I understand you. The problem here is that Beancount does not use traditional double-entry terms like "credit" and "debit" for different types of accounts. It uses signs. It uses this modified account equation:
(Income + Liabilities) + (Assets + Expenses) + Equity = 0 So, in most cases, Income and Liabilities are negative, while Assets and Expenses are positive. I have been using Beancount for more than 3 years, so I am already attuned to its usage of negative and positive signs. But your post reminds me that if a user has used tranditonal double-booking method before, they may feel confused facing the Income Statement in Beancount. Perhaps Fava could provide a fava-option that flips the signs to generate a "traditional" Income Statement and Balance Sheet? -- Zhuoyun Wei On Thu, May 9, 2019, at 02:44, John Mee wrote: > > Perhaps this is an issue of fava, I'm sure you'll redirect me if so... > my problem is that fava's balance sheet shows assets as positive values > and equity as negative (which is also odd, imho both sides should be > positive values?) thence the income Statement shows income as negative > and expenses as positives. > > I started mucking around with code to try and flip all my beancount > text file entries from positives to negatives but, given that is "work, > (eg: got so far as to be searching for routine in beancount.data that > outputs Transaction instance as beancount text?), that now I'm > reconsidering my approach. Even if I do flip it all successfully my > balance sheet will show assets as negatives, equity as positives, > income as positive and expenses as negative: better but still not > "right" imho (please correct me as appropriate). > > Ultimately I (think I) would like fava's income statement to list > income in positive values; expenses can be either positive or negative > I don't particularly care, but it would be nice if both sides of the > balance sheet were positive although I can live with whatever I get on > that. > > (First) Question is perhaps: Should I proceed to invert every entry in > beancount, or focus on "fixing" fava? > > thanks. > > -- > 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/a06f3d41-4aa9-4a92-87b3-1efd16ff1c49%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/a06f3d41-4aa9-4a92-87b3-1efd16ff1c49%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/b0b68380-ad4d-4927-bfe0-7dc304093698%40www.fastmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
