On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 at 19:10, Alexandre Rademaker <[email protected]> wrote:
> I see your point and you are right that using the second entry below would be
> simpler and record the fact that I owe ‘DF’ 3 euros. But using the first
> entry below allow me to also record the total amount of the expense if later
> on we all want to remember how much was the parking. Using only the comment
> would be an alternative too. The only real problem with the first entry is
> the fact that usually liabilities are negative, right? Maybe I could find a
> better name? The ‘Payable:DF’ is to record the moneys that ‘DF’ owes to me.
>
> 2023/01/07 Hotel Braga Parking
> Expenses:Parking EU 3,00
> Liabilities:DF EU 3,00
> Assets:DF EU -6,00
If you want to track everything in full detail, you can do that too.
Just pretend that you manage all the finances.
* Count goods and services you consume into Expenses.
* Count goods and services your friends consume into
Assets:Receivable, as if they owe you.
* Track money you pay from the actual accounts you pay from (Assets if
cash or debit cards; Liabilities if credit cards).
* Track money your friends pay from Liabilities:Payable, as if you owe them.
2023-01-07 Hotel Braga Parking
Expenses:Parking EUR 3,00
Assets:Receivable:DF EUR 3,00
Liabilities:Payable:DF EUR -6,00
At the end of trip, or at any time, you can cancel out debts:
2023-01-07 Debt cancellation
Liabilities:Payable:DF EUR 3,00
Assets:Receivable:DF EUR -3,00
After the above, Assets:DF is at 0 and Liabilities:DF is at EUR -3,00,
indicating you owe DF 3 Euro.
(Unrelated: Consider using standard ISO 4217 currency codes. While we
are at it, consider also using the standard ISO 8601 date separator.)
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