diff --git a/tests/testutil.py b/tests/testutil.py
index 7fc38156f5e148911f003ddabf181d25ebb74bc2..187b53ea7221706bd6ac4e42f46a78494832d1b6 100644
--- a/tests/testutil.py
+++ b/tests/testutil.py
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ FY_START_DATE = datetime.date(2020, 3, 1)
 FY_MID_DATE = datetime.date(2020, 9, 1)
 PAST_DATE = datetime.date(2000, 1, 1)
 
+def check_post_meta(txn, *expected_meta, default=None):
+    assert len(txn.postings) == len(expected_meta)
+    for post, expected in zip(txn.postings, expected_meta):
+        if not expected:
+            assert not post.meta
+        else:
+            assert all(post.meta.get(key, default) == value
+                       for key, value in expected.items())
+
 def parse_date(s, fmt='%Y-%m-%d'):
     return datetime.datetime.strptime(s, fmt).date()