Ed W <..hidden..> writes:
>> If you're looking at the currency code, can you fix my pet bugbear:
>>
>> * the exchange rate applies to all transactions in that currency that
>> day, and the only way to change it is to remove _all_ transactions
>> in that currency and repost them.
>>
>
>
>
> Although it might simplify things a tad in the obvious cases, I'm not
> actually sure that this is the way an accountant would do it.
>
> Seems that common practice is to stick the invoice in at a given rate at
> the point it's effective, then enter in the payment as that's done, then
> use an FX gain/loss to record the difference
SL already does this, which is what you'd expect: you get a slew of
transfers for foreign currency stuff between various accounts, but that
bit Just Works.
>
> In SL's case I'm slowly figuring out what is happening, and it
> additionally has a curious way to handle currency conversion in that you
> appear to have to make £100 GBP = $100 (!). The foreign transaction is
> in two parts where you do something like $100 = £55 + £44, and the £44
> bit gets a tick box against it to show that it's an FX fudge. This way
> the units sum to 100 on each side, and yet the $100 also = £55.
>
>
> ....Clear as mud?
>
> I know see the theory, but I still haven't quite figured out how SL
> wants me to put in the transactions to make it work though... Not
> getting a lot of help on the SL list though...
It's pretty horrible...
cheers, Rich.
>
> Regards
>
> Ed W
>
>
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