I think the only way to do it would be to allow account to be set to a certain currency. So that I'd have a PayPal GBP and a PayPal USD (which is effectively the way PayPal has it). So if the transaction is not in my base currency, but I select a bank account that is in the same currency, no conversion is done. Then later if I transfer from my USD to my GBP in PayPal, I can just have a transaction for that in ledger and input the exchange rate that PayPal gave me at the time.
The only complication I can see beyond this is that sometimes I'll purchase something and PayPal will use funds from both my USD and GBP balance... But that said, I *think* the currency bank account solution above would account for this. Lyle On 10/09/2011 23:12, ario wrote: > Good question, I have the same problem and every time look up the > current exchange (xe.com) ratio and put that in the field that asks for > a value. Would be better indeed if there were a choice for immediate > conversion or at reporting time only, if any. > > ario > > > On Sat, 2011-09-10 at 15:40 +0100, Lyle wrote: >> Hi All, >> Some of my sales go through PayPal. I sell in both USD and GBP. >> PayPal maintains separate balances for both until I withdraw in GBP. >> The problem is that sometimes I purchase items for the business from >> America and pay in USD from my USD balance. LedgerSMB seems to require >> me to convert each transaction to my base currency and doesn't let me >> add a USD based bank account. Is that correct? Is it a case of guessing >> the GBP conversion in these cases? >> >> >> Lyle >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the >> Bottom Line. Protect your business and customers by understanding the >> threat from malware and how it can impact your online business. >> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427462/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Ledger-smb-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the > Bottom Line. Protect your business and customers by understanding the > threat from malware and how it can impact your online business. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427462/ > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the Bottom Line. Protect your business and customers by understanding the threat from malware and how it can impact your online business. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427462/ _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
