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. >> >> -- >> 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/ms >> gid/beancount/1b9d2c14-3f58-4376-a9b2-8bf65ad4ff11%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/1b9d2c14-3f58-4376-a9b2-8bf65ad4ff11%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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/beancount/NJOI5rONKJM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/CAK21%2BhN35avir48ZNsNiL5cczsKhp% > 3DjtQKD5LVaDuDXKybaS1w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhN35avir48ZNsNiL5cczsKhp%3DjtQKD5LVaDuDXKybaS1w%40mail.gmail.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/3015214C-BED3-41B3-ACB9-3D4C289B83ED%40dottedmag.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/3015214C-BED3-41B3-ACB9-3D4C289B83ED%40dottedmag.net?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/CAK21%2BhPm9FXs5CvrYScdXzpGTAzeVadJnukBBz6YT6%3DOP7M9Ng%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
