[Kmymoney] QIF investment fees subtracted twice

aga agander93 at gmail.com
Sun Jul 14 16:11:39 UTC 2013


On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:38:32 +0200
timothy <timboyle at afrihost.co.za> wrote:

> On Sun, 2013-07-14 at 14:10 +0100, aga wrote:
> > On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:23:32 +0200
> > timothy <timboyle at afrihost.co.za> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I am running KMM 4.6.3 Using KDE 4.8.5 on Mint 13.
> > > 
> > > I am importing a dividend (DivX) via a QIF file into an investment
> > > account to be transferred to a cheque account. The QIF file has
> > > the dividend amount (T) as 1150.00 and the fees/commission (O) as
> > > 150.00.
> > > 
> > > After import KMM shows the fees as 150.00, the dividend as
> > > 1000.00 and the total as 850.00. The net dividend amount is
> > > displayed in the ledger as 850.00 which is 300 less than the QIF
> > > amount.
> > > 
> > > If I make the fees negative -150, the amounts are added twice and
> > > the total amount of 1450 is shown.
> > > 
> > > The only way to get the correct amounts is to enter a bogus
> > > dividend of 1300 in the QIF which is then subtracted twice and
> > > 1000 is then shown as the net net amount in the ledger.
> > > 
> > > I tried to get a QIF output file from Alan's CSV-plugin with no
> > > success as I am not sure of the content of the input CSV file,
> > > but I would be interested to know whether the same code is used
> > > for the import in the plugin and how the fees are handled there.
> > > 
> > > Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > Timothy
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Timothy
> > 
> > I wouldn't waste time trying to produce a QIF file via the CSV
> > plugin. It's now really there for historical reasons and because I
> > haven't had time to remove it.
> > 
> > However, if you attempted to use the plugin, did you try to follow
> > through to complete the import?
> > 
> > However, if you already have a QIF file, then that needs to be made
> > to work.  To be sure I try to do what you tried, can you send me
> > your QIF file direct, with any private info disguised.
> > 
> > Allan
> > 
> Hi Allan
> 
> No, I was more interested in comparing your QIF with mine to see how
> you handled the fees and whether you used the net or gross dividend.
> 
> Anyway here is the QIF I am using.
> 
> Regards
> Timothy
> 

Yes, that does not look right.  Would you raise a bug at
https://bugs.kde.org/ so it doesn't get forgotten.

Allan




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