Add summary accounts in foreign currencies

You add separate summary accounts for international debtors and creditors. Your domestic summary accounts are only intended for entries in the default currency.

You can select whether you want to make entries for multiple currencies in one international summary account or whether you want to use separate summary accounts per currency. For example, you could use a separate summary account for American debtors (USD) and a separate summary account for Japanese debtors (YEN). You link your American debtors to the American summary account and your Japanese debtors to the Japanese summary account.
You can also use one account for both USD and YEN. The summary account must then be linked to both currency codes. You link all international debtors to the summary account.

To add summary accounts in foreign currencies:

  1. Go to: Financial / Ledger / Ledger account.
  2. Click on: New.
  3. Enter the Account number and the Description.
  4. SelectAssets  for Type of account .
  5. In Kind of account, select Other.
  6. Select the Summary account check box.
  7. Select Debtor or Creditor in Type of summary account.
  8. Click on: Next.
  9. Select the Foreign currency check box.
  10. Select the Currency.
  11. Click on: Finish.
  12. Open the properties of the ledger account if you want to add extra currency links.
  13. Go to the tab: Currency assignments.
  14. Add the currency assignments.
  15. Click on: OK.

Directly to

  1. International debtors and creditors
  2. Add summary accounts in foreign currencies
  3. Assign currency links for debtors and creditors
  4. Add a purchase and sales journal for a foreign currency