Lesson6:  Manual Transaction Entry      

Activating Manual Transaction Entry
First we will instruct StockTax to expect Manual Transaction Data:

Press 1
(or click on the "Select your Broker" button shown below)

and click on

To close Broker window and return to the Main StockTax window:
click on the button

StockTax reminds you that it is expecting "Manual Transaction Entry" data to process,
by showing "Manual Transaction Entry" next to the Broker button in the main window:

Creating a new Manual Data File
We will create a new manual data file specific for this lesson.

When the File Open box appears
enter the filename for our new manual input file "Lesson6.man":
:

and click on the button.

This will create a new entry file: "\StockTax\YourData\Lesson6.man).
StockTax always shows you the current manual transaction file:


(To edit an existing file just click on the filename).

Start Manual Transaction Entry
After we have created (or selected) our manual entry file we now start the manual entry by:
Clicking on the button

This brings up the Manual Entry box:


Enter our first trade (Buy 200 @ 100) as shown below (use the TAB key after each field):


Then click on the button

StockTax has added our first transaction to the transaction list:

Enter our 2nd trade (Sell -100 @ 110) as shown below (use the TAB key after each field):
(Notice the minus sign in front of the 100 shares because this is a SELL!)

Then click on the button

StockTax has added our 2nd transaction to the transaction list:


Enter our 3rd trade (Sell -100 @ 120) as shown below (use the TAB key after each field):
(Notice the minus sign in front of the 100 shares because this is a SELL!)

Then click on the button

StockTax has added our 3rd transaction to the transaction list:


By default StockTax will sort the transactions with the most recent transaction at the top.
To reverse the sort sequence
click on the check box

StockTax will present you the transactions in reversed order (earliest first):


To update one transaction simply click on the respective line;
StockTax will highlight the line and load the details into the editing fields.
Then change any of the transaction values and click on the button.
StockTax will immediately update the list and also create a new manual data file to disk.

Close the Manual Entry box by
clicking the button

Close the Data Selection box by
clicking on the button

Now run the report:
Press 4
(or click on the "Generate your Report" button shown below)

The Report will look like:
Type	Shares	Symbol	Date acquired	Date sold 	     Cost Basis	    Sales Price	   Gain or Loss	Percent
====	======	======	=============	==========	===============	===============	===============	=======
Long	   100	MSFT  	2000/01/10   	2000/01/20	      10,005.00	      10,990.00	         985.00	   9.85
Long	   100	MSFT  	2000/01/10   	2000/01/30	      10,005.00	      11,990.00	       1,985.00	  19.84
====	======	======	=============	==========	===============	===============	===============	=======
    	      	TOTAL 	             	          	      20,010.00	      22,980.00	       2,970.00	  14.84

    	      	FEES  	           	          	               	               	          30.00

Notice how StockTax has split the Cost Basis of $20,010 in two proportional amounts ($10,005) and
created two Sales events for each Sell (100+100) related to the original SINGLE Buy (200)!