How to restructure investment account with proper currency - US vs CAD (edit)

Rambler444

Historically, I created investment US accounts in Canadian currency - Within these accounts I have created US securities in Canadian currency. I would like to change that to have the accounts and the securities to be properly reflected in US currency. I can easily create new investment accounts in US currency, however Quicken does not allow changing the currency of the sercurities after they have been created. Any thoughts on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

Mario

NotACPA

You can't, as you've discovered, change the currency of an account after it's been created.

You'll need to create a new, USD investment account. And, if you hold CAD investments also, that's still a separate account.

Q can only hold a single currency in an account.

Ps56k2

just for clarification - which Quicken version are you using - US or Canadian ?

Rambler444

I am using Canadian Edition R54.17

Hi NotACPA - I am aware that I can create new accounts in their corresponding currency. The problem is how to change the existing securities' to the proper currency.

Ps56k2

@Rambler444 - btw - if using the Canadian version, you might edit your Profile to reflect that Quicken selection

NotACPA

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20434892#Comment_20434892

The only option that occurs to me is to "Remove - Shares Removed" the improperly denominated securities, and "Add - Shares Added" the securities in the proper account.

Those actions won't create Capital Gains/Losses … but you'll need to pay close attention to the transaction dates and amounts for the new Lots created.