There was a discussion about ading closing_balance directive but I'm not sure if it's going to be implemented.
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Saša Janiška <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > when I was using Gnucash, then reconcillation was easy and for few > account I was doing it monthly by assestion the end of month’s balance. > > Now, with Beancount I’m not sure how to it - I’ve tried with balance > assertion like: > > > 2016-09-30 ! "NLB" "interest" > Assets:Bank:NLB 0.01 EUR > Income:Interest-EU -0.01 EUR > > 2016-09-30 ! "NLB" "banking fee" > Expenses:Bank:NLB:Fees 1.80 EUR > Assets:Bank:NLB -1.80 EUR > > > 2016-09-30 balance Assets:Bank:NLB 701.25 EUR > > but it fails with: > > Balance failed for 'Assets:Bank:NLB': expected 701.25 EUR != accumulated > 703.05 EUR (1.80 too much) > > 2016-09-30 balance Assets:Bank:NLB 701.25 EUR > > I know that one of the differences between Ledger and Beancount is that > Ledger does parsing chronologically and then since the assertion > statement comes *after* transactions (which are, btw., usual for the end > of the month when the bank gives some interest and/or takes its fee the > checking accounts) it works in Ledger, but wonder how to solve it in > Beancount? > > Of course, if I change the date of balance assestion to e.g. 2016-10-01 > then it fits, but the problem is that I’d like to have balance > assesrtion at the end of the month since, beginning of new month might > already bring new transcations into the play? > > > Sincerely, > Gour > > > -- > Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for > everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. > What can repression accomplish? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beancount/877f91bek6.fsf%40atmarama.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Yuchen Ying http://about.me/yegle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAFL5w3Wado0-5KCSTERxhHECNLGsK4U6ApxpnR%2B3Tcee73tEsw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
