Problem posting an international trnsaction

[Ruth Morley]

Fantastic -- worked like a gem..and the response was so fast! I am
impressed.
I made the French account also a bank account -- removed the transaction
..re-entered it and all was well.
By the way my French assets were all stored as expenses because I entered
them after the American expenses..makes sense.
Thank you again for the prompt responses.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 12:41 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> > On May 24, 2016, at 9:34 AM, Ruth Morley <morley.ruth at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to post a transaction showing the movement of money between
> my
> > US and French accounts. The US is in USD and the French account is in
> euros.
> > I enter the transaction in my US bank account ..and enter the Transfer
> with
> > the address of my french account.
> > All goes well..I am asked for a currency conversion rate, give it and the
> > transaction is posted corrected as a withdrawal from the US account.
> > however in the French account the transaction is a charge rather than
> > income.
> > Two questions
> > The US bank account is set up as an account under Current assets...the
> > French under French Current Assets..is there a reason that one shows up
> > with deposits and withdrawals while the French shows up as charges and
> > income..I think this may be the root of my problem.
>
> Yes, it is: It would seem that you set up the French account as type
> income instead of asset. You can change it easily by selecting it in the
> Accounts page and clicking the Edit button on the toolbar. The account type
> is in the lower left of the dialog box.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>