On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Mikhail Gusarov <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I have tried it and it turned out to be quite inconvenient: the bank
> balance and
> the book balance differ while there are any pending transactions.
>
Right. That's why I usually just wait to import them.
You could put them in a comment too, so that when you import you have some
of the info already fille dind in.


> I am trying to use a special account for these pending transactions (is
> that
> "accounts payable" in accounting lingo?)
>
I suppose you can do that; it's called a "transfer account."



> Regards,
> Mikhail.
>
> On 2 Jul 2017, at 17:01, Martin Blais wrote:
>
> I put an approximate conversion rate and let Beancount fill in the number
> on the deposit side, e.g.
>
>   <account>     EUR @ 1.45 USD
>
> And I used a "!" flag on that posting.
> Later on, when I import it, I reconcile these with the imported data by
> cut-and-pasting.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Mikhail Gusarov <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Sometimes I receive receipts in USD for services charged from a bank
>> account in EUR (via debit card).
>> I'd like to enter this information into a ledger immediately to avoid
>> hunting for them later, when the bank
>> statement arrives.
>>
>> What is the best way to keep the information in beancount file while the
>> transaction is not yet processed
>> by the bank?
>>
>> If I enter it in USD, beancount complains "Invalid currency USD for
>> account".
>>
>> Should I take out EUR currency from the account declaration? How do I
>> check that there are only transfers in EUR
>> in that account after reconciliation with a bank statement?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mikhail.
>>
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