Sorry for my late response (I accidentially did not get a notification).
Thank you for the link! Great tutorial, makes a lot of sense. But I fear
this is way too complicated for my private finances. As for now, I have
settled for this simple method. Let's say I invest 1000 dollar, the money
is bound for one year, after which it will be paid back with 4% interest. I
would add these lines to my ledger file:
2013/06/01 Buying a fixed-rate 4% bond
assets:savings:my-saving-account -1000
assets:bonds:bound-until-2014-06-01
2014/06/01 Money from my savings bond is available again
assets:savings:my-saving-account 1000
assets:bonds:bound-until-2014-06-01
2014/06/01 Interest earned from my savings bond
assets:savings:my-saving-account 40
income:interest
...I can then use "ledger bal --current" to see when my money will be
available.
thank you for your help!
Johannes
On Thursday, March 7, 2013 11:21:45 AM UTC+1, Jim Robinson wrote:
>
> Have you looked up how accountants put such items down when a company
> invests in a bond? Some google turned this up, which might be relevant:
> "Bond
> Receivable Amortization Accounting With Balance Sheet" at
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA3nC_pFnd8
>
>
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