# Inaccurate Pasting from Excel (Accounting Format)

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/inaccurate-pasting-from-excel-accounting-format/5739>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Created:** [January 23, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/inaccurate-pasting-from-excel-accounting-format/5739 "2024-01-23T16:19:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ccollins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ccollins](https://community.fibery.io/u/ccollins)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/inaccurate-pasting-from-excel-accounting-format/5739/1 "2024-01-23T16:19:23Z")

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When copying and pasting from excel, a negative value in currency format “-$5.00” pastes correctly, but a negative value in accounting format “$ (5.00)” pastes as a positive number.

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**Author:** ![ccollins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ccollins](https://community.fibery.io/u/ccollins)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/inaccurate-pasting-from-excel-accounting-format/5739/2 "2024-01-23T18:35:21Z")

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Excel’s accounting format for zero also does not paste correctly. From excel it copies as " $- " but Fibery leaves this empty when pasting.