On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:53:22 -0400 Jack <ostrof...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Good afternoon, > > This is indirectly related to the recent discussion about which > widgets appear when editing an investment transaction, especially if > changing the transaction type. However, I have a problem in that I > can't figure out how to create a particular transaction. In theory, > this should be a dividend reinvestment. My problem is that Merrill > Lynch only records whole shares, and if a dividend reinvestment is > not for the exact amount, they indicate the partial shares purchased, > but they are not actually purchased at that time. When your partial > shares exceed a whole share, they then just do a journal entry, which > I can then record as an "add shares." > I think I saw this process in the CSV file you sent me a while back. > So - most of the time I add an amount to a category "partial share > purchase" to account for that difference, and only include the whole > shares purchased by the dividend. My problem is that today I have a > reinvestment that ONLY has a partial share. "Reinvest dividends" > will not allow 0 shares to be purchased, That seems logical, not to accept the purchase of zero shares... > and "Dividends" does not > allow for a "fee" which is where I record the difference. I'm not clear on what this 'fee' represents, as I thought it was a partial share you had received. However, there is not, so far as I am aware, a reason for a Dividend transaction not to incur a fee, if that helps. I think it's just a question of keeping the UI relevant. If there is a need, then a fee field could be added. > I know > that I don't really need to record this in a transaction since there > is no increase in shares (I do not track the partial shares in KMM) > and no real dividend amount to transfer to the brokerage account, but > to be fully compulsive, I'd like to record it somehow. > If, as it seems, it's a partial share you want to 'remember', then could not Add be used here, although that goes against you current 'no partial share' recording. Presumably, at a later date it will become a full share and the partial one can be deleted/updated. > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Jack Allan _______________________________________________ KMyMoney-devel mailing list KMyMoney-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kmymoney-devel
