SGTM On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 10:03 AM Aaron Stacy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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! > > -- > 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/CACjABkmeg%2BmGM1jCZo6H89Fnor6tO8vbmj5MeoCxFscvy2SAaw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CACjABkmeg%2BmGM1jCZo6H89Fnor6tO8vbmj5MeoCxFscvy2SAaw%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/CAK21%2BhPs5fJukBmjHKjPt%3DZDbhZhMZ2maKcTEBE7F%3DXyD53ZSA%40mail.gmail.com.
