Hi Justus,

On Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 3:36:04 AM UTC+1, Justus Pendleton wrote:
>
> It seems like you need to separate out which things are caused by foreign 
> currency losses and which things are caused by unreimbursed expenses. (If 
> you have any unreimbursed expenses, then you are Doing It Wrong IMHO since 
> the whole point of the reimbursement process is to....reimburse your 
> expenses. I understand that in the real world many company's expense 
> departments are not flexible or understanding.)
>

I agree, but human error (lost receipt) and real world means I don't get it 
all back. And sometimes I get more than 100% back due to exchange rates, or 
per diem being > actual expenses. I'm not worried about the reason for the 
losses (me losing receipts or exchange rates). I just want to file the 
single loss appropriates.
 

>
> As far as I can tell, all of the expenses you listed above should be 
> denominated in DKK, since that's the currency you actually paid with. Since 
> you used a credit card?
>

Sorry if my example was unclear. I recorded them in the actual currency. I 
have a USD and DKK credit card and spent money in both of those currencies. 
While traveling I transited through the EU and spent 15 EUR cash in an 
airport, and then spent the GBP as cash on the ground at the destination.


> If the reimburse you a different amount than you actually paid then the 
> difference should be treated as an unreimbursed business expense.
>

Yes I agree that is where things should end up. I'm still wondering about 
best practices for reconciling to that account. Do I shift all 4 currency 
balances from foo to UBE? Or try to zero them out to my primary currency 
first? etc.  

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