Re: [GNC] GnuCash and USD tenths and mils
Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
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Keep in mind that gnucash does not store the price in the register, it stores the #shares and total $value. Are you saying you would have a mil in the total value of the split? -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On June 18, 2026 11:38:28 Clint Chaplin <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunate. My use case is stock that has split. The suggested way to > record this change in basis in GnuCash is to sell all the stock, and then > rebuy at the split quantities at the new pricing. This will lead to > amounts that are fractions of a penny, but simply cannot be recorded in > GnuCash with the current restriction. > > Even worse is when a spinoff happens and needs to be recorded. The basis > of the stock needs to be modified, but the only way I can see is to "sell" > and "buy" at the new basis, but the total amount per purchase cannot be in > fractions of a penny. > > When I have over 100 lots to do this to, the rounding to the nearest penny > will catch up... > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, no more than you can get a 10th of a penny at the bank or the grocery >> store. Prices can be in fractions of a penny, amounts cannot. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >> > On Jun 16, 2026, at 10:39 PM, Clint Chaplin <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Is there a way to set GnuCash to take USD tenths and mils on some >> > accounts? My default is USD, if that matters... >> > >> > -- >> > Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > ----- >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > > > -- > Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.