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src/doc/lots.txt
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Last Revised January 2003
One often needs to know that the item 'bought' in one transaction
is the same one as the item 'sold' in a different transaction.
Lots are used to make this association. One Lot holds all of the
splits that involve the same item. A lot is typically formed when
the item is bought, and is closed when the item is sold out.
A lot need not be a single item, it can be a quantity of the same
thing e.g. 500 gallons of paint (sold off a few gallons at a time).
Lots are required to correctly implement invoices, inventory,
depreciation and stock market investment gains.
'Lots' capture a fundamental accounting idea behind AR/AP, billing,
inventory, capital gains, depreciation and the like. The basic idea
is that a set of items is tracked together as a 'lot'; the date of
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XXX It is a good idea to generate a gain/loss split for ever sale, not
just the lot closure. Need to tweak the register to hide/show as appropriate.
Need to add a tag to the gain spl;it to indicate its's 'special' nature.
Need to add a tag to the gain split to indicate its's 'special' nature.
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/** @file gnc-lot.h
*
* Lots implement the fundamental conceptual idea behind invoices,
* inventory lots, and stock market investment lots. See the file
* One often needs to know that the item 'bought' in one transaction
* is the same one as the item 'sold' in a different transaction.
* Lots are used to make this association. One Lot holds all of the
* splits that involve the same item. A lot is typically formed when
* the item is bought, and is closed when the item is sold out.
* A lot need not be a single item, it can be a quantity of the same
* thing e.g. 500 gallons of paint (sold off a few gallons at a time).
*
* Lots are required to correctly implement invoices, inventory,
* depreciation and stock market investment gains. See the file
* src/doc/lots.txt for implmentation overview.
*
* HISTORY: