Joe,

The bug appears to be fixed in the new Money 2006.

The bug, specifically, was this:
- Dividend amounts show as negative numbers, though they were entered as
positive numbers.
- The proceeds of the stock sales are treated as negative numbers though
they should be positive.
- It may or may not have something to do with sync'ing with MSN Money. All
the reporters seem to have that in common.
- It is not related to downloading transactions from OFX since it happens in
accounts that are not linked to an OFX institution.
- The recurs even if you manually fix the transactions. When you quit and
restart Money, the numbers are negative again.

Anyway, I tried first the trial version then the full version, and it is
fixed. Or, I should say the transactions stayed correct after I manually
fixed each and every one, then quit and restarted Money. Both the trial
version and full versions are available for download. "Premium" is $50 after
rebate.

My steps:
1) Install Money 2006.
2) Allow it to upgrade my data file to the new version.
3) Did a standard file repair.
4) Did a quick file repair. (Can't hurt, right?)
5) Fixed dividends by typing the positive number over the negative number.
6) Fixed stock sales by deleting the proceeds number, then pressing Enter to
force Money to recalculate it from the (quantity x price) - commission.

The sales are tricky because they do not appear in red as obvious negative
number. Instead, you need to notice that they are reducing rather than
increasing your cash balance.

- David

"Joe Banton" wrote:

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Yes. I am logged into passport when I download these transactions.
"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:u4170QcbFHA.3040[at]TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
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Yes. The transaction is positive.
"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
news:ad4ja1lqfjgktjd19dfa6prj60id77tums[at]4ax.com...
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Is downloaded transaction data involved? Do you have to use a Passport to
get these downloads?

"Joe Banton" <jbanton[at]sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:K0gqe.3343$jS1.649[at]newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
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In microsoft.public.money, Joe Banton wrote:

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In the Tax-related Transactions report, select one of those negative
entries; you should see a magnifying glass icon with a "+".
Right-click the entry, and then left-click to GoToAccount ...
Investment.

Normally there you would expect to see a ReinvestDividend
transaction with a positive amount. Do you?

The dividends that are reinvested started showing up in the Tax Reports as
negative entries. This started around March 31,2005. Does anyone know why
this would happen?
I am using Money 2005 Premium with windows XP.