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September 12, 2026
Question

why exchange gain or loss not the same figures? as currency revaluation?

  • September 12, 2026
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In the P&L , QB is showing the currency exchange gain /loss, but this figures is not the same that a revaluation figure. 

Why do we need to reevaluate at year end when QB translate the euros to sterling conversion on the daily basis ? 

As it stands, we have just changed accountant who is now telling us that we have a massive discrepancy due to the fact that the previous accountant took the figures showing in QB as supposed to running the revaluation tool at year end . 

I am at lost here ! 

Thanks for clarifying. 

3 replies

QuickBooks Team
September 12, 2026

I understand why you're at a loss. These two figures measure different things, so they won't match. QuickBooks tracks exchange gains and losses on paid transactions for your profit and loss report, but it leaves open unpaid invoices or bills at their original recorded rate.
 

Your previous accountant likely looked only at settled items and missed your open balances. This left those exchange changes unrecorded, which caused the gap your new accountant found.
 

The revaluation tool fixes this by updating your open foreign currency balances at the year-end rate. This ensures your balance sheet reflects their true sterling value since QuickBooks doesn't run it automatically.
 

To fix the issue, your new accountant needs to go back to the affected years and run the revaluation with the correct dates. Moving forward, running it every year before pulling your final reports will keep everything accurate.
 

You can check this article for more details: Home currency adjustments in QuickBooks.
 

Feel free to reply if you have any other questions or concerns.

AM23SCAuthor
New Member
September 12, 2026

Thank you very much for your quick reply and explanation. I understand now. 

Many thanks, Anne 

QuickBooks Team
September 12, 2026

You're very welcome. I'm glad the explanation helped clear things up.

 

If any other questions come up down the road, whether about revaluations or anything else, please don't hesitate to reach out. Have a wonderful rest of your week.