On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 09:58 Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 12:47 PM Eric Altendorf <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> [changing subject line] >> >> On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 3:41 AM Daniele Nicolodi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 19/07/23 22:03, Eric Altendorf wrote: >>> > In a related vein, are there other reporting tools I can use with v3 >>> > to generate even non-interactive reports? >>> >>> It really depends on what you intend for reporting tools. I use >>> beanquery for extracting data from my ledgers, but it is not exactly >>> what most people would call a reporting tool. >>> >> >> Thanks, I have played around a bit more with bean-doctor and also seen in >> the documentation what look like a lot of capabilities for reporting. >> >> What I would like is a human readable and auditable report of asset >> transactions, with booking decisions, that justify profit/loss and capital >> gains numbers. I'm not an accountant so I don't really know if there's a >> typical format for that type of report. My guess is that a report which >> shows transactions and how sales are booked against the inventory, with a >> snapshot of the inventory interleaved every n lines, might be roughly what >> I want. >> >> Any recommendations on what a CPA might want to look at to audit, or >> which Beancount tools I should investigate to build such a report, would be >> most appreciated! >> > > I think a Form 8949 equivalent is what they'd be looking for (a > spreadsheet). > You'd have to build it yourself (I did something like that in Johnny.) >
Fwiw, I talked to my tax preparer about this, and for his purposes all he needs are the final numbers, like an 8949. My issue with the 8949 is it doesn’t seem really auditable — if you do the sales as “various” lots then you can’t verify the gains, and if you split out every single lot the report becomes a hundred pages and you can’t holistically verify it’s correctness. I at least want to be able to review and spot check correctness myself :) He said if I took it to an accounting firm to audit, they’d probably want the underlying trade data to do their own analysis. And he said if the irs audits, it’s unpredictable, likely they wouldn’t be sophisticated enough to process raw trade data so it sounded like grokkable reports could be helpful there. > > >> >> Thanks, >> eric >> >> > -- >> 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/CAFXPr0ud5YP-xCqc9jSX%3Dn2X%2Bx9Xjn5g9VKoEpXsU%3Do%2BM38%2BWQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAFXPr0ud5YP-xCqc9jSX%3Dn2X%2Bx9Xjn5g9VKoEpXsU%3Do%2BM38%2BWQ%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%2BhPoebYAuM7L-rzXy9vNpHt3%2BCrHrD4Afk4QujGJc2726g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhPoebYAuM7L-rzXy9vNpHt3%2BCrHrD4Afk4QujGJc2726g%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/CAFXPr0v-_cf0gvnzajoycwDPmhWWP-Wd4h3-qu0%2B5AHZGGmR7A%40mail.gmail.com.
