Yes please. It stresses me out some that this is not supported. Why can I enter basis for the home I will sell but not my taxable stocks? I have a $1mm capital gains loss carryover: I would model that by raising my basis, for example.

This would be a very nice improvement! I only know cost basis for investments as dollars. I have to calculate the percentage. And every time I update the balance, I have to remember to go adjust the cost basis percentage. It would be nice to fix it in dollars so that it only needs to be updated when you have transactions that affect the cost basis.

This will be particularly valuable for Roth IRAs/401ks where the “cost basis” is actually used as the “contribution” figure. Again, it’s a fixed dollar amount that only changes when you make new contributions, so dollars is more appropriate than percentages.

In fact, I’m struggling to think of a scenario where it would make more sense to use percentages than dollar values (though I surely could be overlooking scenarios, too).

I agree this would be a very helpful enhancement. It would minimize the amount of upkeep required for certain scenarios. For example, say my account has an initial value of $1,000 and a cost basis of $800. I’d enter 80% for “Starting Cost Basis %”. Say 6 months later my account has a value of $1,200 (and still has a cost basis of $800). I’d update the new value to $1,200. But to keep my account accurate, I’d also have to update my “Starting Cost Basis %” to 66.7% ($800/$1,200). Ideally, I’d like to enter the cost basis of $800 once and not have to constantly change the % every time I revise the account balance. (And only revise the cost basis amount only when it changes). Thank you.