[GNC] lost balancing a USD bill with AUD bank account

[AP]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 12:22:10PM +1100, AP wrote:
> I thought of creating a "fake" bank account and buying USD at the right
> rate and then using that to pay off the USD bill (leaving the real AUD
> account to pay the transaction fee) but that seems a little kludgy and
> a bit of a pain. Also not sure if it'd work. :)

This... worked. What I did was:

1. Create a Bank account for the actual bank account but in USD
2. Paid the transaction fee bill with the original withdrawal
3. Transferred the rest of the money in the original withdrawal to the new
   fake USD bank account
4. Paid the vendor USD bill with the money in the fake USD bank account

End result:

* books balanced
* bills paid
* fees tracked

Downside:

Lost the link between the vendor's bill and the original withdrawal which is
an annoyance.

Note:

A trading account was not in use as there would be no capital gains/losses on
these transactions as they are "immediate".

Is this the way to do it or is there a better way? 

AP