The Investment Transaction Register

The Investment Transaction Register

The Register view shows all account activity, transaction by transaction, as well as the running cash balance for the selected account. Double-clicking or selecting a transaction then pressing the enter key will put a transaction into editing mode. The register view is usually the best place to enter and edit investment transactions.

Clicking on a column header will sort the transactions by that field, if possible. Additional functions are available by right-clicking (or control-clicking on a mac) on the register or by clicking the popup icon in the top right corner of the register.

When editing transactions in the investment register, different fields may be enabled or disabled based on the type of transaction. The different fields are described below.

Date The date that the transaction was posted to the account

Tax Date The date of the transaction for tax purposes

Action The type of transaction. This can be one of the following:

• Buy: Purchase shares of a security
• BuyXfr: Purchase shares of a security using funds from another account
• Sell: Sell shares of a security
• SellXfr: Sell shares of a security, placing the funds into another account
• Div: Dividends earned for a specific security
• DivReinvest: Dividends earned for a specific security and used to purchase more shares of that security
• DivXfr: Dividends earned for a specific security and transferred to another account
• Short: Sell shares of a security that you do not own, in the hope that those shares will go down in value and can be purchased for less
• Cover: Purchase shares that were previously shorted
• MiscInc: Miscellaneous income associated with a specific security
• MiscExp: Miscellaneous expense associated with a specific security
• Xfr: Transfer funds to or from this investment account, including income or expenses not associated with a specific security.

Check# If this account allows checks to be written from it, this field can be used to record the check number

Description General description of this transaction, or payee if this is a check or transfer

Memo General notes on this transaction

C Cleared status: Blank means the transaction is uncleared, a diamond indicates the transaction is in the process of being reconciled, a check mark indicates that the transaction has been confirmed cleared

Security The security that is associated with this transaction, if applicable

Category The category to or from which expenses or income for this transaction are assigned, if applicable

Transfer The account or category to or from which the funds for this transaction are transferred, if applicable

Fee Category The category to which the fee for this transaction is assigned, if the fee is non-zero

Shares The number of shares being purchased or sold, if applicable

Price The price of the shares being purchased or sold, if applicable

Amount The total amount of the transaction. If shares are being purchased or sold then this will be equal to the number of shares multiplied by the price

Fee The fee charged by your financial institution for this transaction

Cash Balance Non-editable field which displays the cash balance of the account after this transaction is applied, in the order specified by the register sorting