Re: Capital gains distribution shows up as a loss in report by Niranjan
Niranjan
Tue Sep 07 21:02:48 CDT 2004
I tried adding an entry manually, as you suggested, and that works as
expected. The only difference I see is that in the error case, I downloaded
the transaction from the brokerage firm. Wonder if this makes a difference.
Thanks.
Niranjan.
"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
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> In microsoft.public.money, Niranjan Nilakantan wrote:
>
>> I recorded a distribution from a mutual fund as an "S-Term Cap Gains
>>Dist". When I look at the capital gains report, it shows up as a negative
>>number i.e. (...). Am I using the wrong category? This is Money 2004
>>Premium. Thanks.
>
> I entered a "S-Term Cap Gains Dist" for a fund in Money 2004 as a
> positive number. I reset
> Reports->ReportsGallery->Taxes->CapitalGains and viewed the report.
> The distribution showed as a positive number. I double-clicked the
> entry into the report and got an Edit Transaction box for
> Activity:"S-Term Cap Gains Dist" and a Total that was a positive
> number that matched the transaction I entered.
>
> Is this similar to what you have other than the showing of the
> negative value in the report? You might try resetting your report.
>