Hmm, at least with my bank, I'm not seeing any differences between the calculated and actual amounts. I only need to update the speadsheet when interest rates change.
Maybe your bank is skimming pennies? ;-) On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 11:42:41AM +0000, Daniël Bos (远洋) wrote: > > There are standard formulas to calculate this, as mentioned previously, I > > just plugged those in to a spreadsheet and calculated all the > > interest/principle values and exported those to a separate ledger file. I > > have a variable rate and make occasional extra principle payments. When > > that happens, I just update the spreadsheet and regenerate the ledger > file > > entirely. > > Sure, but that is slightly different from the annoyance I mention, isn't > it? > > Or are you saying that you also update the single periodic transaction > you use for budgeting purposes? > > That would work, but only for the *current* month. If you, say, compare > the periodic transactions used for budgeting purposes with *past* > months, you'll get back (bogus) differences and "ledger budget" will > complain about them. > > Cheers. > -- > Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . [email protected] . . . . o . . . o . o > Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o > Former Debian Project Leader . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . > « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Best regards, Daniël Bos Your government is reading your email. Slow them down with encryption. My public key: http://goo.gl/gms497 (4096 bit RSA, id EF2D5D91) Fingerprint : D8D0 9FBE F075 F709 7B52 2F73 326C 2123 EF2D 5D91 -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
