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Bug 92829 - unbalanced 'balance sheet' report in gnucash 1.6.8
unbalanced 'balance sheet' report in gnucash 1.6.8
Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 91661
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Reports
1.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Chris Lyttle
Chris Lyttle
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-09-09 08:21 UTC by Fabien COELHO
Modified: 2018-06-29 20:17 UTC
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Description Fabien COELHO 2002-09-09 08:21:13 UTC
My balance sheet is unbalanced, what I dot not find appropriate from an
accounting point of view...
It seems that realized gains or losses on commodities are not included in
the balance sheet.

A very simple example: 

1. you earn $1000 on Jan 1st :
   $1000 on Bank from Revenue
2. you buy 100 stocks a $8 with the money in the bank on Jan 2nd
   $800 on Stock from Bank
3. you sell your stocks at $10 on Jan 3rd, you're lucky
   $1000 on Bank from Stock

the resulting default "balance sheet" after Jan 3rd looks like :

1. Assets
   bank $1200
   stock $0
   total           $1200
2. Liabilities     $0
3. Equity
   initial $0
   profit $1000
   total           $1000

I wish I had a "commodity profit" line of $200 somewhere so as
to get a balanced balance... As the "unrealized gains/losses" can
be computed, I guess the realized ones could also be computed!
Comment 1 Chris Lyttle 2002-09-30 01:53:37 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91661 ***
Comment 2 John Ralls 2018-06-29 20:17:21 UTC
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92829. Please update any external references or bookmarks.