Re: Modeling joint expense with ledger

2013-10-16 Thread Mayeu M
Thank you both of you for your responses. My responses inline : On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 2:40:54 AM UTC+2, Michael Norrish wrote: Joint:Expenses:Food My:Expenses:Whatever You can be as precise as you need to in the Joint accounts, so there isn't just one combined account there.

Re: Modeling joint expense with ledger

2013-10-16 Thread David A. Harding
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 01:40:23PM -0700, Mayeu M wrote: I manage the common expense between my girlfriend and me (like rent, food, car expenses, etc...), but I found my method suboptimal and I am wondering^Wpretty sure there is some easier/smarter way to handle it. Hi Mayeu, You can create

Re: Modeling joint expense with ledger

2013-10-16 Thread Douglas Philips
On 10/16/13 10:23 AM, David A. Harding wrote: You can create a transaction to record the debt in your personal ledger: 2013/10/02 Grocery Shopping Assets:Debit Card -$100.00 Expenses:Groceries$50.00 ; My Groceries Assets:Accounts Receivable:GF

Re: Modeling joint expense with ledger

2013-10-16 Thread Matthieu Maury
You can create a transaction to record the debt in your personal ledger: 2013/10/02 Grocery Shopping Assets:Debit Card -$100.00 Expenses:Groceries$50.00 ; My Groceries Assets:Accounts Receivable:GF $50.00 ; GF's Groceries Ok, so this

Re: Modeling joint expense with ledger

2013-10-16 Thread David A. Harding
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:04:29PM -0400, Douglas Philips wrote: On 10/16/13 10:23 AM, David A. Harding wrote: 2013/10/02 Grocery Shopping Assets:Debit Card -$100.00 Expenses:Groceries$50.00 ; My Groceries Assets:Accounts Receivable:GF