On 05/04/18 13:17, Christian wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=392755 > > Bug ID: 392755 > Summary: kmymoney-4.8.1.1 suggestion: Category for realized > profit/loss of an investment > Product: kmymoney > Version: 4.8.1 > Platform: Gentoo Packages > OS: Linux > Status: UNCONFIRMED > Severity: normal > Priority: NOR > Component: general > Assignee: kmymoney-devel@kde.org > Reporter: gen...@moin.fi > Target Milestone: --- > > Suggestion: When selling an investment, calculate the realized profit or loss > and assign a category to it. > > Motivation: It would be nice to have the investment "returns" in a category, > so > that they show up in the Income/Expenses views. Also, for the accounting, > where > the balance sheet shows the current state of all assets, and the difference > from one year to the next is captured in the categories (Income, Expenses), > there has to be a category where this realized profit/loss is captured, > otherwise the differences in the balance sheet and in the "bottom-line" of the > income-expenses do not match. > > Implementation: I think that this realized profit/loss is usually calculated > by > tracking the purchasing price of the oldest asset still held. > > Example 1: > 1.1.2016 Buy 10 shares of XYZ at 5 per share (transaction value 50) > 1.1.2017 Buy 5 shares of XYZ at 7 per share (transaction value 35) > 1.1.2018 Sell 15 shares of XYZ at 9 per share (transaction value 135) > --> Here, the purchase value was 85, the sales value 135, i.e. a profit of 50. > There should be a category where this is shown as 50. > > Example 2: > 1.1.2016 Buy 10 shares of XYZ at 5 per share (transaction value 50) > 1.1.2017 Buy 5 shares of XYZ at 7 per share (transaction value 35) > 1.1.2018 Sell 5 shares of XYZ at 9 per share (transaction value 45) > --> This would be a profit of 20 because those 5 shares were bought 1.1.2016 > at > price 5. There should be a category where this is assigned to. > 1.3.2018 Sell 10 shares of XYZ at 10 per share (transaction value 100) > --> This would be a profit of 40 because 5 shares were bought 1.1.2016 and 5 > on > 1.1.2017. > Would that work? Aren't you counting the amount of money you received for the shares as income, then counting part of it again as profit?
-- Cheers TonyB
