In-kind transfer issue

[blais]

@redstreet

I have a case that doesn't produce the desired output: a transfer out of an account, in-kind. This gets categorized as an ASSET_OTHERASSET. I'm not sure I understand the reasoning for why this category cashflows out the cost basis of the other asset. Shouldn't it be outflowing the market value instead?

More generally, in-kind transfers (in or out) don't seem to work correctly for this reason. They only work if both source and target accounts are considered together in a group.

Source:
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option "operating_currency" "USD"
plugin "beancount.plugins.implicit_prices"

2005-01-01 commodity USD
2005-01-01 commodity HOOL

2000-01-01 open Assets:Brokerage:USD
2000-01-01 open Assets:Brokerage:HOOL "STRICT"
2000-01-01 open Assets:Zero-Sum-Accounts:Transfers "STRICT"

2020-01-01 * "Buy"
  Assets:Brokerage:HOOL 1000 HOOL {1 USD}
  Assets:Brokerage:USD

2020-10-01 price HOOL 1.1 USD

2020-10-02 * "Transfer out, in kind"
  Assets:Brokerage:HOOL   -1000 HOOL {1 USD}
  Assets:Zero-Sum-Accounts:Transfers  1000 HOOL {1 USD}

Config:
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investments {
  investment {
    currency: "HOOL"
    asset_account: "Assets:Brokerage:HOOL"
    cash_accounts: "Assets:Brokerage:USD"
    dividend_accounts: "Income:Dividends:Brokerage:HOOL"
  }
}
groups {
  group {
    name: "currency.HOOL"
    investment: "Assets:Brokerage:HOOL"
  }
}

Results:
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Desired (meaningful) output: 12% CAGR

Actual output: 0.00% (since the cashflow is -1000 for the buy, and +1000 for the transfer).

[michelgb]

I was testing the same and got issues as well. I also noticed that you add the cost to each leg of the transaction which makes me wonder if in-kind that is a requirement or in-kind transfer will deduce that from the inventory itself (let's say we use FIFO or LIFO).