction?
It seems to me to be a bit improbable, but others may differ.
Either way, if the field is needed, I think it needs fixing.
What say you, anyone?
Allan
There are cases where you get a "bonus" of extra shares when purchasing
an annuity, for example. While you could record this as a purchase and
a separate reinvest dividend, I think it's more accurate to record it as
interest on the initial purchase. Certainly not a critical need, but
not unheard of.
Jack
Thanks Jack
I think I'd have been inclined to 'Add' the extra shares.
While before I became involved, KMM had tried to limit the number and
types of fields for the different investment actions, more and more am I
thinking, the user knows best. In off-the- beaten-track situations, he
will want to allocate fields to suit his individual needs, and a
different user may want to do the same thing in a different manner.
So, while it may be unusual to have an interest category on a Buy
transaction, a user may want to use that field to suit his perceived
requirement. Your current example and my different slant are therefore
apposite.
In view of this, I think I need to correct the present operation for Buy
transactions.
Allan
Allan
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