On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 08:48:04AM +0200, Alan Schmitt wrote: > > 2023/06/30 * Balance Assertion: AccountName > > Assets:Bank:AccountName $ 0.00 = $ 52,289.96 > > This looks very useful, but I have trouble understanding how it works > with past transactions that are not yet reconciled (i.e., not part of > the balance, yet present and before in the file). Are these transactions > ignored? If so, the balance will break once they are reconciled in the > future, won’t it?
TL;DR: you insert balance assertions when you know the balance based on some source of truth. My ideal workflow: - enter transactions, w/ uncleared and/or pending states. - get the latest bank statement - add assertions based on bank statement as part of the work to reconcile the statement vs the ledger. - If needed (rare), use intermediate accounts to represent uncleared funds. This should only happen if you've made a payment in such a way that the bank statement doesn't reflect it yet. The only times for Gentoo had previously been cheques that the recipient had deposited yet; and those transactions can be moved later to reflect the fact that the recipient didn't deposit the cheque for a long time. My practical workflow: - I enter data primarily from the bank & paypal transactions in the first place, and reconcile vs other sources. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation President & Treasurer E-Mail : [email protected] GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 GnuPG FP : 7D0B3CEB E9B85B1F 825BCECF EE05E6F6 A48F6136 -- --- 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/robbat2-20240517T233242-785749295Z%40orbis-terrarum.net.
