On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 2:03 PM Alen Šiljak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Is any customization possible for the Balance report's records which contain
> children?
> I would like to get rid of the multi-currency summary for accounts that
> contain child accounts in different currencies/commodities.
>
> After a few days trying out the options and --format specifications, I have
> still not managed to generate a report which would show the balances only for
> accounts that actually contain postings, and in the currency of that account.
>
> I.e. if I have the following situation:
>
> 10 EUR
> 20 USD Cash Accounts
> 10 EUR Cash (EUR)
> 20 USD Cash (USD)
>
> I would like to avoid displaying the "10 EUR, 20 USD" for "Cash Accounts"
> entry. This would make my reports much easier to look at.
>
> Moreover, having chosen EUR as a "default" currency, I would like to see it
> this way:
>
> Cash Accounts
> 10 EUR Cash (EUR) 10 EUR
> 20 USD Cash (USD) 15.27 EUR
>
> or whatever the rate is.
> Thanks for any help.
>
Greetings
Not sure if this will be any help - - - but here goes:
Warning: IANAA!!!
The following is based upon my readings of various accounting texts
and my understanding of what my country's taxation department asks me
to do - - - so ymmv!!
My books are based in my home currency ($CDN if it really matters).
I have and or am possibly using pound sterling, euro, $usd, and some
of the far eastern currencies. (This does not make me a big shark
rather just an active little operator - - - why not shop the world for
equipment?)
For a credit card transaction thinks might look like this:
2019.04.15 German Trading Company
; booked as 243.13 Euro
; exchange rate of 1.524955
; pumps used for water movement in building xyz
Expense: lift pumps: 9795.00.73.02
$ 370.76
Asset: CIBC Visa xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx: 1002.40.19.04 $
-370.76
This is not a great example as I haven't broken out any of the
information like the fee for currency conversion, the cost of using
the payment service and any other part of what might be in the
transaction.
What this transaction does show is that:
1. my books are in my 'home' currency
2. I can keep track of what I've been spending in a 'different' currency.
If I am using cash when traveling in another country I check with
something like Oanda's currency converter and convert on the day of.
When I purchased the currency I log all the costs associated with.
This work system may not be useful when one is purchasing
stock/commodities and/or any other 'trading' type of products but it
does allow me to keep track of what I bought with its costs and it
delineates all of the various costs in my 'home currency'.
HTH
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