On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
2013.01.26 Costco
Expenses: Membership: xxxxxxxxxxxx $ 55.00
Expenses: GST -- business: xxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 2.75
Expenses: xxxxxxxxxxx: xxxxxxxxxxxx $ 36.36
Expenses: GST -- personal: xxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 1.70
Expenses: xxxxxx: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 53.48
Expenses: GST -- personal: xxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 2.50
Expenses: xxxxxxxxxxxx: xxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 7.80
Expenses: GST -- personal: xxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 0.36
Expenses: xxxxxxxxxxxx: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 15.50
Expenses: GST -- personal: xxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 0.72
Expenses: xxxxxxxxx: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx $ 10.69
Expenses: GST -- personal: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx $
0.50
Expenses: Food -- home: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx $
75.80
Assets: xxxxxxxxxx: 1002.90.00.50 $
-263.16
Some of the items that have GST (federal sales tax) charges have also (here
included in the cost) a provincial sales tax.
The taxes do NOT result in exact ratios of integers - - - why my question
on rounding.
Dee
>
> 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
>>
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