Thank you! On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 9:16 AM Patrick Ruckstuhl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Aaron, > > This is a common practice, often the account is called receivable. > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounts_receivable > > Regards, > Patrick > > On February 1, 2021 4:03:07 PM GMT+01:00, 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/CACjABkk7aGR3NaEHiaV039fif9vgBq7LDR-Fw9jZ9tg4w4Ge0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
