On 2016.06.14 17:36, aga wrote:
On 14/06/16 20:59, Jack wrote:
I was tracking down a recent payment, and so was looking at the
Payee Veiw for a payee "MetLife". Most of the transactions are
plain checks. However, there was one investment transaction. It was
for purchase of a security "METLIFE INC COM" with the funds
coming from the default brokerage account for that investment
account. Nowhere in the ledger do I see any mention of the Payee
MetLife. (Yes, it's the same company - I own shares in it, and pay
it for insurance premiums - completely unrelated activities.) I
have not yet dug into the actual KMY file, but I'm really curious
why there is any payee involved in a "buy shares" transaction with
no fees involved. I believe all the relevant transactions were
imported by OFX, either direct connect or file import (libofx, not
aqbanking).
Was it a recent transaction? There was a time when a payee was
required, but that was removed by popular request.
OK, I finally looked into the kmy file. Indeed, Metlife is a Payee,
and METLIFE... is an equity. It seems all the METLIFE investment
transactions I looked at have the Metlife payee listed in one of the
splits. The payee is listed in the split for which the account is the
brokerage account. The other split has the equity as its account. I
assume this was originally done when a payee was required in investment
transactions, and has remained in new transactions due to some matching
magic.
So - my question is whether there is any way to actually see that split
through the current user interface? I have so far not found one. Can
anyone say for sure whether it would be safe for me to just manually
change 'payee="P00743"' to 'payee=""' in those transactions?
Separately, is there any point in creating a wishlist to address this
issue? I know it won't get addressed any time soon, but is it worth
keeping track of?
Jack
