Money: No Commission Field Available When Adding Shares (191409)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Money 2004 Deluxe
- Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe
- Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe and Business
- Microsoft Money 2003 Standard
- Microsoft Money 2002
- Microsoft Money 2001
- Microsoft Money 2000
- Microsoft Money 99
- Microsoft Money 2000 Business and Personal
This article was previously published under Q191409 SYMPTOMS When recording an Add Shares transaction in an investment
account, you are unable to record a commission or other charge. If you try to
add a commission amount to the Total field you receive the following message:
Enter a price and quantity and let Money fill the total. If
you want to record a commission as well, use the Buy transaction.
CAUSE The Add Shares transaction type does not support
commissions or other charges; therefore, for such transactions the Total field
always equals the price times the quantity. This behavior is by design of
Microsoft Money. RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, use either of the following methods:
Use a Buy transaction instead of an Add Shares transaction if you
need to record a commission or similar charge.
-or-
In
addition to the Add shares transaction, create an Other Expense transaction
with the same date. Then put a note in the Memo field stating what the expense
is for, in this case adding shares. MORE INFORMATION You would use the Add Shares transaction if you don't have
investment purchase records, or if you've bought several lots of an investment
and don't want to enter the whole history of purchases.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 11/11/2004 |
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