I'll keep it as this:
2023/01/17 xxx
Expense:Food EU 6
Assets:Cash EU -10
Assets:Receivable:DF
On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 1:38:07 AM UTC+8 Alexandre Rademaker wrote:
>
> Sorry for insist, but someone has any thoughts about the question in the
> end of the message below? Repeating here:
>
> But how to record when both of us paid some different amount of the same
> expense? Maybe this turns out to suggest to rethink the option for the case
> above? Below the total expense is EU 12,00 we should both pay EU 6,00, but
> I paid EU 10,00 and he paid only EU 2,00. Does it make sense? I am trying
> to record that I would add 6 to the amount he owe me, but at the same
> transaction, I am also removing EU 2,00 from that because he is giving EU
> 2,00. But I am not touching in the Liabilities:DF
>
> 2023/01/17 Place3
> Expenses:Food EU 6,00
> Assets:Receivable:DF EU 6,00
> Assets:Receivable:DF EU -2,00
> Assets:Cash EU -10,00
>
>
> On 3 Feb 2023, at 14:52, Alexandre Rademaker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Continuing the trip with a friend…. I renamed the accounts suggested by
> John from Assets:Payable:DF to Assets:Receivable:DF. Regarding the
> Liabilities:DF
> and Liabilities:Payable:DF. Actually Liabilities:Payable is kind of
> redundant.. maybe Liabilities:DF is enough.
>
> when I paid something for us, I record the total cost and add in Assets:
> Receivable:DF the fact that he owe me half of the expense:
>
> 2023/01/07 Place1
> Expenses:Food EU 6,00
> Assets:Receivable:DF EU 6,00
> Assets:Wise
>
> When he paid something, I recorded that I owe him half of the total. This
> turned out to be the simpler alternative as Yuri's suggestion. But the
> alternative in the message below is interesting too, adding a little bit of
> extra complexity to move between Assets:Receivable:DF and Liabilities:DF,
> but I can do that once in the end of the trip.
>
> 2023/01/02 Sample
> Expenses:Food EU 6,00 ; total EU 12,00
> Liabilities:DF
>
>
> But how to record when both of us paid some different amount of the same
> expense? Maybe this turns out to suggest to rethink the option for the case
> above?
>
> Below the total expense is EU 12,00 we should both pay EU 6,00, but I paid
> EU 10,00 and he paid only EU 2,00. Does it make sense? I am trying to
> record that I would add 6 to the amount he owe me, but at the same
> transaction, I am also removing EU 2,00 from that because he is giving EU
> 2,00. But I am not touching in the Liabilities:DF
>
> 2023/01/17 Place3
> Expenses:Food EU 6,00
> Assets:Receivable:DF EU 6,00
> Assets:Receivable:DF EU -2,00
> Assets:Cash EU -10,00
>
> Best,
> Alexandre
>
>
> On 12 Jan 2023, at 14:23, Yuri Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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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