Hi, the bookings should be between
Assets:US:Hooli:CommuterDebitCard and your receivable account. As this wasn't an expense for you. Basically it's moving from one kind of assets (money on your card) to another kind of assets (money you should receive from your company). Regards, Patrick On July 1, 2019 3:47:40 AM GMT+02:00, Scott Colby <[email protected]> wrote: >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.) > > >-- >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/bb010f55-1972-4d84-8d63-f3fa46fc7124%40googlegroups.com. >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/3BA77CC3-46E7-4D18-9439-021B85A49553%40ch.tario.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
