[GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

[David Cousens]

David

The transactions splits should have been recorded as follows:

Income:Sales   Cr 427.67
Bank Account   Dr 420.67
Expense:Fees   Dr   7.00

David Cousens

On Sat, 2023-11-18 at 04:17 +0000, David Kirkby wrote:
> When I run a trial balance, right at the bottom the sums are given. The one
> on the left is £7 higher than the one on the right. I believe I know the
> source of this problem, but can't seem to get rid of it.
> 
> I'm in the UK, but sold something to a customer who wanted to pay in Euros.
> The item was sold at 500 Euros. The bank converted €500  to £427.76, took a
> £7 fee, and deposited £420.76 into the account.
> 
> Unfortunately, when entering the transaction into GnuCash, I created a
> split and  put the £7 bank fee into Expense -> Bank Charges. The result is
> that £7 is accounted for twice. I'm show it as an expense, but the bank
> statement has already taken this into account.
> 
> No matter what I do, I can't seem to get rid of this £7 issue. I unposted
> the invoice, and then deleted the transaction. This removes £420.76  from
> the bank account and removes the £7 from the bank charges. But if I run a
> trial balance, there's still a £7 difference.
> 
> I've tried Actions -> Check and Repair -> Check and Repair All. That does
> not help.
> 
> I know £7 is not a lot, but it is annoying me. I would like to try to solve
> the problem.
>