Am Montag, 10. Juli 2017 22:26:15 UTC+2 schrieb Taylor R Campbell: > > Transfer back from the expense account, since the true expense -- the > actual cost of electricity you used -- was lower, and the interim > recipient of the money was effectively borrowing and returning the > additional money, not paying you income for goods or services.
> You could also edit the original transaction to say > > 2017/07/03 My Electricity Provider > Expenses:Utilities:Electricity 384.57 EUR > Assets:Reimbursements:Elec Provider 100.00 EUR > Assets:Checking -484.57 EUR > > and then add a new transaction that says > > 2017/07/10 My Electricity Provider > Assets:Checking 100.00 EUR > Assets:Reimbursements:Elec Provider > Editing the original transaction is what I normally do when it's a one time expense and reimbursement (buying something and returning it back later) and it feels to reflect reality most accurately. But in this case this is not a viable option as I would have to change several transactions (I pay each month a fixed amount for utilities based on an estimate of the actual consumption). So transferring back from the expense account seems like the second best option, but it's hassle free... -- --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
