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### Simplicity In Functional Currency
 

	
 
If an non-profit organization has a single functional currency, then most
 
aspects of the system, such as [[reporting|GeneratingReports]], can (and, in
 
fact, should) be done only in the functional currency.
 

	
 
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## A "Multi-Native Currency" Organization
 

	
 
Multi-currency support is more complicated if an organization considers more
 
than one currency to be its native currency, which means that
 
[[reports|GeneratingReports]] must handle multiple currency.
 

	
 
FIXME: It would be useful if someone who has run an organization that has
 
more than one functional currency could describe the use cases on this issue.
 

	
 
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## Choosing an Exchange Rate
 

	
 
Regarding exchange rates,  the
 
[USA IRS has no official policy on exchange rates](http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Yearly-Average-Currency-Exchange-Rates),
 
stating:
 
> The Internal Revenue Service has no official exchange rate. Generally, it