[Kmymoney-devel] Security Purchases from an Income Account

[Michael Garrison Stuber]

From: Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de>
>> How about the reinvest dividend transaction? Doesn't it do exactly
>> that? (income to stock account)
>
> Yes, but doesn't that screw up the performance reports? I think Michael is using that to buy stock out of his gross payment from an employer which is gross salary and not a dividend.

Exactly.  This is outside incoming going directly into an investment. 
It isn't earnings from the investment, nor does it go into an 
intermediate account first.  While I could create an intermediate 
account and enter every transaction twice, this would be a pain, and it 
doesn't reflect the reality of what is occurring financially. 
Additionally, the investment account is available for on-line data 
import, which I'd like to be able to take advantage of.

What I am doing at the moment is using an equity account because KMM 
won't allow me to use an income account.  It's technically wrong, but my 
reports are right, I don't have to enter things twice, and I can use the 
import feature.

I'd much rather do this from an income account, as this would accurately 
reflect the transaction.