I am able to be reimbursed for the costs of public transit through my
company. This is done in two manners, either by direct reimbursement in my
paycheck or a pre-loaded debit card. I utilized the former option for the
first couple months until the debit card was issued to me.
What kind of account should I use for the "expense" leg of the public
transit purchases? I've previously booked public transit costs under
`Expenses:Travel:PublicTransit`, but in this case this isn't my expense,
it's my company's.
Below is an example of my beancount file. The two legs marked with `<--`
are those I have questions about.
2019-01-01 open Income:US:Hooli:Reimbursements:CommuterBenefit USD ;
started work on New Years?
2019-01-01 open Assets:AccountsReceivable:Hooli USD
2019-03-01 open Assets:US:Hooli:CommuterDebitCard USD ; finally got the
debit card in March
2019-01-03 open Assets:US:MetroCardEsqueStoredValue USD ; got my stored
value card a soon after starting work
; the process of using a receivable for the reimbursement makes sense
2019-01-03 * "Public Transit Authority" "card purchase and add value" ^
commute-benefit-jan-19
Assets:AccountsReceivable:Hooli 1.00 USD ; the card cost $1
Assets:US:MetroCardEsqueStoredValue 20.00 USD ; and I added $20 to it
Liabilities:MyCreditCard
2019-01-11 * "Public Transit Authority" "bus fare 2019-01-03 -- 2019-01-11"
^commute-benefit-jan-19
Assets:US:MetroCardEsqueStoredValue -20.00 USD
Assets:AccountsReceivable:Hooli
2019-01-20 * "Hooli Payroll" ^commute-benefit-jan-19
Assets:US:MyBank:Checking 21.00 USD
Assets:AccountsReceivable:Hooli
; etc.
; ...
; however the process for using the debit card does not make sense to me at
the moment
2019-03-01 * "Commuter Debit Card" "load of value" ^commute-benefit-mar-19
Assets:US:Hooli:CommuterDebitCard 100.00 USD
Income:US:Hooli:Reimbursements:CommuterBenefit
2019-03-01 * "Public Transit Authority" "add value" ^commute-benefit-mar-19
Assets:US:MetroCardEsqueStoredValue 20.00 USD
Assets:US:Hooli:CommuterDebitCard
2019-03-08 * "Public Transit Authority" "bus fare 2019-03-01 -- 2019-03-08"
^commute-benefit-mar-19
Assets:US:MetroCardEsqueStoredValue -20.00 USD
Expenses:Travel:PublicTransit ; <-- this is my question
2019-03-10 * "Public Transit Authority" "bought weekly pass" ^commute-
benefit-mar-19
Assets:US:Hooli:CommuterDebitCard -15.00 USD
Expenses:Travel:PublicTransit ; <-- same question
(I realize tracking the exact value on my transit card is a bit...pedantic
and, to be honest, I'm considering ignoring it entirely but now that I'm
wrestling with the problem of how to book these I'm interested in finding
out how to do so.)
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