Subtotal the number of shares in the Cap Gains Report

ChicagoGuy

It would be helpful if the number of shares column was subtotaled in the Cap Gains report. If I think there might be a discrepancy with a ST/LT for a security my broker is reporting, it helps to be certain we at least match on the # of shares in their report vs my Quicken report

NotACPA

Unless you direct the brokerage differently, they are probably using FIFO to pick which lots of the security to sell when you give a sell order.

Unless you and the brokerage select the exact same shares to sell, there's almost always going to be a difference between what they show and what Q shows.

Also, unless you've sold only 1 security, the sum of the shares sold is going to be a pretty meaningless figure.

keithjca

I think having the number of shares per security would be helpful on a report.

Boatnmaniac

I agree that having the option to subtotal by security (showing not just the cumulative shares, but also the cumulative cost basis, gross proceeds and gain/loss numbers) would be very helpful.  For people who manually enter their Sch D data into their tax returns (like I do) it is really helpful to have those totals so the securities purchase and sales dates can be entered as "Various" instead of needing to enter each and every transaction individually.  When reinvested dividends are involved, entering the individual lots involved in a securities sale can be quite onerous.

@ChicagoGuy and @keithjca - If you support this suggested improvement, be sure to vote for it above (especially if you are the one who proposed it).  The more votes, the greater the likelihood that Quicken will make this change.

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mshiggins

Having a subtotal of shares sold by short term vs. long term would be helpful. As it is now, I run the capital gains report and export it to excel so I can sum up the shares. Not having to take the extra steps every time I want to look at capital gains would be a time saver.
 

q_lurker

Jut to be clear about this Idea (as I understand it), the report currently provides for a subtotal by ST/LT or a subtotal by Security (among others.  The subtotal by Security currently totals Proceeds, Cost, and Gain/Loss, but does not total the number of shares.  The original 'idea' (apparently) asked for that share total.  

Supplemental to that getting a secondary subtotal seems to be desirable - first by ST/LT and then within those groupings, by security with that secondary subtotal also showing total of shares (and presumably Proceeds, Cost, and Gain/Loss).  (It is not clear to me if that was part of the original idea or not.)  The 'idea' of a secondary subtotal in reports has been presented elsewhere and this is a good specific example of when that would be worthwhile.