wouldn't it be correct to add the transaction costs in its own account into 
the transaction, and thereby beancount is able to list the fees separately?

compared to my example from above I would have to add one line:

2018-01-01 * "Send 1.5 ETH & 0.05 ETH gas"
Assets:Crypto:ETH     -1.5 ETH {}  ;; list the ETH amount without tx cost
Expenses:Crypto         100 USD    ;; matching the 1.5 eth
Assets:Crypto:ETH     -0.05 ETH {} ;; tx cost listed separately
Expenses:Crypto:Fees      1 USD    ;; cost matching the 0.05 eth
Income:Crypto:PnL

this way I would be able to query for all entries including fees and 
therefore this solution works instead of dividing the tx into two entries? 


bl...@furius.ca schrieb am Mittwoch, 7. April 2021 um 00:16:41 UTC+2:

> There's no facility to do this.
> You can write a script to handle the separation by processing the stream 
> of transactions yourself.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:16 PM david e <in...@davidebner.de> wrote:
>
>> I am wondering about how to book transaction costs correctly. as I am 
>> doing ethereum tx, I have to track cost basis of the fees. compared to 
>> paying fees to a broker, this is a bit more work.  
>>
>> my entry would look like this: 
>>
>> 2018-01-01 * "Send 1.5 ETH & 0.05 ETH gas"
>> Assets:Crypto:ETH -1.55 ETH {}
>> Expenses:Crypto 100 USD
>> Expenses:Crypto:Fees 1 USD
>> Income:Crypto:PnL 
>>
>> but in this case, the PnL is the total of both ETH entries (Assets and 
>> Fees). to have the entries separated, it could look like this, split into 
>> two entries:
>>
>> 2018-01-01 * "Send 1.5 ETH example"
>> Assets:Crypto:ETH -1.5 ETH {}
>> Expenses:Crypto 100 USD
>> Income:Crypto:PnL 
>>
>> 2018-01-01 * "Send 0.05 ETH for gas example"
>> Assets:Crypto:ETH -0.05 ETH {}
>> Expenses:Crypto:Fees 1 USD
>> Income:Crypto:PnL 
>>
>> my question: is it possible to calculate / report the PnL of the fees 
>> separately even though I list it in one entry as shown above? or do I have 
>> to split it for correct calculation?
>>
>> my assumption is that for tax reporting I have to be able to list PnL for 
>> each position and therefore it would be a problem to mix it with the fees. 
>>
>> thanks
>>
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