Metadata! Yes that sounds like a good solution/workaround at this
point. Now to go test how metadata is reported in fava....

Multiple payees still makes theoretical sense though.

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 7:24 AM, Jason Chu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?
>>>
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