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

[Adrien Monteleone]

There was a fairly recent bug about mixed currencies with bills & 
invoices. I thought it was sorted out. (my solution was to use Trading 
Accounts, but it turns out that should not be necessary, and no longer 
is required.)

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798734

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I don't recall seeing what version you are using. The above bug was 
reported for 4.13/5.0. If you are on a later version, it should be 
fixed. If not, perhaps re-open the bug or file a new one. If you are 
using an older version, please upgrade.

Regards,
Adrien

On 11/18/23 7:50 PM, AP wrote:
> 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?