On 11/28/23 3:42 PM, David Kirkby wrote:
Make a copy of your book and test out if one of these does the trick by
editing one bill and/or payment accordingly (you might be able to just
re-parent the account(s) though:
Assets:A/R
--Assets:A/R (GBP)
--Assets:A/R (USD)
--Assets:A/R (EUR)
I see that it is different from what I have now. In which case I assume
Assets:A/R would be a placeholder account.
Not necessarily. It would depend on how that affects reporting. But in
that above example, you just wouldn't post to the parent.
How would I test this out?
Simply re-parent the accounts. You should not have to delete/re-enter or
unpost/repost anything. Simply edit the relevant accounts and choose
them all to be children of the main A/R account. (and rename the current
Assets:A/R:A/R to be Assets:A/R:A/R (GBP) Then re-run your reports.
But as I note below, that tree arrangement may not be strictly
necessary, though worth a test as it is easy to do.
or perhaps more simply:
Assets:A/R
--Assets:A/R (USD)
--Assets:A/R (EUR)
I'm not following you there. Are you saying make Assets:A/R a placeholder
account? If so, where do GBP accounts get posted?
Specifically in this simpler arrangement, "no". Assets:A/R would not be
a placeholder as it is the default A/R account denominated in GBP and
needs to be available to accept transactions.
If not, how is this
different to what I have now? Are you saying I don't need an A/R for GBP?
You described your current tree as:
Assets:Accounts Receivable:Accounts Receivable
Assets:Accounts Receivable:Accounts Receivable (USD)
Assets:Accounts Receivable:Accounts Receivable (EUR)
Which implies a higher level you didn't show:
Assets:Accounts Receivable
Thus, you have TWO A/R accounts denominated in GBP, the main parent, and
then the immediate child of that one, with two USD & EUR children.
According to what you described in your OP, your full tree here looks
like this:
Assets
--Accounts Receivable
----Accounts Receivable
------Accounts Receivable (USD)
------Accounts Receivable (EUR)
Thus, I'm suggesting in the *first* arrangement up above in this post,
to make the USD & EUR accounts children of that first A/R parent:
Assets:Accounts Receivable. It looks like you have them one level too deep.
Second, rename the other 'Accounts Receivable' *child* to 'Accounts
Receivable (GBP)' and make it a *sibling* of the USD & EUR accounts,
This would achieve the first arrangement I described.
Or, to get this simpler arrangement, keep the USD & EUR children where
they are, and move their parent up one level to be the main A/R parent
(ditching that original parent) and keeping the USD & EUR accounts as
its children.
Where each child is specifically set to those named currencies and the
parent A/R is in your book currency. (assuming GBP here)
I don't follow how that's different to what I have now.
(see above. It appears you have a 'higher' A/R parent, thus TWO GBP A/R
accounts)
Regards,
Adrien
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