Hi,

I just took a business trip where all expenses should be reimbursed. 
Afterward, my accounts looked like this:

  Assets:Other:AccountsReceivable:Foo      156.58 USD
  Assets:Other:AccountsReceivable:Foo     1061.17 DKK
  Assets:Other:AccountsReceivable:Foo         15.00 EUR
  Assets:Other:AccountsReceivable:Foo       109.44 GBP

I then got reimbursed

2017-11-15 * "Foo Reimburse"
  Assets:MyBank                                           2944.04 DKK
  Assets:Other:AccountsReceivable:Foo

The account does not go to zero for a few reasons: Maybe I forgot to turn 
in on receipt, and/or exchange rates have changed, or because a GBP 
*receipt* that I had to turn in is actually in the DKK currency to me, 
because I paid for it with a DKK credit card, etc.

Some Questions:

1) I have prices, but not on 2017-11-15. How is a conversion handled? Is it 
just a linear interpolation between the two nearest prices?

2) Due to the reimbursement, this account has a negative DKK balance. Net 
balance is still positive, because (using todays exchange rates), the 
payment (they paid GBP but may bank shows it as DKK) doesn't cover 
everything. How should I handle this? I could convert everything to one 
currency, I think, using either todays rate or the rate on the date the 
reimbursment posted, and then keep a small balance in just one currency. Is 
there any reason to do this? Or should I just have an 
"Expense:MiscUnreimbursedExpenses" and transfer everything to that account? 
Again, if I just transfer, then the expenses account will have the wrong 
sign for DKK, and appear to contain more USD, DKK, and EUR than it really 
does (I think).

Thanks,

  -k.

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