Can you show an example that *doesn't* work (i.e., that you haven't
corrected)?  I'm still having a very hard time imagining what the problem
is.

Is it that the vendors are splitting out the amounts incorrectly and
*their* sums don't add up?  If so, there's nothing ledger can do about it
;-)

On 1 October 2014 14:27, o1bigtenor <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 2:14 AM, Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The numbers reported do sum up exactly to 0.
>> This is probably due to some of the postings being auto-generated from a
>> rule, with some arithmetic operations resulting in fractions not being
>> displayed.
>>
>> (The correct way to handle this would be to specify what the precision
>> (rounding) of those operations should be.)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 3:43 AM, o1bigtenor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 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.
>>> >
>>>
>> Sorry - - - getting back to emails after being away.
>
> Items 2,3,4 and 6 (IIRC) actually contain a PST.
>
> Procedure :
>
> Item is noted
> examined for PST and/or GST requirements
> individual PST and/or GST amounts are NOT provided
> item amount is multiplied by the factor to arrive at the amount (now
> including the PST)
>               this amount is rounded using the if its 0.5000 or greater
> up, if less down rule
>
> The individual calculations (with their attendant rounding) results in
> small amounts of error.
> The actual amount paid was $75.79 but with that there was an error of
> $0.01.
> Amounts are not balanced so the Assets file was modified to eliminate the
> error.
>
> Error is because vendor (if I'm understanding things correctly) adds all
> amounts and then
> calculates PST and GST. This doesn't work when the items are individually
> entered.
> (Some clueless vendors actually charge a tax on a tax too!)
>
> Dee
>
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