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Bug 628903 - Post Bill creates imbalanced transaction caused by rounding error
Post Bill creates imbalanced transaction caused by rounding error
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Business
git-master
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Geert Janssens
Derek Atkins
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-09-06 17:27 UTC by Frank H. Ellenberger
Modified: 2018-06-29 22:44 UTC
See Also:
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Attachments
imbalance.png (108.55 KB, image/png)
2010-09-06 17:27 UTC, Frank H. Ellenberger 		Details
bill.png (126.11 KB, image/png)
2010-09-06 17:40 UTC, Frank H. Ellenberger 		Details

Description Frank H. Ellenberger 2010-09-06 17:27:21 UTC 
Created attachment 169593 [details]
imbalance.png

After I posted a bill, I got a imbalanced transaction. It seems, while on the left side each line was rounded to full cent, on the right side, only the result was rounded.
Comment 1 Frank H. Ellenberger 2010-09-06 17:40:45 UTC 
Created attachment 169595 [details]
bill.png

This was the bill. You can see, the sum (Summe) is 1 ct to small.

At least in the EC custom declaration, the custom fee (ZollEU) is rounded to full cent and added to the custom value (Zollwert) to calculate the import VAT (EUSt). This again is rounded to full cent and copied to the sum page.

But I believe in every bill/invoice, the printed numbers of each row should sum to the total.
Comment 2 Geert Janssens 2010-09-07 09:32:51 UTC 
I suspect I introduced this with r19475, when I fixed another rounding error in function gncEntryGetValue. The problem is likely that some parts of GnuCash expect this function to return rounded results while other parts expect it to return unrounded results.

I'll try to look into this as soon as possible.
Comment 3 Geert Janssens 2010-09-11 09:59:20 UTC 
The related bug in my previous comment is bug 504954.

I have reverted the commit that resolved that bug. It appears rounding has some subtle side effects in GnuCash that first have to be more thoroughly investigated. I don't have time for that right now. So until I or someone else finds the time, I prefer not to change things.
Comment 4 John Ralls 2018-06-29 22:44:15 UTC 
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