Editing a foreign currency transfer causes unbalanced accounts

Problem reported by Richard Cooper 10 years ago

Steps to reproduce:

  • Have two dollar accounts - A and B. Give them opening balances of $1000
  • Create a transfer from A to B of $100
  • Money > Bank Accounts > All now shows balances of A=$900 and B=$1100 as we would expect.
  • Now edit the transaction which represents the account A side of the transfer. Note that the UI asks for the amount in dollars. Change the amount from -$100 to -$95.

Result:

  • Money > Bank Accounts > All shows balances of A=$905 and B=$1100. I've gained $5 out of nowhere.
  • View the transaction which represents the account B side of the transfer. The "currency" amount still shows $100. It has not been changed to $95. Note that the sterling "amount" field has correctly been changed to to balance the other side of the transfer. It's only the dollar amount which has not been changed

Expected Result:

  • The payment representing the 'other side' of the transfer should be changed to $95 so that both the sterling "amount" and the dollar "currency" fields balance, not just the sterling one.
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Hello Richard,

I have tested this and you are correct.

The initial bank amount for account A will be amended accurately but account B will still have the original amount.

When you edit the payment, it correct amends the GBP amount on both accounts but only changes the original account amount and not both in one go.

I thought it maybe because you are using one currency for your comparisons but it also does the same when I conducted it from a USD to a EUR account. Only one entry is updated.

Please can you send us an email to contact support and quote this Community post. We should be able to look into this.

Vanish

10 years ago

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