_UnrlzdGain not appearing in net worth/account balance reports

An _UnrlzdGain is a transaction. The Net Worth report doesn't show transactions, only the amounts in the accounts on the as-of date.

Are you saying that the balances in your brokerage accounts are incorrect by the amount(s) of those transactions?

Does the as-of date of the report include the transaction date of those txn that you posted?

And, there is NO proper tax treatment for an UnrlzdGain, since you haven't actually experienced it. RlzdGains/Losses have tax treatments … but not UnrlzdGains/Losses.

Lastly, the only "tax treatment" for an account ("Tax Deferred" yes or no) is set via TOOLS, Account List, click EDIT adjacent to the account name. It's on the "General" tab of the Account Details dialog. BUT Gains/Losses (Rlzd or not) are categories (not accounts), and tax treatment of those are set via TOOLS, Category List, clicking the very faint Clock icon to the far right of the particular category and clicking Tax Reporting.

"Other posts have talked about checking "Include Unrealized Gains" in the Advanced tab of the report, but this doesn't exist in this version on any of these reports."

What version are you using? As far as I know that should be there in all versions:

I made a test entry, a MiscInc Action, using " _UnrlzdGain" as the Category and it did show up properly in the Net Worth report with the "Include unrealized gains" box checked. If I unchecked this box then this test entry wasn't included in the report.

Is the Category _UnrlzdGain selected under the "Categories" tab of the report's customization?

@Jon_sacks Which Q product are you running? "Quicken Classic" is the generic name for ALL current Q products.

And, it appears that you created your own _UnrlzdGain category. You probably shouldn't have used the underscore prefix on that category … since that character has special meaning in Q.

Try editing the category list to remove the underscore and see what happens.

You also don't need the 2 Capital Gain/Loss categories that you're showing in your list … because those items (with the underscore) already exist in Q and will be automatically used whenever you sell a security.

Sorry about the misunderstanding. I had that category hidden, and didn't realize such, so I thought that you had created it.

In your category list (CTRL-C) try selecting the category and then clicking on the very faint Clock icon to the far right which should bring up a sub-menu with EDIT as an option.

And, again, WHAT Q PRODUCT and what BUILD? This info is needed to try to isolate what might be causing your issue.

They are asking if you are using: Starter, Deluxe, Premier, or Business and Personal.

Beyond that, I agree with @Rocket J Squirrel that your use of _UnrlzdGain is non-standard, though I don’t understand its misbehavior that you are seeing. I think a more appropriate category might be something like ‘Mkt Adjust’. Alter the three transaction categories and see if the behavior is different.

Also I see that you are using the new and not quite ready for prime time reports interface.

I suggest the you go to Edit > Preferences > Early access and un-check both of the boxes. Restart Quicken and see if that fixes the issue with the Include unrealized gains option not appearing on the Advanced tab.

As others have noted, the _UnrlzdGain Category is not normally used for transactions. It looks like other Categories but it is normally computed for investing holdings based on the cost basis and current market value of the selected holdings on a particular date.

Aha!. For some silly reason all the special investing Categories are hidden by default. To un-hide, got to Tools > Category list, check the Show hidden box, and un-check Hide for the ones you want to expose.

Again, I would not recommend using that special Category for transactions you enter; create your own Category for market adjustments rather than using _UnrlzdGain.

I'm not sure what you mean by "not well behaved". Some brokerages have more problems with downloaded transactions than others, and it does get complicated if you do a lot of short term trading, options, etc.

In order to accurately track unrealized gains and losses, you must know the cost basis and current market value for the securities in the account. Generally this means you must have recorded all the transactions accurately. But it sounds like you are just trying to record the change in the account value from month to month. That might include income, money added to or removed from the account, realized gains from sales, etc.

Another option for investing accounts is to switch to Simplified tracking mode. This is intended for users who are interested in tracking their investing account balances but not the cost basis, tax implications, etc.

This does not track all the individual transactions, but either manually or by downloading, it tracks the securities and number of shares you hold and the account balance over time.

There is a global option to enable Simplified mode at Edit > Preferences > Investments and a setting for each account on its Edit account details page.

This is a @Jon_sacks problem, not a Quicken problem. I suffer from none of your issues. Investments work perfectly for me, as do bank accounts and credit cards. I certainly observe bugs and quirks in QWin, but nothing like you describe.

Your clearly evident misunderstanding of QWin has led you down a path of belief that your problems are Quicken problems. You are now fighting against Quicken instead of working with it. Sorry it hasn't worked out for you. Good luck with whatever you do in the future to track your finances.