[GNC] Accoount Type Cash

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Fred:

On 2025-01-19 06:14, Fred Tydeman wrote:
> I am running GnuCash 5.10 on Fedora Linux 41
>
> My Default Currency is USD
>
> I imported from a QIF file some stock transactions.
> I sold some Canada stock from my US brokerage account.
> The money went into a CAD cash account in the brokerage.
> The "dollar" amount in that CAD cash account is wrong.
> If I change the CAD account type from cash to asset,
> then the "dollar" amount is correct.
>
> So, are Cash account types limited to the default currency?

No, not in my experience. I have GnuCash accounts of type "Cash" with 
currencies set to CAD, USD, EUR, JPY. My default currency is CAD. I have 
not had problems with accounts having the wrong numbers by virtue of 
their type being "Cash".

 From your description, the difference in account balance correlates 
with a transaction that is in a currency which you don't often use. 
Maybe the currency handling is not correct. Do your book properties 
include using trading accounts? Do you have a GnuCash account for the 
CAD cash balance in your brokerage which is separate from the GnuCash 
account for the USD cash balance?

Best regards,
      —Jim DeLaHunt