Is there a way to specify padding, transaction narration and payee?

[tony...@gmail.com]

Right now they are always of the following format

(Padding inserted for Balance of 0 USD for difference 781.26 USD)

I'd love to be able to change what shows on the payee / narration for this inserted transaction. Is there a way to do so?

[Vasily M]

I don't think there's something that allows to do it strictly with the default syntax  but it's pretty easy to write plugin that would do it.

For example, you can use https://github.com/Evernight/beancount-lazy-plugins/blob/main/src/beancount_lazy_plugins/group_pad_transactions.py or https://github.com/Evernight/beancount-lazy-plugins/blob/main/src/beancount_lazy_plugins/balance_extended.py as a reference and adjust (or use LLM to generate) code to do what you need.

Most of the statements in Beancount files can have custom metadata fields and you can take advantage of that if you need additional configuration.

Best regards,

Vasily

[Ammar]

You can also just input a manual "Padding" Expense no?

2025-10-28 * "Payee" "Reconciling accounts"

   Assets:Cash -781.26 USD
   Expenses:Misc