401k value

[Stephen J. Gowdy]

You might want two transactions, one for contributions and one for 
Dividends.

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Roland Roberts wrote:

> Youssef Ltaief wrote:
>> agreed,
>> I was wondering if there iss an easier way to do this instead of going back and adding all teh missing transfer transactions to the mutual funds. In otehr words, how would I categorize the difference between my total contributions and rollover amount
> Sure, instead of doing all of the individual transactions, just enter
> one that takes all of the money you put in the 401k holding account and
> purchases however many shares you ended up with in a new 401k stock/fund
> accound.  Let GnuCash calculate the price for that transaction.
>
> Then enter a second transaction that rolls that balance into your new
> 401k stock/fund account.  That transaction dollar amount is whatever it
> really was.  GnuCash will calculate the effective price for you which
> accounts for your fund loss.
>
> roland
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