Doh, I meant Assets:AccountsReceivable. On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:07 PM Jason Chu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/CAFFHUgsk8_bbR_r3b8K2%2BqenF2oid1_DV1TdHHYOvx2VmSJz4w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
