When I sell a security the security is removed at it's current value and the unrealized gain or loss account is removed at its current balance for that security. (the combination of the two equal the cost basis in the security). The resulting recognized capital gain or loss is then shown on the cash flow report under investment income.

When producing the Cash flow report, is there a way to only show as a source of cash the actual cash received from the sale rather than having the transaction split up all over the report as a combination of the three accounts mentioned above? It is confusing to the client.

I was hoping this bothered other people as well and someone had fixed this by way of setting up the accounts differently.

Thanks,

You would also have to make sure your starting balance equaled the original cost.

The problem with that would be if you updated starting balances you would need to remember this adjustment. Or any others like it.