[GNC] Exchange rates and split transactions

[David T.]

Consider creating and using accounts denominated in TRY? Or keep 
everything in Euros?

On 8/21/2025 9:07 AM, Guido via gnucash-user wrote:
> Any thoughts?
>
> On Mon, 2025-08-18 at 12:23 +0000, Guido via gnucash-user wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a bank subaccount in TRY under a parent account in EUR. When I
> record expenses in TRY, I use a split transaction, as each entry is 50%
> expense and 50% credit. For example:
>
> Expense: 34 TRY
> Credit: 34 TRY
> TRY account: -68 TRY
>
> When entering each positive amount, GnuCash (5.10 on Ubuntu) asks for
> either an exchange rate or the corresponding EUR amount. I choose to
> enter the EUR amounts. If the total EUR amount is uneven, the amounts
> naturally differ by 0.01 EUR, resulting in two slightly different
> exchange rates.
>
> For example, 68 TRY exchanged as 1.59 EUR would split as:
>
> Expense: 0.80 EUR
> Credit: 0.79 EUR
>
> The problem is that the last exchange rate entered seems to overwrite
> the rate for the first transaction, causing inconsistencies in the
> parent account. Instead of -1.59 EUR, I end up with -1.60 EUR or -1.58
> EUR depending on which exchange rate I enter last.
>
> Has anyone encountered this situation? Am I doing something wrong?
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