HMRC exchange rates for March 2016
145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 March 2016. 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 March 2016
| Code | Currency | Units per £1 | Period covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED | UAE dirham | 5.3101 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ALL | Lek | 178.42 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| AMD | Armenian dram | 717.13 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| AOA | Kwanza | 228.07 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ARS | Argentine peso | 21.39 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1.9969 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| AWG | Aruban florin | 2.5878 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| AZN | Azerbaijan manat | 2.2963 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BAM | Convertible mark | 2.5147 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BBD | Barbados dollar | 2.8914 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BDT | Taka | 113.55 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 2.5149 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BHD | Bahraini dinar | 0.5452 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BIF | Burundi franc | 2,254.05 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BMD | Bermudian dollar | 1.4318 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BND | Brunei dollar | 2.0204 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BOB | Boliviano | 9.9608 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 5.6993 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BSD | Bahamian dollar | 1.4318 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BTN | Ngultrum | 97.95 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BWP | Pula | 16.3 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BYR | not held | 31,848.65 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| BZD | Belize dollar | 2.8842 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1.9606 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CDF | Congolese franc | 1,335.82 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1.4219 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CLP | Chilean peso | 1,024.66 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CNY | Yuan renminbi | 9.4975 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| COP | Colombian peso | 4,929.09 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CRC | Costa Rican colon | 773.79 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CUP | Cuban peso | 1.4457 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | 141.46 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 34.77 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| DJF | Djibouti franc | 256.92 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 9.59 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| DOP | Dominican peso | 66 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| DZD | Algerian dinar | 152.77 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ECS | Dollar | 1.4318 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| EGP | Egyptian pound | 11.31 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ERN | Nakfa | 21.68 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | 30.74 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| EUR | Euro | 1.286 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| FJD | Fiji dollar | 3.0964 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| GEL | Lari | 3.6142 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| GHS | Ghana cedi | 5.7611 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| GMD | Dalasi | 56.9 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| GNF | Guinean franc | 11,110.14 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| GTQ | Quetzal | 11.07 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| GYD | Guyana dollar | 298.1 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 11.14 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| HNL | Lempira | 32.66 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| HRK | Kuna | 9.8 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| HTG | Gourde | 85.9 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| HUF | Forint | 399.01 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| IDR | Rupiah | 19,502.41 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ILS | New Israeli sheqel | 5.5797 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 97.95 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| IQD | Iraqi dinar | 1,713.14 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ISK | Iceland krona | 183.35 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| JMD | Jamaican dollar | 175.21 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar | 1.0257 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| JPY | Yen | 163.61 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| KES | Kenyan shilling | 147.24 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| KGS | Som | 109.06 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| KHR | Riel | 5,820.35 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| KMF | Comorian franc | 632.54 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| KRW | Won | 1,757.25 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| KWD | Kuwaiti dinar | 0.4315 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| KYD | Cayman Islands dollar | 1.1855 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| KZT | Tenge | 533.08 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| LAK | Lao kip | 11,739.02 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| LBP | Lebanese pound | 2,182.99 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| LKR | Sri Lanka rupee | 208.23 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| LRD | Liberian dollar | 1.4318 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| LSL | Loti | 22.93 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| LYD | Libyan dinar | 1.9589 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MAD | Moroccan dirham | 14.03 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MDL | Moldovan leu | 28.8 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MGA | Malagasy ariary | 4,587.18 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MKD | Denar | 79.17 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MMK | Kyat | 1,777.47 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MNT | Tugrik | 2,912.34 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MOP | Pataca | 11.59 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MRO | Ouguiya | 495.87 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MUR | Mauritius rupee | 51.33 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MVR | Rufiyaa | 22.11 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MWK | Malawi kwacha | 1,077.12 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 26.3 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 6.0379 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| MZN | Mozambique metical | 69.95 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| NGN | Naira | 287.63 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| NIO | Cordoba oro | 40.6 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 12.29 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| NPR | Nepalese rupee | 157.76 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 2.1597 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| OMR | Rial Omani | 0.5566 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| PAB | Balboa | 1.4457 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| PEN | Sol | 5.0735 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| PGK | Kina | 4.3898 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 68.25 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| PKR | Pakistan rupee | 151.05 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| PLN | Zloty | 5.6695 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| PYG | Guarani | 8,411.17 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| QAR | Qatari rial | 5.2633 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 5.7541 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| RSD | Serbian dinar | 157.79 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 113.87 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| RWF | Rwanda franc | 1,101.89 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SAR | Saudi riyal | 5.37 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | 11.75 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SCR | Seychelles rupee | 21 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SDG | Sudanese pound | 8.8258 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 12.21 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2.0134 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SLL | Leone | 5,915.77 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SOS | Somali shilling | 883.31 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SRD | Surinam dollar | 5.7828 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| STD | Dobra | 31,299.24 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SVC | El Salvador colon | 12.64 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| SZL | Lilangeni | 22.93 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| THB | Baht | 51.02 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| TMT | Turkmenistan new manat | 5.0599 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| TND | Tunisian dinar | 2.9 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| TOP | Pa'anga | 1.9969 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 4.2359 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | 9.3625 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| TWD | New Taiwan dollar | 47.64 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| TZS | Tanzanian shilling | 3,161.73 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| UAH | Hryvnia | 37.84 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| UGX | Uganda shilling | 4,934.14 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| USD | US dollar | 1.4318 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| UYU | Peso uruguayo | 45.86 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| UZS | Uzbekistan sum | 4,101.24 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| VEF | Bolívar | 9.1155 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| VND | Dong | 32,263.58 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| VUV | Vatu | 163.77 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| WST | Tala | 3.7707 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| XAF | CFA franc BEAC | 843.39 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| XCD | East Caribbean dollar | 3.9034 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| XOF | CFA franc BCEAO | 843.39 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| XPF | CFP franc | 153.43 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| YER | Yemeni rial | 310.89 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ZAR | Rand | 22.19 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ZMW | Zambian kwacha | 16.4 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
| ZWL | Zimbabwe dollar | 523.19 | 1 to 31 March 2016 |
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 March 2016:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0316.XML
The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0316.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 March 2016 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.