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Gregor - 7 years ago 2017-08-22 19:46:35
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Fix accidental self-reference of TaxImplication.
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@@ -248,49 +248,49 @@ document, [as described above](#documentation-tags).
 

	
 

	
 
Some examples of appropriate uses of the `Statement:` tag are:
 

	
 
* bank statements, as received from the banking institution.
 

	
 
* written reports of travel.
 

	
 
* blog posts made by a contractor documenting their work.
 

	
 
* written organizational policies about the expense.
 

	
 
* just about anything that is clearly not an [invoice](#invoice-tag) nor a
 
  [receipt](#receipt-tag), but definitely is valid backup documentation for
 
  the transaction.
 

	
 
#### TaxReporting Tag
 

	
 
The `TaxReporting` tag is an optional tag for `Assets` accounts that debit to
 
the account.
 

	
 
When provided, the `TaxReporting` accompanies a `TaxImplication` information
 
tag.  The TaxReporting refers to a document that verifies the choice for the
 
`TaxImplication` tag.  For example, for individual contractors in the USA, a
 
`TaxImplication` of `1099` would be well served by a `TaxImplication` that
 
`TaxImplication` of `1099` would be well served by a `TaxReporting` that
 
links to a [W-9](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf) for the individual
 
being paid.  For a individual foreign contractor, the `TaxReporting` might
 
link to a
 
[W8-BEN](https://www.irs.gov/uac/form-w-8ben-certificate-of-foreign-status-of-beneficial-owner-for-united-states-tax-withholding)
 
for the payee.
 

	
 
### Information Tags
 

	
 
In contrast to documentation tags, information tags can more traditionally be
 
considered pure "meta-data" for a ledger entry.
 

	
 
#### Entity Tag
 

	
 
The `Entity:` tag is required for many types of ledger entries.  The value of
 
the `Entity:` tag is a unique moniker that identifies the organization,
 
company, person, or legal entity that is the external party for the
 
transaction.
 

	
 
Note that there is no database of these monikers, so typos can cause
 
trouble.  However, you could implement checks in
 
`accounts/config/config-tags.ledger` using a regular expression to verify no
 
typos have occurred.  This would be somewhat cumbersome, since Ledger CLI
 
would likely require that the monikers be encoded into a regular expression.
 
Barring that, the
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