Multiple Currencies

[Stephen J. Gowdy]

Did you enter the transaction in the "Cash (Sterling)" account? I think I 
would in this case. Is the fee charged in Euros or Pounds?

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Alan Larkin wrote:

> Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
>> When you enter the
>> transaction you need to adjust the exchange rate on each split,
>> otherwise it ends up blank on the other currency accounts.
>
> Ah. Well that's progress. Now at least the transactions also appear correctly in the GBP accounts,
> but they dont seem to be working. I mean I have tried a simpler approach than the one I posted
> involving Currency:Sterling and :Euro. Now I just have (for a Visa cash advance in UK):
>
> Assets:Current Assests:Cash (Sterling)    20
> Expenses:Banking Fees                     2
> Imbalance-EUR                             9.07
> Liabilities:Visa                                31.07
>
> Despite having right clicked and edited the Exchange Rate on the Assets:Current Assests:Cash
> (Sterling) split and set it to the correct value. That imbalance should be accounted for by the rate!?
>
> Sorry to be dense!
>
> Alan.
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