This is exactly what the effective_dates plugin does: https://github.com/redstreet/beancount_reds_plugins/tree/ master/beancount_reds_plugins/effective_date
https://groups.google.com/g/beancount/c/mU5xtLkUxKc/m/AhPLTI_8CQAJ On Monday, February 1, 2021 at 7:35:00 AM UTC-8 Aaron Stacy wrote: > 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/00ebd354-fda3-42ff-949a-eb5993ba9927n%40googlegroups.com.
