Multiple Currencies

[Davide Imbeni]

Hi,

This topic has been discussed before, and it turns out to be more complex
than it seems. I would suggest you to have a look at

http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/gnucash.html

It helped me quite much (thanks to Peter!)

BR

Davide

On 10/3/07, Alan Larkin <alan.j.larkin at ucd.ie> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My accounts are in a mess after a visit to England. Can someone please
> explain how GNUCash should be
> used to handle transactions in multiple currencies.
>
> All transactions go back to my Visa (euros), i.e. stuff was either charged
> directly to it, or paid
> for with sterling withdrawn on the card. I created a sterling cash account
> to keep track of the
> sterling, but there are no conversions taking place, so in my other
> accounts I have running totals
> consisting of both euro and sterling tranactions which is obviously
> meaningless.
>
> Can anyone sketch the solution for me. I cant find any useful help online.
>
> Please please please, Thanks.
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