Bills

Ledger can help with routine bills in several ways. The most common use I’ve found is to search transaction memos for specific payees, which is used to look for bill payments.

Queries for Billing

Within the ledger project environment, a variety of ledger “register” operations can zoom in on exactly the desired transactions.

Bills paid by check

ledger reg --sort date expenses:rent
ledger reg --sort date expenses:school

Automatic Debit Payment

ledger reg --sort date @phone
ledger reg --sort date @electricity
ledger reg --sort date @internet

Liabilities

ledger reg --sort date -r liabilities:card |grep Assets