Yes - On an income/expense statement Expenses and Income prior to the period you are examining will show up under Equity. This is expected as you have asked fava to report activity for a specific period of time. Transactions outside that time are accounted for in the Equity section.
You can read more here: https://beancount.github.io/docs/the_double_entry_counting_method.html#equity Hope that helps, A On Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 2:05:36 AM UTC+1 Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > Wait things differ based on whether they're current or previous year? Yes > this is with fava. > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 6:28 PM Alan H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I suspect that the crossing of the calendar year may be what is causing >> these to 'appear' in unusual places in (presumably) fava. >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 2:49:15 AM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> @@ vs @ doesn't change anything but the multiplier. @@ will >>> automatically calculate the rate based on the total amount, it doesn't >>> change the opening balances or conversions. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 10:41 PM Oon-Ee Ng <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a few transactions (listed below) converting from SGD to USD:- >>>> >>>> 2020-11-15 * "Purchase USD with SGD" >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD >>>> 7848.00 USD @@ 10577.93 SGD >>>> Expenses:Bills:BankCharges >>>> 2.00 USD >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD >>>> -2.00 USD >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:SGD >>>> -10577.93 SGD >>>> >>>> 2020-11-17 * "Purchase USD with SGD" >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD >>>> 1.67 USD @@ 2.24 SGD >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:SGD >>>> -2.24 SGD >>>> >>>> 2021-03-31 * "Purchase USD with SGD" >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD >>>> 5524.00 USD @ 1.34495 SGD >>>> Expenses:Bills:BankCharges >>>> 4.00 USD >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD >>>> -4.00 USD >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:SGD >>>> -7429.50 SGD >>>> >>>> 2021-04-05 * "Sweep remaining SGD to USD" >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:SGD >>>> -0.22 SGD >>>> Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD >>>> 0.1611 USD @ 1.34175 SGD >>>> >>>> The 2020 transactions get "added" (debited, I think, not sure whether >>>> its a credit or debit) to Equity:Opening-Balances while the 2021 >>>> transactions get "added' to Equity:Conversions. I've read the 'Costs and >>>> Prices' section of the documentation, but it just says you can either use >>>> the price (@) or the total cost (@@), without really explaining what the >>>> difference is. >>>> >>>> Could someone please help me understand why these go to different >>>> accounts, and what that 'means' in a financial sense? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/CAGQ70esvnLEvuN9eoLop0Qw3beBMtD_76s_7J5WQ6%2B8JR36dng%40mail.gmail.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAGQ70esvnLEvuN9eoLop0Qw3beBMtD_76s_7J5WQ6%2B8JR36dng%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/d15a4db5-f89b-4b49-bfe8-8c885b67b485n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/d15a4db5-f89b-4b49-bfe8-8c885b67b485n%40googlegroups.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/09a20288-d4ad-4718-af27-d5d50e0f53f2n%40googlegroups.com.
