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LCUUF
March 22, 2025
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Adding Gains or Losses to Investment Account Manually

  • March 22, 2025
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You have all been SO helpful!

Here's another question:  We are overseas and have an investment account that will not interact with QBO.

I have set up the account as Other Current Asset / Investment Other

It has a starting balance.

It is basically a CD that makes about 8-10% per year.

How do I record a gain or loss in the register?

 

Thank you!

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Rusimyhr
March 22, 2025

Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad our assistance has been helpful, @LCUUF. 

 

To record gains or losses for your overseas investment account in QuickBooks Online, I'll provide you these essential steps for effective documentation. 

 

Here's how you can record the investment:
 

  1. Select + New, then choose Bank deposit.
  2. From the Account ▼ drop-down menu, select the bank account you're depositing the money into.
  3. Enter the Date you deposited the money.
  4. In the Add funds to this deposit section, enter the name of the investor in the Received from field.
  5. Select the appropriate equity account from the drop-down list in the Account field.
  6. Specify a Payment method.
  7. Enter the investment amount in the Amount field, then click Save and close.

 

Additionally, to ensure accurate tracking of capital contributions and repayments, you might also want to check this article: Record paying back an investment.

 

I'm all ears if you have further questions about recording investments. Just drop a comment below and I'll be around to assist you. 

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LCUUFAuthor
March 23, 2025

RusiO -

Unfortunately, this really didn't seem to answer my question - or I didn't understand. 

 

Here's your sentence: 

 

"In the Add funds to this deposit section, enter the name of the investor in the Received from field."

 

I'm confused because there is no investor adding funds.  The funds are already invested.  No new additional investments have been added. 

 

The current investment has simply increased in value. 

 

I.e., there has been no receipt of funds or payment.  It shouldn't be reflected on a P&L statement.

 

That's a different issue than an investor adding funds.

 

How do I manually enter an increase in value in equities or bonds correctly?

 

Thanks much!

 

Ted

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LCUUFAuthor
March 23, 2025

I've figured a solution for our issue, much to my surprise.

The particular investment account we have is really a fixed-income account and as such, is equivalent to a Savings Account (or Short-Term Interest Account, to be more precise).

As such, I converted it to banking.  I accidentally discovered that if I clicked on reconcile, it provided a place to add the monthly interest!  Problem solved.  

Thank you!

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