Beancount won't be able to work out the booking automatically this way, too
many unknown numbers to fill in.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 10:08 AM david e <i...@davidebner.de> wrote:
> wouldn't it be correct to add the transaction costs in its own account
> into the transaction, and thereby beancount is able to list the fees
> separately?
>
> compared to my example from above I would have to add one line:
>
> 2018-01-01 * "Send 1.5 ETH & 0.05 ETH gas"
> Assets:Crypto:ETH -1.5 ETH {} ;; list the ETH amount without tx cost
> Expenses:Crypto 100 USD ;; matching the 1.5 eth
> Assets:Crypto:ETH -0.05 ETH {} ;; tx cost listed separately
> Expenses:Crypto:Fees 1 USD ;; cost matching the 0.05 eth
> Income:Crypto:PnL
>
> this way I would be able to query for all entries including fees and
> therefore this solution works instead of dividing the tx into two entries?
>
>
> bl...@furius.ca schrieb am Mittwoch, 7. April 2021 um 00:16:41 UTC+2:
>
>> There's no facility to do this.
>> You can write a script to handle the separation by processing the stream
>> of transactions yourself.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:16 PM david e <in...@davidebner.de> wrote:
>>
>>> I am wondering about how to book transaction costs correctly. as I am
>>> doing ethereum tx, I have to track cost basis of the fees. compared to
>>> paying fees to a broker, this is a bit more work.
>>>
>>> my entry would look like this:
>>>
>>> 2018-01-01 * "Send 1.5 ETH & 0.05 ETH gas"
>>> Assets:Crypto:ETH -1.55 ETH {}
>>> Expenses:Crypto 100 USD
>>> Expenses:Crypto:Fees 1 USD
>>> Income:Crypto:PnL
>>>
>>> but in this case, the PnL is the total of both ETH entries (Assets and
>>> Fees). to have the entries separated, it could look like this, split into
>>> two entries:
>>>
>>> 2018-01-01 * "Send 1.5 ETH example"
>>> Assets:Crypto:ETH -1.5 ETH {}
>>> Expenses:Crypto 100 USD
>>> Income:Crypto:PnL
>>>
>>> 2018-01-01 * "Send 0.05 ETH for gas example"
>>> Assets:Crypto:ETH -0.05 ETH {}
>>> Expenses:Crypto:Fees 1 USD
>>> Income:Crypto:PnL
>>>
>>> my question: is it possible to calculate / report the PnL of the fees
>>> separately even though I list it in one entry as shown above? or do I have
>>> to split it for correct calculation?
>>>
>>> my assumption is that for tax reporting I have to be able to list PnL
>>> for each position and therefore it would be a problem to mix it with the
>>> fees.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
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