David The transactions splits should have been recorded as follows:
Income:Sales Cr 427.67 Bank Account Dr 420.67 Expense:Fees Dr 7.00 David Cousens On Sat, 2023-11-18 at 04:17 +0000, David Kirkby wrote: > When I run a trial balance, right at the bottom the sums are given. The one > on the left is £7 higher than the one on the right. I believe I know the > source of this problem, but can't seem to get rid of it. > > I'm in the UK, but sold something to a customer who wanted to pay in Euros. > The item was sold at 500 Euros. The bank converted €500 to £427.76, took a > £7 fee, and deposited £420.76 into the account. > > Unfortunately, when entering the transaction into GnuCash, I created a > split and put the £7 bank fee into Expense -> Bank Charges. The result is > that £7 is accounted for twice. I'm show it as an expense, but the bank > statement has already taken this into account. > > No matter what I do, I can't seem to get rid of this £7 issue. I unposted > the invoice, and then deleted the transaction. This removes £420.76 from > the bank account and removes the £7 from the bank charges. But if I run a > trial balance, there's still a £7 difference. > > I've tried Actions -> Check and Repair -> Check and Repair All. That does > not help. > > I know £7 is not a lot, but it is annoying me. I would like to try to solve > the problem. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
