This is what I had to learn as well! I had the same issue, which was not logical to me...
Well, I took a note and refer to that when I have such transactions. F. Fred Tydeman <tydeman.f...@gmail.com> schrieb am Do., 28. Nov. 2024, 11:59: > Thank you for your help. > > It appears one has to enter values in the currency of the other account, > not the account one is in. > > So, I will stick with separate transactions where I do not need to know the > converted values. > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:45 PM Murugan Mariappan < > m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > If you want the expenses to be entered in total in a single transaction, > > you will need to know the conversion rates for both your credit card > usage > > and as well as cash. the entries will then look like > > > > > > * Dr Expenses: Groceries (USD): $ 40.27 > > * Cr Cash: XCD 18.30 (debit amount will be $6.78) you can use the > same > > exchange rate given by the bank while withdrawing from ATM > > * Cr Credit Card (USD): $33.49 (as per your statement), > > > > > > Finally, GNUCash need to know the conversion rates which you have to > > provide > > > > > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > > > > Murugan > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Fred Tydeman <tydeman.f...@gmail.com> > > *Sent:* 26 November 2024 22:57 > > *To:* Murugan Mariappan <m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> > > *Cc:* Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Multi-currency split > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 7:50 PM Murugan Mariappan < > > m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > In the example i sent > > > > Grocery : XCD Account > > Petty Cash: XCD Account > > Credit Card: USD Account > > > > Is this the same way you have structured it? > > > > > > No. Grocery and Credit card are both USD. > > > > > > In your example you state that you are entering XCD 90.2 from credit > card > > what is the counter entry you make in the credit card account? > > > > > > In the XCD cash account, > > I enter 90.02 with credit card as the counter entry. > > I enter 108.30 with groceries as the counter entry. > > > > The XCD cash came from an ATM transaction some days ago, > > so GnuCash has an exchange rate between USD and XCD. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
