Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yep, I have an "Expenses:Miscellaneous:Cash Over-Short" account for this very purpose. Regards, Adrien On 11/19/23 9:38 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Perhaps easier/more usual: Create a special accounts for rounding/bank errors* to hold the discrepancies either permanently or

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-19 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
Perhaps easier/more usual: Create a special accounts for rounding/bank errors* to hold the discrepancies either permanently or temporarily* (in the case of bank errors). Then your books will be in balance. Michael D Novack * LOL, once one of my non-profits had a small bank error. It would

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-19 Thread Maf. King
On Sunday, 19 November 2023 04:49:33 GMT G R Hewitt wrote: > I don't know if GC supports this, but when I was using Sage Line 50 you > could alter the VAT amount to match the invoice > before committing the transaction, and I often had to do this. > > G > I quite often have to include a line

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 04:17:50AM +, David Kirkby wrote: > I know £7 is not a lot, but it is annoying me. I would like to try to solve > the problem. I'm new to the accounting game but since starting with gnucash have learnt to love double-entry bookkeeping. It Just Makes Sense[tm]. This

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Kirkby
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 19:58, David Cousens wrote: > Dave, > > When you do the next reconiliation, the unreconciled transaction should > appear > at the top of the pane in the second step. The starting balance should be > out by > the amount of that deleted transaction, i.e. 7 pound. Mark it as

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Cousens
Dave, When you do the next reconiliation, the unreconciled transaction should appear at the top of the pane in the second step. The starting balance should be out by the amount of that deleted transaction, i.e. 7 pound. Mark it as reconciled by setting the checkbox, then reconcile the rest as

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Kirkby
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 15:52, Maf. King wrote: > On Saturday, 18 November 2023 15:45:07 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > > > > *I have discovered that's not the source of the problem, which explains > why > > it does not go away if I delete the transaction! * > > OK, that clears up one part of the

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 18 November 2023 15:45:07 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > *I have discovered that's not the source of the problem, which explains why > it does not go away if I delete the transaction! * OK, that clears up one part of the mystery! > > Debit: Expenses -> Stock £214.45 >

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Kirkby
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 13:40, Maf. King wrote: > On Saturday, 18 November 2023 04:17:50 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > Unfortunately, when entering the transaction into GnuCash, I created a > > split and put the £7 bank fee into Expense -> Bank Charges. The result > is > > that £7 is accounted for

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 18 November 2023 04:17:50 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > Unfortunately, when entering the transaction into GnuCash, I created a > split and put the £7 bank fee into Expense -> Bank Charges. The result is > that £7 is accounted for twice. I'm show it as an expense, but the bank > statement

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Kirkby
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 04:47, David Cousens wrote: > David > > The transactions splits should have been recorded as follows: > > Income:Sales Cr 427.67 > Bank Account Dr 420.67 > Expense:Fees Dr 7.00 > > David Cousens However, if I unpost and delete the transaction, the problem

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-17 Thread David Kirkby
I should have added, there’s nothing in any imbalance accounts. On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 04:17, David Kirkby wrote: > When I run a trial balance, right at the bottom the sums are given. The > one on the left is £7 higher than the one on the right. I believe I know > the source of this problem,

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-17 Thread David Cousens
David The transactions splits should have been recorded as follows: Income:Sales Cr 427.67 Bank Account Dr 420.67 Expense:Fees Dr 7.00 David Cousens On Sat, 2023-11-18 at 04:17 +, David Kirkby wrote: > When I run a trial balance, right at the bottom the sums are given. The one > on

[GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-17 Thread David Kirkby
When I run a trial balance, right at the bottom the sums are given. The one on the left is £7 higher than the one on the right. I believe I know the source of this problem, but can't seem to get rid of it. I'm in the UK, but sold something to a customer who wanted to pay in Euros. The item was