In microsoft.public.money, Kyle wrote:

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You did have a capital gain-- just not a taxable one.

Make sure both accounts are marked as Retirement accounts in the
account settings.

You can customize reports to exclude accounts, but Retirement
accounts are sometimes excluded by default.

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That would have been good, but in your case, the Buy and Sell are
probably quite accurate. It is rare to transfer the holdings between
IRA custodians rather than cash.

A few years ago, I transferred my IRA account from one mutual fund company to
another. I'm pretty sure I did the transfer incorrectly.

For simpliciy, let's say the following:

"Mutual Fund Company A" - Buy $1,000 worth of a mutual fund. Amount grows
to $1,100.

Then, I transferred $1,100 to "Mutual Fund Company B" and there was a
Purchase of $1,100 of a different mutual fund.


Now, I just realized (by looking at a report) that I have a capital gain
reported of the $100 increase in the fund. So, I'm pretty sure I messed the
transaction up when I entered it into money (probably because the initial
transaction I downloaded from the second mutual fund company called it a buy).

How I have it reported in Money:

Sell of investment from "Mutual Fund Company A" of $1,100 as a "Transfer to:
'Mutual Fund Company B (Contributions)'"

Buy of investment "Mutual Fund Company B" investment of $1,100.


*I notice one of the available investement activities is 'Transfer Out' -
should I have used this and then 'Transfer In' as the other side of the
investment?

Thanks!
Kyle