Thank you Daniel. That is what I was looking for! On Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 11:38:56 AM UTC-4, Daniel Clemente wrote: > > In your example, from the 1500 CAD only 500 CAD are from your money, so > that's the only expense (and I guess it's the only part you can deduct when > filing taxes). The other 1000 CAD are like a loan you're making to your > insurance (you're lending them money to pay the bill and you later recover > it). > In the moment you did the transaction, maybe you didn't know which part > would be expense and which part reimbursable, but after you know it, you > can go back and edit that transaction. > > I would write something like this (I'm ignoring the part of the credit > card, I'm assuming that you pay and are reimbursed by bank transfer. You > can expand on it to include it): > > 2019-04-12 * "Dentist" "Root Canal" > Expenses:Medical:Dental 500.00 CAD ; effectively paid > Liabilites:Medical:PartialReimburse +1000 CAD ; later reimbursed > Assets:Bank -1500 CAD ; I was billed this amount by the dentist > > 2019-04-13 * "Insurance pays back" > Liabilites:Medical:PartialReimburse > Assets:Bank +1000 CAD > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 4:51 PM <troy.w...@bluebill.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I went to the dentist last month for a root canal and had to pay out of >> pocket for the costs and I was reimbursed later on, but not the full amount >> of the cost. I have an account, Expenses:Medical:Dental, which I usually >> charge against. The idea behind this account is that at the end of the year >> it should tell me my out of pocket expenses which I can claim on my income >> taxes. >> >> Here is what I did to track the transactions: >> >> ; inital transactions at the dentist - full amount on credit card >> 2019-04-12 * "Dentist" "Root Canal" >> Expenses:Medical:Dental 1500.00 CAD ; I was billed this amount by the >> dentist >> Liabilities:CreditCard >> >> ; reimbursement from insurance >> 2019-04-16 * "Insurance" "Medical Expense reimbursement for Root Canal" >> Income:Company:Medical -1000.00 CAD ; This is what I was reimbursed >> Assets:Chequing >> >> ; apply reimbursement to credit card >> 2019-04-19 * "Credit Card" "Medical Expense reimbursement for Root Canal" >> Liabilities:CreditCard 1000.00 CAD >> Assets:Chequing >> >> ; apply the reimbursement amount to the Expenses:Medical:Dental so that >> it accurately tracks unimbursed costs >> 2019-04-19 * "Dentist" "Root Canal" >> Income:Other:PartialReimburse 1000.00 CAD >> Expenses:Medical:Dental >> >> I am not sure that it is done correctly, but when I check the balanes of >> the Expenses:Medical:Dental account it is correct. Any advice would be >> great. >> >> -- >> 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 bean...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to bean...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/f2ce06a2-90a2-4f0e-8de9-b5b2980e7402%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/f2ce06a2-90a2-4f0e-8de9-b5b2980e7402%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >
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