creditcard-asset.ledger

; treat the remaining balance on the credit card as an asset.

2019-01-01 Got a new credit card
    assets:creditcard                                                  £10000.00
    liabilities:creditcard
2019-02-01 Spending some money on my credit card
    expenses:ducks                                                       £100.00
    assets:creditcard
2019-03-01 Spending some more money on my credit card
    expenses:geese                                                       £100.00
    assets:creditcard

; $ hledger balance -H creditcard
;             £9800.00  assets
;             £9800.00    creditcard
;           £-10000.00  liabilities
;           £-10000.00    creditcard
; --------------------
;             £-200.00

creditcard-liability.ledger

; treat the money spent on the credit card as a liability.

2019-02-01 Spending some money on my credit card
    expenses:ducks                                                       £100.00
    liabilities:creditcard
2019-03-01 Spending some more money on my credit card
    expenses:geese                                                       £100.00
    liabilities:creditcard

; $ hledger balance -H creditcard
;             £-200.00  liabilities
;             £-200.00    creditcard
; --------------------
;             £-200.00

~ monthly from 2019-02-01
  liabilities:creditcard  -£10000
  expenses

2019-02-01 Spending some money on my credit card
    expenses:ducks                                                       £100.00
    liabilities:creditcard

2019-02-02 Spending some more money on my credit card
    expenses:geese                                                       £100.00
    liabilities:creditcard

;; hledger balance -f creditcard-balance.ledger --budget
;; Budget performance in 2019/02/01-2019/02/02:
;; 
;;                         ||         2019/02/01-2019/02/02 
;; ========================++===============================
;;  expenses               ||  £200.00 [   2% of £10000.00] 
;;  liabilities            || £-200.00 [   2% of   £-10000] 
;;  liabilities:creditcard || £-200.00 [   2% of   £-10000] 
;; ------------------------++-------------------------------
;;                         ||        0 [                 0] 
;;