Dear all, I have been playing around with commodities because I frequently spend money in different currencies and I then settle it with an internal currency exchange within my own accounts.
I would like to understand if the following 2 samples are exactly equivalent or, otherwise, what distinguishes them. Sample #1 2021/05/20=2021/05/22 * Starbucks Expenses:Food 100.00 USD {=0.8 GBP} Assets:Paypal -90.00 EUR 2021/05/31 * Currency Exchange ; Starbucks payment settlement Assets:Paypal 90.00 EUR Assets:Paypal -80.00 GBP Sample #2 2021/05/20=2021/05/22 * Starbucks Expenses:Food 100.00 USD @@ 80.00 GBP Assets:Paypal -90.00 EUR Assets:Paypal 90.00 EUR ; [=2021/05/31] Assets:Paypal -80.00 GBP What I am trying to record here is the following: On May 21 I use my paypal card to pay a bill of 100 USD at Starbucks. My paypal's default account is EUR, therefore it debits 90 EUR from my wallet (automatic conversion). My income is in GBP so I rather settle my expenses in that same currency, therefore I do a currency conversion within my Paypall app, buying 90 EUR with 80 GBP. Because this is a manual process, sometimes it happens only a few days later (on May 31 in this example). Would you agree with my way of recording these transaction or would you do it differently? Many thanks, POliveira -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/84e8d510-2dc2-4921-b4fa-3a4232500111n%40googlegroups.com.