How to I record a Credit Card purchase in foreign currency before receiving my bill?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

whwtan <whwtan at hotmail.com> writes:

> Hi All,
>
> So let's say I  make a USD$100 purchase with my Aussie debit
> card. That's gonna cost me roughtly about AUD$98 with the current
> exchange rate. The web site does not tell me how much I am being
> charged in my local currency.
>
> The way I have always done it has been to wait until my bill comes at
> the end of the month before I am able to enter the cost in my local
> price.
> Is there a way of doing it when I make payment?

What I do is put the foreign amount in the Description as a note to
myself and guess at what the actual value is.  I also mark the
transaction with "???" so I remember which onces I've fixed.  Then when
it finally hits my account I correct the amount from either my CC
Website or from my bill, whichever I see first, and I remove the "???".

> William

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-derek

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