On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 2:43 AM Alen Šiljak <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can say that automatic insertion of Trading Account splits in a posting > mostly comes handy. > > If, in a currency exchange transaction/posting, you add cost in one of the > currency, the trading account would only include the remaining amount and the > balance would be correct. > Let me try to write some pseudo code but note that I'm on tablet so it will > be minimalistic. > > 2019/04/20 Buying some dollars > Assets:Cash (EUR) -100 EUR > Expenses:Commission 5 EUR > Assets:Cash (USD) 80 USD > Currency:EUR 95 EUR > Currency:USD -80 USD > > This should account for the commission and keep an accurate track of the > gains/loss with currencies? > Easy enough when doing this except when using credit cards or such - - - most of their fees are rather 'hidden'. Hidden because one would be quite horrified at the actual fees perhaps?
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