Thanks both! I can see them in Income Statement, however, the distributions won't reflect on the net profit. I can calculate the income for each given period, but I don't know how much are distributed for any period because those are balance sheet accounts.
I can create a Equity:PriorDistribution account, just like Equity:Earnings:Previous (this is also calculated per year?) What do you do if you have multiple shareholders, i.e. distribute dividends etc? On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 9:38:05 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > Even more. If you need a precise period (your fiscal year can be different > from natural year), you can use: 2020-07-03-2020-09-10 e.g. to get reports. > Regards. > > Tino. > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 6:10 PM Ben Blount <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When using Fava you can put a date filter in the box of the top middle. >> Valid values include: >> 2020 >> 2020-11 >> 2020-11-02 >> To get a view of how it changed during the time period, use the income >> statement view. >> >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 1:05 AM Hao Wu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I started using beancount + fava, and it's been amazing! I now have a >>> better picture of what I have in the booking. Thanks so much! >>> >>> This is one question I have that seems no one is doing? I tried to >>> google around but wasn't able to find anyone is doing this: I have 3-member >>> LLC and I'd like to do a quarterly or semi-annually profit distributions. >>> It seems that I should do this: >>> >>> 2020-12-01 * "Profit distribution" >>> Equity:Distribution:MemberA 200 USD >>> Equity:Distribution:MemberB 200 USD >>> Equity:Distribution:MemberC 200 USD >>> Assets:Bank:BofA >>> >>> This seems to work except, in the next year, it doesn't reset, it will >>> always stay in my balance sheet. so it is not easy to find out how much are >>> distributed for the *current* year or any given year? for example, I >>> know in 2020, 600 will be distributed, but in 2021, the number will >>> increase, and I don't know the beginning balance of it. did I do anything >>> wrong? or any query I can use to achieve this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Hao >>> >>> -- >>> 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/f0c87401-ab1f-4549-b4d9-e40f78851e0an%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/f0c87401-ab1f-4549-b4d9-e40f78851e0an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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/CACGEkZuCtVVLDVrP0aT3J3srFsLTu6Z%2BWPNX7txzZBQQdLusGw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CACGEkZuCtVVLDVrP0aT3J3srFsLTu6Z%2BWPNX7txzZBQQdLusGw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/7f7fd745-8ccd-49f6-aa97-639c373712c3n%40googlegroups.com.
