Vanguard Fund exchange for Re-balancing

[divinest]

Hi Mark, In vanguard if i end up re balancing the transaction appears as following, i am setting the FM2018 to import these transaction, what is the best recommended way to record these

8/8/2011 Total Bond Mkt Index Adm Exchange From – 45.620 $10.96 – $500.00
8/8/2011 Total Bond Mkt Index Adm Exchange From – 45.620 $10.96 – $500.00
8/8/2011 Tot Intl Stock Ix Admiral Exchange To 21.825 $22.91 $500.00
8/8/2011 Total Stock Mkt Idx Adm Exchange To 17.928 $27.89 $500.00

Should i be treating as Sell/Buy or other better ways to record these? Thanks much as always

[Mark]

Hi divinest,

I don't think I followed the question. You made some transactions in Vanguard, and are retrieving transactions, right? Why not just let the transactions come in the way they are retrieved? I may have missed the whole point of your question...

[divinest]

Hi Mark, I should have explained this better, these are transactions from more than a year old, i am setting up the historical transactions by downloading and importing them using a generic import. So looking for ideas on how to code the Exchange between funds made for rebalancing.
I could let the future transactions let the download figure it out, but this is mainly for past transactions that can't be downloaded automatically from vanguard.

Thanks!

[Mark]

Hi divinest,

Okay, thanks for the clarification. Just recording a buy/sell combination is probably the best and easiest. The other possibility is a transfer in/out. Transfer in/out are more difficult to import with the generic transaction, but can be done. Only if you wanted the features of a transfer in/out would you need to do this. Transfers offer the ability to specify a different cost basis date/value from the transaction date/value. Transfers are also one way to prevent an entry in the Capital Gains report. Another way is having the investment marked as a tax-free investment.

[divinest]

Thanks Mark, this is tax free (deferred) account, so sell/buy would work.