Microsoft KB Archive/183389

Money 98: Sell Transaction Gain Reported as a Negative Amount

PSS ID Number: Q183389 Article last modified on 08-19-1998

WINDOWS:98

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Money 98 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

Investment reports (such as Performance By Investment Account) may show negative amounts where positive amounts should be (such as reporting a loss instead of a gain under Gain/Loss or % Gain).

= CAUSE =

If you try to sell or remove more shares of an investment than you own, Microsoft Money 98 prompts you with the following dialog box:

You are selling or removing more shares of ‘ ’ than this Investment Account contains. There are  shares available for sale or removal on the date you entered. Would you like to change the Sell or Remove Shares to use that quantity?

If you click Yes, Money enters the sell transaction with the adjusted quantity; however, if you then run an investment report, it may indicate a loss where a gain should be.

= RESOLUTION =

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Manually Edit the Transaction

 * 1) Click Investments on the navigation bar.
 * 2) Double-click the Investment Account which contains the transaction that needs to be edited. This opens the Account Register.
 * 3) Locate the transaction within the Account Register, and double-click the transaction to edit it.
 * 4) Delete the value in the Price box.
 * 5) Delete the value in the Total box.
 * 6) Retype the Price.
 * 7) Click Enter to record the transaction.

Delete and Reenter the Transaction

 * 1) Click Investments on the navigation bar.
 * 2) Double-click on the Investment Account which contains the transaction that needs to be deleted. This opens the Account Register.
 * 3) Locate the transaction within the account register, and use the right mouse button to click (right-click) the transaction. Then click Delete on the shortcut menu.
 * 4) Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the transaction.
 * 5) Reenter the transaction using the correct number of shares.

Your investment reports should now reflect the correct Gain/Loss and % Gain.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

= Additional query words: w_money 6.0 woody =

Keywords : kbdta mnyinvest Version : WINDOWS:98 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.