Internally ledger does not need to round because it uses exact ratios of integers. Rounding only occurs when the amounts are formatted for display. If you could post the transaction that you are using it would help. The verbal description of the transaction doesn't have enough detail.
On Friday, September 26, 2014, o1bigtenor <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings > > With huge thanks for the assistance so far. > > Have started doing the entries and really like the way things are working. > > Question: > > In a complex invoice (4 different billing expense areas) where 1 time > there is only a federal tax and the other 3 have a federal and a provincial > tax I had a calculation error. > > When one takes an individual item the tax I'm rounding to the nearest cent > (using math rules (0.5 +/= goes up rest goes down)). The total invoice > seems to be calculated where there is an internal accuracy to a greater > number of decimals which when added together results in a change in the > total amount by a whole $0.01. I just changed one item to get rid of the > imbalance. > > Is there a way to get ledger to internally work to greater than 2 decimal > places but show only in 2 decimal places so that these kind of manual > adjustments won't be as needed? > > I'm not remembering any major details in the documentation in this kind of > expensing - - - have I missed something important that is already there? > (Please be easy on me when you kick my shins if the information is there > and I just haven't spotted it!) > > (The plethora of taxes is the issue and I would love if that were changed > but realistically it will be easier to change software than government > bloat and overspending!!!) > > TIA > > Dee > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ledger-cli%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
