So you basically transfer money into your Dettes:Taxe so you always know how much tax you owe, but you don't have a ledger account containing the value you actually have, like Actifs - Dettes, is this right? You always have to calculate this value if you need to know?
Seems like this could work for me too, maybe there is a way to calculate that difference automatically. The other downside is that you always need to introduce 2 transactions, one when you invoice and another one when you get paid, but I don't see a way around that... Thanks! On Thu, Jul 23, 2015, at 22:10, Emile Cantin wrote: > I think you may be interested in the way I do it: > > I defined an automatic transaction that applies to tagged postings, > as such: > > = %/plus_taxes/ > $account 0.14975 Dettes:Taxe:TPS -0.05 > Dettes:Taxe:TVQ -0.09975 > > (Sorry for the French names, I'm from Quebec, Canada) > > I then enter the amount without taxes when I invoice my client, with > the 'plus_taxes' tag: > > 2015-01-01 * MyClient ; Facture #1 Actifs:CC:MyClient $5000.00 ; > :plus_taxes: Revenus:Services > > Then my Accounts Receivable account for that client shows the correct > amount he owes me ($5000 plus taxes, which is $5748.75 in my case). > > Then when I get paid, I just enter that transaction normally: > > 2015-01-02 * MyClient Actifs:Chèque $5748.75 > Actifs:CC:MyClient > > My bank account reflects the amount that's in Ledger, and I keep track > of how much I owe the government in the Dettes:Taxes category. > > Makes sense? > > > Le jeu. 23 juil. 2015 à 15:45, Leonardo Melo <[email protected]> > a écrit : >> Not sure it will help in any effective way. But I do the same with my >> accounts and use my internet banking to match my postings. What I do >> for that scenario is to transfer the owed money to one of my saving >> accounts (my bank lets me have "as many as I want"). So that way the >> money is stored away from my checking account, and it stills >> traceable using Ledger and my internet banking. >> >> Hope this helps =D >> >> >> On Thursday, 23 July 2015 19:20:49 UTC+1, Simão Mata wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am learning how to use ledger and I have a question. >>> >>> One think I really like is that I can check that everything is right >>> by checking the current balance of my Assets:Checkings entry, if >>> it's the exact same as my online banking app says then I can trust I >>> am keeping the journal properly. >>> >>> I receive my salary from my clients and I need to pay taxes to the >>> goverment at the end of the year, so for each client I need to >>> deduct taxes and keep this value somewhere until the end of the >>> year. I would like to track this value using Ledger also. >>> >>> My first thought was to write a transaction from Assets:Checkings, >>> where I get my salary, to Liabilities:OwedTax but then >>> Assets:Checkings no longer matches the exact value I have on my >>> online banking. This is correct, actually. since I cannot use that >>> money and is not mine, I owe it to the government, but makes it >>> difficult to track how much money I actually have. >>> >>> Is there any way to keep track of this owed tax and how much money I >>> can use (checkings - tax) and at the same time have a balance entry >>> for the exact amount my online banking app shows? >>> >>> I thought about using these virtual accounts but I am not sure if >>> it's the way to go. >>> >>> Thank you for your help. >>> >> >> -- >> >> --- >> 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. -- --- 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.
