Just like an idea. In Fava, you can easily turn off tagged transactions. Like this: -# tag And you see the picture as if these transactions do not exist. The idea: to make the first transaction as tax-based, and then make the second transaction, which cancels the previous one and makes the necessary postings for real life. Tag the second transaction. If necessary, disable this tag and see the picture for tax accounting.
2019-09-01 * "Some Plumber" "tankless HWH parts & installation" Assets:Checking -5000 USD Expenses:House:Contractors 500 USD Expenses:House:Appliances 500 USD Assets:House:Capital-Improvements 4000 USD 2019-09-01 * "Some Plumber" "tankless HWH parts & installation" #exclude-me-for-taxman Assets:House:Capital-Improvements -4000 USD ; reversal Expenses:House:Contractors 2000 USD ; more expenses Expenses:House:Appliances 2000 USD ; more expenses ; or some other expenses Now, if we just look at our accounting we see real picture. But we can exclude the tag: -# exclude-me-for-taxman. Then we will see what is needed for tax accounting. пятница, 6 декабря 2019 г., 5:27:54 UTC+5 пользователь Jonathan Klabunde Tomer написал: > > Hello, > > I have a number of situations where I view a transaction as simultaneously > an "expense" and a transfer to an asset (or liability) account, and I'm > wondering if anyone else has this experience and likes their solution. > > Example 1: when my hot water heater broke, I took the opportunity to > upgrade to a tankless model. According to the tax code, the difference > between what a replacement of the original would have cost and the actual > amount I spent on the new unit gets to be added to the cost basis of my > house. But outside of doing my taxes, I pretty much consider this to be an > expense. I currently have it booked like this: > > 2019-09-01 * "Some Plumber" "tankless HWH parts & installation" > Assets:Checking -5000 USD > Expenses:House:Contractors 500 USD > Expenses:House:Appliances 500 USD > Assets:House:Capital-Improvements 4000 USD > > but then when I look at my income statement, it looks like I only spent > $1,000 on this project when I really spent $5,000. The tax man may > (eventually) care that $4,000 went to improving my home's value, but I > don't. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/ff951934-a2b2-4c0a-8199-3da8525925ec%40googlegroups.com.
