There's also this older one: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FRcJqUfeAMQO6KjG94w6rF7VajMGJaFplmF1Wu0rCHY/edit#heading=h.yshh8f17jbdb
On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 12:25 AM Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Fred, > Here's something I wrote not too long ago - that I haven't published > anywhere yet - which is related: > > How We Share Expenses > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjSpGoJVdgyg8rhKD9otSKo4iSD2VkSYELMWDBbsBiU/edit?usp=sharing > > > > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 11:43 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm new to beancount and currently assessing whether I can switch from >> ledger-cli in order to make use of the web interface fava. >> >> I'm interested in ways on how to split expenses in beancount: I share a >> household with my partner and for many expenses I'd like to register only >> half the debit as a personal expense whereas the other half should be >> registered as an asset (something that my partner owes me). >> >> I currently use ledger-cli and make heavy of the following automatic >> transaction to split transactions with my partner: >> = tag("With") =~ "Susa" >> $account -0.5 >> Assets:Receivable:Susa 0.5 >> >> Shared expenses are then recorded like this: >> 2019/05/22 * Bakery >> Expenses:Food 10.00 EUR ; With: Susa >> Assets:Cash >> >> This results in a credit of 5.00 EUR to Expenses:Food and >> Assets:Receivable:Susa each. I find this quite comfortable and want to know >> if there is something similar in beancount. (I've already learned that >> there are no automatic transactions in beancount) >> >> I skimmed the documentation of beancount for sharing expenses and what I >> found <http://furius.ca/beancount/doc/shared> seems to involve "special" >> accounts (e.g. Expenses:Food:Fred & Expenses:Food:Susa) in order to split >> transactions using a plugin ("beancount.plugins.split_expenses") -- is >> this correct? >> >> Does the mentioned plugin work in way like the automatic transaction in >> ledger-cli does, i.e. does running beancount automatically split the >> written amount in the journal file or does the workflow involve running a >> command that results in hard-coded input text that replaces the original >> input data? >> >> More generally: How do beancount users normally record regular shared >> expenses? >> >> Thanks and regards, >> Fred >> >> -- >> 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/e413816b-57be-439b-ae24-fd33efbbaf8a%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/e413816b-57be-439b-ae24-fd33efbbaf8a%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/CAK21%2BhMkt2Pijxw4cZuo9uzE2E7Qni4zGJCx1Xi-%3Dy3i0541BQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
