Unable to close a Share/Equity account

[Jack]

On 2023.11.17 00:39, Michael Calder via KMyMoney wrote:
> 	I have a similar problem to that in KMyMoney Digest, Vol 155,  
> Issue 1 - "delete loan account (Jochen)"
> Since 2010 I handled Investments without problems, except for the  
> recent Online "yahoo" one which is currently OK.
> My current Investments show 23 Equity accounts of which 9 were closed  
> without problems.
> 	I recently sold all shares in an equity which had been SPLIT  
> (consolidated) on a 1 for 3 basis on 18/2/11.
> The original holding was 1802 which resulted in 601 being sold at  
> 5.85 each BUT! The Investments view showed
> a "residual" Value of -$1.95 with Quantity 0 and Price $5.80. As  
> expected I cannot "Close account" as the value is not zero.
> 	Examining the figures 1.95/5.85 is 0.3333333 and the problem  
> stems from the 1 for 3 consolidation back in 18/2/2011.
> I have tried a "fiddle" by increasing the original 1802 to 1803 and  
> this results in the Value changing to the desired $0.00
> but "Close account" remains greyed out.
> 	How do I find "a copy of your data file"?
It is possible that the residual is indeed due to a rounding problem,  
which I believe was fixed some time ago.  As the split is a likely  
candidate, the first, quick, thing I would try is to edit and save that  
stock split transaction.  That should apply the newer rules to the  
calculation of the number of shares.  There is also a perl script to  
help identify such transactions, but I've got to hunt for it and then  
figure out how to use it.

In terms of finding your data file, its name is shown on the title bar  
of the program, and if you do a File/Open... it should show you the  
directory where the file is located.  (If you are using an SQL back  
end, then you don't have a "data file" you have a "data database.")

Jack