Usually in my case, I will use an Assets:AccountsPayable account (short term loan) as the target and then I'll tag and link the transactions with people's names or "invoice" numbers. Links would be used when the money was paid back.
It is harder if the transaction has multiple payees though, you'd probably need to have tags on the account legs, which I believe has been discussed on this list before. On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:01 PM Oon-Ee Ng <[email protected]> wrote: > Referring to the excellent post here - > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/ledger-cli/hkCNoR4-Mjw/p-kNVAmPpngJ > > What comes to mind in this situation is something like this:- > > 2016-01-01 * "Went out for a meal with friends" > Expenses:Dining 25 USD > Liabilities:CreditCards:AMEX 100 USD > Liabilities:Loans:FriendA 35 USD > Liabilities:Loans:FriendB 40 USD > > Here there's subaccounts for the amounts that I'm paying for (and which my > friends will be repaying to me, probably in a bank transfer at some point > in time). A short term loan of sorts. > > Makes sense to me for posting-level payees here, as if this is at all > common then the number of subaccounts will be substantial. Probably a bit > messy, especially since I don't think I'd remember to close those > subaccounts (besides, I may see him/her for dinner again in a few years > time!) > > Any suggestions? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/88679732-bb7c-40e2-8761-98ea6358223a%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/88679732-bb7c-40e2-8761-98ea6358223a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAFFHUguG9TQ8Z2W8UR-WecyX2W_u3NJX9E5xLH-d5hZe%3Dz7jyA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
