Bbut I need to keep track of how much milk I take to calculate how much I pay, problem is after paying in cash I still hold milk as a commodity. see my example
This is basically asking “how do I model what I want using double entry bookkeeping?” which is a common question, but not really related to Beancount (except perhaps for some trivial figuring out of syntax at the end). I’d suggest writing up (in plain words) what you are trying to accomplish, which I couldn’t tell from your current set of posts. What are your goals? What do you want your assets, liabilities, and expenses to reflect with respect to milk? This gives a net profit af 1400 USD but balance in account is 1250 Sounds correct to me. I’m guessing your mental model of Net Profit is probably different from what is accepted as its definition. How do you define it in your mind? Here, your Liabilities went down by 150 which is the same as your Assets going up by 150. It’s as if you took the 150 and put it in a different bank. Therefore, the 150 does not affect your net profit. On Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 5:13:25 AM UTC-8 Alan H wrote: No. This is a feature, not a bug. I find the plugin approach is useful +1 -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/2618f250-ba98-45ad-98b5-380bf0053315n%40googlegroups.com.
