HMRC exchange rates for May 2015
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 May 2015. Each figure is the number of units you get for one pound.
Divide, do not multiply
Sterling is the foreign amount divided by the rate in this table. Multiplying instead is wrong by the square of the rate, which on a typical dollar figure is more than half as much again.
HMRC do not prescribe which exchange rate you use. CG78310 expects a reasonable and consistent method, and the monthly rate is the method this calculator applies to every trade. What CG78310 does settle is the date: sterling worth is taken at the date of the acquisition or disposal (Bentley v Pike, Capcount Trading v Evans). A broker's own rate and a market feed are neither published nor consistent, so this site never reads one.
Every rate HMRC published for May 2015
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 5.4941 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ALL | Lek | 194.66 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 706.43 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 163.56 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 13.34 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1.9379 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.6775 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 1.5734 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.7152 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 2.9916 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BDT | Taka | 116.33 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.7152 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.5638 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,348.4 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.504 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 2.0137 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 10.336 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4.5252 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.504 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 94.54 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BWP | Pula | 14.83 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BYR | not held | 21,315.14 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 2.9841 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1.8427 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 1,388.09 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.4523 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 917.22 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 9.2706 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 3,736.72 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 793.37 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.4958 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 152.94 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 38.11 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 265.83 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 10.46 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 66.96 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 146.8 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.504 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 11.37 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 22.43 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 30.62 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.4025 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 3.0441 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.3685 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 5.7401 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 63.91 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 10,919.31 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 11.49 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 294.8 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 11.65 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| HNL | Lempira | 31.75 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| HRK | Kuna | 10.5 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| HTG | Gourde | 70.66 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| HUF | Forint | 417.52 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 19,221.01 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 5.9247 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 94.54 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,741.1 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 203.39 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 171.6 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 1.0596 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| JPY | Yen | 180.26 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 139.85 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| KGS | Som | 95.12 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| KHR | Riel | 5,968.22 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 682.98 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| KRW | Won | 1,623.8 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.4511 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.2266 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| KZT | Tenge | 278.21 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 12,102.49 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 2,256.4 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 199.09 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.504 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| LSL | Loti | 18.05 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 2.0193 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 14.88 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 27.56 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 4,607.05 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MKD | Denar | 85.61 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,571.03 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 2,951.2 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MOP | Pataca | 11.94 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 471.17 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 54.07 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 22.39 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 659.27 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 23.24 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 5.4325 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 52.57 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| NGN | Naira | 297.66 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 40.35 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 11.87 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 149.2 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1.9624 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.5759 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.4958 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| PEN | Sol | 4.6766 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.0172 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 66.5 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 151.86 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| PLN | Zloty | 5.5769 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| PYG | Guarani | 7,444.83 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 5.4455 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 6.1426 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 166.63 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 78.55 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,030.6 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 5.6403 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 11.73 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 20.2 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 8.8665 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 13.12 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2.0248 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SLL | Leone | 6,566.54 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 1,012.65 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 4.9361 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| STD | Dobra | 33,371.22 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 12.63 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 18.05 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| THB | Baht | 48.66 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 5.0857 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 2.9241 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 1.9379 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 4.0299 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 9.5095 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 46.68 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 2,834.53 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 31.33 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 4,482.9 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.504 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 39.84 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 3,742.28 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 9.4086 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| VND | Dong | 32,294.31 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| VUV | Vatu | 160.44 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| WST | Tala | 3.6979 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 910.64 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 4.0387 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 910.64 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 165.66 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 321.63 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ZAR | Rand | 18.38 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 11.06 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 541.32 | 1 to 31 May 2015 |
Rates are shown exactly as published and are not rounded, because the calculator divides by the same figure. A currency with no name against it is one this server holds only by code.
Where this month came from
Months before January 2021 come from HMRC's own XML archive, which is what the gov.uk collection links to for monthly rates up to December 2020. This is the file for May 2015:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0515.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0515.xml, and HMRC's own index is inconsistent about which. The host is case sensitive, so both spellings are tried. The file carries a Period attribute and a rate is kept only when that attribute names the month asked for, because a wrong month URL still answers 200 with a complete and valid looking file.
The collection that lists both is Exchange rates for customs and VAT on gov.uk. Nothing here is taken from a mirror. A rate comes from HMRC or it does not come at all.
Using this month on a return
- A trade made in May 2015 converts at the rate on this page. A trade made in another month uses that month's page, on the buy and on the sale alike.
- If the rate for a currency is not on this page, HMRC did not publish one for it that month, or this server has not loaded it. The calculator names the currency and the month and refuses rather than borrowing another currency's rate.
- A pence quoted London price is not a foreign currency. Pence are converted by dividing by 100, and that happens before any of this.
Upload a broker export and every foreign trade in it is converted at the HMRC rate for its own month, with the month named in the report. The guide explains the matching rules that decide which cost a disposal takes.