problem with tax report

[Jack]

On 2026.04.01 07:12, Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
> On Dienstag, 31. März 2026 18:19:06 CEST Jack via KMyMoney-devel  
> wrote:
> 
> > On 2026.03.31 04:28, Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
> > > On Dienstag, 31. März 2026 01:40:27 CEST Jack via KMyMoney-devel
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a report (Tax transactions by Category) which shows one
> > > > transaction for a specific category, but not a nearly identical
> > > > transaction.
> > > >
> > > > They are both dividend transactions for the same investment,
> > > brokerage,
> > > > and security accounts and the same category.  The only  
> difference I
> > > > have so far noted is that the included transaction has the  
> Category
> > > in
> > > > split 2 and the security account in split 3, where the "missing"
> > > > transaction has them reversed.  I can think of no reason this  
> should
> > > > matter at all.  Both have the brokerage account in split 1.
> > > >
> > > > I'll be glad to post more information, but would love to hear  
> any
> > > > thoughts on possible causes or troubleshooting steps.
> > >
> > > I suspect that to be a problem in the reporting code. As for
> > > troubleshooting
> > > steps: can you try to isolate the problem into a small XML test  
> file
> > > and open
> > > a bug report?
> > How?  I can try creating a brand new file with similar transactions,
> > but I doubt that will show the problem.  I can slowly try to delete  
> all
> > irrelevant (other) accounts and categories and hope the problem
> > remains, but that will be a slow process given the size of my data
> > file.  I suppose I can try editing the xml file, copying into a new
> > file only the pieces relevant to those transactions.  Any other
> > suggestions for a not too painful way to do this?
> 
> I would start with the last option (copy the pieces that cause the  
> issue).
> Then you would need to add the ACCOUNTS section with the top level  
> accounts
> and the ones that are referenced by the transactions. Keep IDs as  
> they are.
> Include the report that you are using in case it is not a standard  
> one.
> Remove any references to objects not contained in the file.
> 
> I hope that is somewhat clear.
Yes, but I kept getting stuck (probably just being careless.)  I'll  
skip the details of the combination of copying and manually deleting,  
as it was pretty messy, and the resulting file is probably still larger  
than necessary.   However, before I post it, I've discovered something  
that might give a hint.  The report is a modified tax report, with  
"include only tax categories" checked.  The initial problem is that the  
report had one of those categories showing only a single transaction,  
where there are several which I think should have also been included.   
If I uncheck that box, then all the expected transactions show up in  
that same category, in addition to non-tax categories (correctly)  
showing up.  Is there any reasonable explanation for this, or should I  
keep trimming the file?