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Managing rounding and ensuring each set of entries balance can be tricky, especially if you have to share data with a system that can only handle currencies with two decimal places. There are scenarios where it’s actually not possible to have every set of entries balance, and have the total sum of all entries equal the correct balance.

For example, if you had three monthly payments of $5, $10, and $10, you might book something like:

Cash (5) Expense 8.33 Deferred (3.33)

Cash (10) Expense 8.33 Deferred 1.67

Cash (10) Expense 8.33 Deferred 1.67

All three of those blocks of entries balance, but the sum of expenses is 24.99 instead of 25.

I’m not sure there’s a way around this issue if you’re forced to use two decimal places. Luckily the discrepancy is immaterial. I’d love to know if anyone else has encountered this problem.