On second thought, I think I understand why you put it that way in terms of the expense. I would have just written the Asset line as a liability since it will always be negative.
On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 3:20:32 PM UTC-4, Lucas Szwarcberg wrote: > > Hello Martin, > > Thanks so much for the reply. I think the thing that I am confused about > is the interpretation of the accounts: why is the pretax 401k an expense in > the present? It seems intuitive that it would be a liability, since the tax > is deferred? I tried Googling around for an explanation of how to treat > this sort of situation in double-entry accounting, but couldn't find a > simple one. > > Best, > Lucas > > On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 8:55:02 AM UTC-4, Martin Blais wrote: >> >> Hi Lucas, >> Did you look at the test? >> Here: >> >> https://bitbucket.org/blais/beancount/src/tip/beancount/plugins/ira_contribs_test.py >> >> You can diff the input and expected output and look at the what was >> modified / inserted. >> That should give you a good idea. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 5:25 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've been a happy user of Beancount so far, and track my IRA >>> contributions without any plugins and with a virtual currency. Is there >>> anywhere I could read an explanation or narration of what the ira_contribs >>> plugin ( >>> https://aumayr.github.io/beancount-docs-static/api_reference/beancount.plugins.html#module-beancount.plugins.ira_contribs) >>> >>> does? I find the explanation in the documentation a bit hard to understand >>> when it comes to how/why one would actually use the plugin. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/2971d105-82fc-478d-89dc-87677c61c15d%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/2971d105-82fc-478d-89dc-87677c61c15d%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/c7487235-c2bd-498e-b82c-107c0a5243b6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
