[GNC] Problem with a split transaction with multiple currencies

[Boniforti Flavio]

Hi Jim
I've deleted the sales transaction and started anew.
Here's what is what:
The asset account of my "Ibanez AD202" is in EUR
The UBS checking account is in CHF
The "Income:sales" account is in CHF
The shipping I've paid in CHF

Starting from the "Ibanez AD202 #300331" account, I've done as follows:
- added the money I received in CHF in my UBS checking account, but in EUR
(I calculated it beforehand - 485.77). As soon as I entered this amount, GC
asked for the currency transfer and indeed it corresponds to CHF 454.- -->
[image: image.png]
I added the "decrease = 271.88" to the same account as the asset is in (to
zero it out).
I proceeded with the shipping cost, which is assigned to the account
"Liabilities:Credit Card" and here as well I calculated the amount
beforehand: I entered 10.70 (EUR) which were converted to *minus* 10.00
CHF. This quite surprised me, but in the end it's apparently correct. In
the "Liabilities:Credit Card" I do have a 10 (positive)...
Same happened for the "income" part: it was *minus* but in fact it is a
positive number in the income account...

I think I got it sorted, but every time it's a headache for me! :-(

Thanks to all!
F.

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Am Sa., 20. Dez. 2025 um 22:14 Uhr schrieb Jim DeLaHunt <
list+gnucash at jdlh.com>:

> Hello, again, Boniforti:
>
> On 2025-12-20 01:17, Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I've the following situation:
> > [image: image.png]
> > I bought the "Ibanez AD202" last summer paying EUR 271.88
> > I sold this unit two weeks ago for CHF 454.-, of which CHF 10.- I had to
> > spend for the shipping.
> > CHF 454 were equivalent to EUR 485.77 - reflected in the first line after
> > the green line on the 03.12.2025.
> > I zeroed the asset value of the "Ibanez AD202" by decreasing 271.88 EUR
> > from it (I don't own it anymore, so it's zero value in my assets now).
> > The remaining amount had to be split in CHF 10.- for the shipping, which
> I
> > paid by credit card, and the rest would be my earning. I wrongly selected
> > the account "Expenses:Post:Shipping costs of sales" instead of
> > "Liabilities:Credit Card". Now when I change this account to the correct
> > one, the 10.00 amount will appear as CHF 9.35 instead - see here:
> > [image: image.png]
> > -->
> > [image: image.png]
> >
> > Why is this and how can I correct it?
>
> Good question! I can't answer it directly, but I can perhaps help you
> explain it more clearly to yourself.
>
> As I'm sure you know, each account has its own currency (or security,
> for investment accounts). Some of your accounts have the EUR currency.
> Others have the CHF currency.
>
> And, each transaction has a currency. When you create a transaction from
> within a given account, GnuCash sets the transaction currency to the
> currency of that account. When you add a split with a different currency
> to a transaction, GnuCash displays the Transfer dialogue to let you set
> the exchange rate between the currencies for that split of that
> transaction.
>
> My suggestion is that you re-state the problem, and explicitly state
> what is the currency of each account, what is the currency of the
> transaction, and for splits where the account currency differs from the
> transaction currency, what exchange rate value you enter into Transfer
> dialogue for that split.
>
> This is what I do when GnuCash's handling of split amounts in
> multi-currency transactions surprises me — which it often does.
>
> I hope this helps,
>      —Jim DeLaHunt
>
>
>
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