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 >> >> -- >> >> --- >> 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. >> > > -- > > --- > 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. > -- --- 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.
