And none of the other ones helped? I could have saved a lot of typing...

"Rajesh" <Rajesh[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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HI Dick
Your last comment (sort of) replies my question. Thanks

rajesh

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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I'm not sure I understand your case. If the account is AUD, then
transactions get entered in that account in AUD and, once entered, how the
individual transaction got to an AUD amount from a USD amount is lost
forever. There is no way I know of to have transaction level exchange
information retained except if a transfer between two accounts of the
different currencies is involved. Perhaps I'm missing something incredibly
fundamental here. (I'm wondering if downloaded transaction data and
unaccepted transactions are involved here.) I'd love to have somebody show
me a better way.

As near as I can tell, there are two choices:

1) accept that transactions on the AUD card are entered exclusively in the
AUD amounts and do not worry about the USD amount. Since the charge slips
you walk away with will be in USD, this implies waiting for the bank
statement to get the AUD amount. Even if you use the F8 currency converter,
once entered, the original currency and the exchange rate applied is lost.
Only the account-currency amount is retained.

2) enter the USD transactions in a USD account in USD and split the
transaction and include a transfer to the transaction from the AUD credit
card account that offsets the USD amount exactly. This allows each
transaction to carry its own exchange rate. But the problem of waiting for
the AUD statement--or hand adjusting the amount that gets in the AUD
account--is still there.

So you can understand this, here's an example.

(In the USD Cash Account
Payee: Royal Hawaiian Hotel, $0 split:
category Vacation:Lodging $987.00
category Transfer:My Aussie VISA -$987.00

[When you enter this, Money will ask for the AUD amount or an exchange rate.
Let's say you enter the AUD amount as AUD 1,338.40 or the exchange rate as
1.356:1]

(the other half of that split will show up in the AUD account "My Aussie
VISA"
Payee: Royal Hawaiian Hotel, AUD 1,338.40, category Transfer:USD Cash Acct

The transaction will retain this exchange rate and the AUD and USD amounts
forever regardless of future exchange rate differences.

Money should support creating any transaction in any account in some foreign
currency and retain this information with the transaction. It doesn't.
Money's support for people who get around the world is pretty weak.

"Rajesh" <Rajesh[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I maintain bank accounts and credit card accounts in other countries (like
Australia). When I use my Australian credit card in US, I get charged in AUD
for the USD spent.

MSMoney base currency is USD. The Australian Credit Card currency is AUD
(this allows me to match the dues in MS Money with dues on the card or bank
statement). But MS Money allows only on exchange rate; whereas I get charged
by my Australian bank at varying rates depending on market rates. So this is
the problem:

Actual spend in USD on 01/01/2006 100
Actual charge on AUD card statement 01/01/2006 126
Actual expenses in MS Money 100 USD (base
currency)
Dues to bank/ card 126 AUD (ex
rate set [at] 1.26)

Next Transaction:
Actual spend in USD on 01/20/2006 100
Actual charge on AUD card statement 01/10/2006 130
Actual expenses in MS Money 100 USD (base
currency)
Dues to bank/ card 126 AUD (ex
rate set [at] 1.26)

If I try to change the exchange rate to 1.3 (on 01/10/2006), then the
previous transaciton also adjusts to that rate. So it all goes off....

any solutions???

Thanks

Rajesh