On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, at 06:09, [email protected] wrote: > Rather than booking outstanding checks as an asset under > "Assets:Chase:Checking:Payable", you could track them under > Liabilities. Here's how I handle checks: > > 2019-03-01 * "My Building" "March 2019 Rent" #rent > Liabilities:AccountsPayable 1000.00 USD > Assets:Checking:Chase > > 2019-03-10 * "My Building" "Check #12345" #rent > Liabilities:AccountsPayable -1000.00 USD > Expenses:Rent:MyAddress > > This way, the money "leaves" your checking account as soon as you write > the check, but it is still tracked as an outstanding liability. When > the check is cached, it gets booked under the appropriate expense > account.
I also considered booking the outstanding checkings in another account, like Liabilities or Equities, but the problem with this is that the balance of your checking account in Beancount is different than the balance in your bank, so that you cannot use "balance" directive to assert the balance. -- Zhuoyun Wei -- 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/78518727-8986-4dce-b3a4-4b3f826966cf%40www.fastmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
