On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Mike Charlton <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>> amount here should be $ 75.79 (line item modified to get total to
balance!!)

> >     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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