Re: I feel like I have too many sub-accounts
+1 to "do what works for you". With personal concerns spanning 4 countries and complicated tax reporting obligations in one, I have quite a number of accounts: I live in country ZZ, own property in QQ and have investments or assets in YY and XX... ❯ for c in :ZZ: :QQ: :YY: :XX:; do echo -n $c" "; bean-report main.bean accounts | fgrep $c | wc -l ; done :ZZ: 249 :QQ: 224 :YY: 28 :XX:6 So ~250 accounts for my household tracking (family of 4), homeowner. Similar number for dealing with taxes in QQ. (this goes up annually as I make a new TY20XX hierarchy). YY is where I used to live, and haven't cut all ties (some investments and a pension). XX is just somewhere I have a bank account ... Alan On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 12:08:27 PM UTC Ajoeibin wrote: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 10:21 PM melb...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I am hoping to understand how other folks setup their > accounts/sub-accounts and from it see if I can do something better to > layout my accounts. Of course, there is no write or wrong answer and I can > do whatever I wish. > > > > I feel inundated by the number of expense accounts I have and I am > wondering if I can do something else - perhaps using tags. Though then I > might just be moving the problem from one place to another. > > > > Greetings > > I will start by echoing Mr. Marcin - - - - your books have to be > useful for YOU. > So - - - if you have too many accounts - - - well then you need less > accounts. > How many accounts you need is highly dependent on how you're using > your books. So you need to answer that question for yourself first. Then, > and > only then can you go on to check your list of account. > > Just for perspective - - - my document with a list of all my accounts > - - - well it > does include explanations so every line isn't an account - - but - - - > the doc is > some 58 pages long. Before you shriek in horror - - - that covers some > small > businesses and my personal stuff. Its that detailed because I really do > want > to know where the money goes and all the accounts make for great clarity. > Are all the accounts necessary - - - - well there are about some few > hundred > accounts - - - the rest are subaccounts. > > Its all about what works for you and your needs. > > So - - - get creative - - - and - - - - when you're done with that - - > - why let us > know what you did and how your changes helped you. Then not only do you > benefit but then others here will get the benefit of your experimenting. > > This list is a wonderful tool that I very much rely on for getting done > what I > need done in my recordkeeping!!! > > HTH > -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/be813c6e-ae88-43bb-afec-eade01085cf7n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: I feel like I have too many sub-accounts
On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 10:21 PM melb...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello, > I am hoping to understand how other folks setup their accounts/sub-accounts > and from it see if I can do something better to layout my accounts. Of > course, there is no write or wrong answer and I can do whatever I wish. > > I feel inundated by the number of expense accounts I have and I am wondering > if I can do something else - perhaps using tags. Though then I might just be > moving the problem from one place to another. > Greetings I will start by echoing Mr. Marcin - - - - your books have to be useful for YOU. So - - - if you have too many accounts - - - well then you need less accounts. How many accounts you need is highly dependent on how you're using your books. So you need to answer that question for yourself first. Then, and only then can you go on to check your list of account. Just for perspective - - - my document with a list of all my accounts - - - well it does include explanations so every line isn't an account - - but - - - the doc is some 58 pages long. Before you shriek in horror - - - that covers some small businesses and my personal stuff. Its that detailed because I really do want to know where the money goes and all the accounts make for great clarity. Are all the accounts necessary - - - - well there are about some few hundred accounts - - - the rest are subaccounts. Its all about what works for you and your needs. So - - - get creative - - - and - - - - when you're done with that - - - why let us know what you did and how your changes helped you. Then not only do you benefit but then others here will get the benefit of your experimenting. This list is a wonderful tool that I very much rely on for getting done what I need done in my recordkeeping!!! HTH -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/CAPpdf59bYVkBMiMO-ODPPbp%2BTw2wpwS4DxNY3rMw9pYuDbt5rQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: I feel like I have too many sub-accounts
On 2022-03-15, at 04:21, melb...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > I am hoping to understand how other folks setup their accounts/sub-accounts > and from it see if I can do something better to layout my accounts. Of > course, there is no write or wrong answer and I can do whatever I wish. > > I feel inundated by the number of expense accounts I have and I am > wondering if I can do something else - perhaps using tags. Though then I > might just be moving the problem from one place to another. > > Here is a sampling what just my Expenses account look like today This doesn't look that bad, I guess I may have only slightly fewer of them. With Emacs ledger-mode and autocompletion, I don't think a large number of accounts is a problem. OTOH, the question is, how _useful_ are these "expense categories" to you. I used to keep much more detailed books until it dawned on me that I _never_ actually used many of the fine distinctions... So the real question is, how do you use Ledger, what reports do you generate and what information is _really_ valuable to you. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/87czinvj2l.fsf%40mbork.pl.
