# Accounting for future expenses

**URL:** <https://community.emma-app.com/t/accounting-for-future-expenses/4433>\
**Category:** Personal Finance\
**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/accounting-for-future-expenses/4433 "2021-07-19T15:13:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Agf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Agf](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Agf)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/accounting-for-future-expenses/4433/1 "2021-07-19T15:13:04Z")

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How do I account for a future expense manually? E.g. A certain portion of my investments I’d prefer not to count as part of my ‘net worth’ because they’re due as taxes in Jan 2022.

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**Author:** ![Alex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/alex/32/147_2.png) [@Alex](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Alex)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/accounting-for-future-expenses/4433/2 "2021-07-19T20:51:44Z")

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Manual account with a negative balance?

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**Author:** ![rebekah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/rebekah/32/1091_2.png) [@rebekah](https://community.emma-app.com/u/rebekah)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/accounting-for-future-expenses/4433/3 "2021-07-20T09:40:42Z")

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Hey @Agf

Welcome to the Emma Community 🙌

I’d say @Alex is right - you’re probably best to create an offline account with £0 balance, and then add a negative transaction for however much of your investments are for taxes.

> **[Create offline accounts](https://help.emma-app.com/en/article/create-offline-accounts-f4v8c4/)**
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> What is an offline account?