I use separate accounts for every multi-step transaction like a cheque
which separately issues and clears. I enter one transaction when I
issue the cheque; then a script converts a CSV bank statement into a
transaction that clears the cheque. For example:
; hand-written ledger entry
account Liabilities:Bank:Cheque:123
2017-01-31 Landlord
Expenses:Rent $750.00
Liabilities:Bank:Cheque:123
; automatically generated by bank2ledger script
2017-02-25 Bank statement
Liabilities:Bank:Cheque:123 $750.00
Assets:Bank
Here's a more detailed description of how it works:
https://mumble.net/~campbell/2017/02/26/ledger/HOWTO-reconcile-cheques
I do the same for other transactions than cheques too. The only
hand-editing occurs when I don't have any kind of transaction id
number printed on the receipt, or when something is amiss -- more
details here:
https://mumble.net/~campbell/2017/02/26/ledger/HOWTO-reconcile-payments
I also put the date in the account names these days so it's easy to
march through pending transactions chronologically and figure out
what's up with them using just `ledger balance pending'.
I also use a similar idea to track outstanding orders, so that `ledger
balance orders' will show all orders I made that have not been shipped
or otherwise fulfilled: enter a receipt when I make an order as one
transaction with a date and order number in the account name, and then
enter the packing list as another transaction clearing the order.
--
---
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].
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/20190814210439.143986067D%40jupiter.mumble.net.
