Hi everyone, I'd like to account for 2020 income at the end of the year
that didn't show up in my bank account until 2021.

Typically I use the date funds are available in my account as the
source-of-truth for reconciling income and bank statements, since this
kinda matters to me more than when my employer initiated the transfer.

But I'd also like to be able to query calendar-yearly-income, and if I book
these transactions in 2021, that won't match tax records.

I'm thinking about splitting these into 2 transactions via a "transfer
account
<https://beancount.github.io/docs/settlement_dates_in_beancount.html#transfer-accounts>,"
i.e.:

; Pay stub December 2020
2020-12-31 * "Let's get that 🥖" ^transfer-12345
  Income:Hooli:Salary -20.00 USD
  Expenses:Taxes:Y2020:US:Federal 5.00 USD
  Assets:Hooli:Transfer

; Bank statement January 2020
2021-01-04 * "" ^transfer-12345
  Assets:MyBank:Checking 15.00 USD
  Assets:Hooli:Transfer

Does this seem reasonable? Any thoughts on Assets:Hooli:Transfer vs
Assets:MyBank:Checking:Transfer?

Thanks!

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