Hi everybody,
I used ledger for some time now, and I have been lurking this ml for some
years without seeing something similare on the ML.
I manage the common expense between my girlfriend and me (like rent, food,
car expenses, etc...), but I found my method suboptimal and I am
wondering^Wpretty sure there is some easier/smarter way to handle it.
So there is an explanation of my method.
* I have a file containing my personnal ledger (personnal.ldg)
* I have a file containing communal expenses (common.ldg)
* I do not handle the personnal ledger of my girlfriend (nor she do). So
the only view I have of her ledger, is a partial one through common.ldg
* We do not have a common account, all of them are physicaly separated
When she or I spend money, I had the details in common.ldg
common.ldg---------------------------
2013/10/10 Some shop
Expenses:food 100€
Assets:Me
2013/10/11 Some shop 2
Expenses:food 200€
Assets:She
---------------------------------------------
Then I create the following in my personnal.ldg
personnal.ldg--------------------------
2013/10/10 Some shop
Expenses:common 50€
Liabilities:She 50€
Assets:My:Personnal:Account
2013/10/11 Some shop 2
Expenses:common 100€
Liabilities:She
---------------------------------------------
With this I am able to compute the Liabilities:She account that show what I
own her, or what she own me (depending of the sign).
But these method too much drawback:
* lot of work (for every transaction I have to create a new one in my
personnal account)
* error prone (need copy and calculation)
* the two files are incompatible, so I do not have one unified ledger, I am
forced to check multiple ledger to have all the info
* When I do some report on my personnal account I have a big
"Expense:common" account, and I am forced to go to the common.ldg file to
get detailled report of those expenses.
So I am wondering if there is some smarter, less error prone method to
handle our communal expenses. And reducing my workload ;)
Thank you for any thought and/or help on the subject !
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Mayeu
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