Looks good for me. The only thing is that I do not think you need this {0.15 USD} notation, as such notation is used for tracking things at cost and is needed for stock trading. You could have used the *@ 0.15 USD* notation, but even this is redundant, as you already have a price entry
So, just like that *2024-01-24 * "Car electricity usage" Expenses:Utilities:Electric Expenses:Car:Energy 10 KWH * On Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 5:41:23 PM UTC+1 man...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I used to track car gas usage with beancount. I now have an electric car. > It's plugged in at home, and is therefore part of my electric bill. > > I know exactly how many kWh go into my car each month, and would like to > get an estimate of what portion of my electric bill goes to the car. This > doesn't have to be precise - 0.15 $ / kWh is close enough, and we don't > have variable rate electricity (yet) where I live. > > What's the best way to do this? Currently I have > > 2023-12-31 open Expenses:Car USD > 2023-12-31 open Expenses:Car:Energy KWH > 2023-12-31 price KWH 0.15 USD > > And then I post to an account with: > > 2024-01-02 * "City Electric Co" "" > Expenses:Utilities:Electric 42.24 USD > Liabilities:ChaseCC > > 2024-01-24 * "Car electricity usage" > Expenses:Utilities:Electric > Expenses:Car:Energy 10 KWH {0.15 USD} > > So at the end of the month my electric bill is reduced by $1.50 which is > placed into the Car:Energy expense account. > > Does this seem reasonable? Is anyone else doing this? Using a different > method? > > Thanks, > > -k. > -- 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 beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/6764b2fd-04f5-405a-8fe8-04cb4dd1ad95n%40googlegroups.com.