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Benjamin Compson
,
Michael Cordover
3
6/20/23
I can't get started
a >
double
entry
. At the moment your opening balance transaction doesn't > balance against anything else. It's common to use an account like > "Equity:Opening
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I can't get started
a >
double
entry
. At the moment your opening balance transaction doesn't > balance against anything else. It's common to use an account like > "Equity:Opening
6/20/23
Scott A. Nichols
, …
o1bigtenor
6
6/13/23
Multiple Currencies: Budgeting
is that
double
entry
accounting was designed for the describing of things AFTER they had already happened. Its a great system but now when it comes to budgeting - - - well you are working
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Multiple Currencies: Budgeting
is that
double
entry
accounting was designed for the describing of things AFTER they had already happened. Its a great system but now when it comes to budgeting - - - well you are working
6/13/23
Jay Tindlebaum
, …
o1bigtenor
9
12/24/22
Bank transfer received
joy of
double
entry
accounting - - - - with accurate labelling everything is trackable and then there will be fewer 'stupid' questions if there is anything like an audit or if
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Bank transfer received
joy of
double
entry
accounting - - - - with accurate labelling everything is trackable and then there will be fewer 'stupid' questions if there is anything like an audit or if
12/24/22
Marcin Borkowski
8/15/22
I am writing a booklet about double-entry bookkeeping, using Ledger for examples
Hello, as stated in the subject line, I am writing a booklet about accounting and Ledger. I briefly explained the motivation here: http://mbork.pl/2022
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I am writing a booklet about double-entry bookkeeping, using Ledger for examples
Hello, as stated in the subject line, I am writing a booklet about accounting and Ledger. I briefly explained the motivation here: http://mbork.pl/2022
8/15/22
Uwe Brauer
, …
Tobias Pfeiffer
19
1/12/22
The fair Christmas problem: splitting expenses automatically
understanding of
double
-
entry
accounting is that it is > usually used to manage finances of *one* entity. There is an inherently > one-sided view of writing things down, credit
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The fair Christmas problem: splitting expenses automatically
understanding of
double
-
entry
accounting is that it is > usually used to manage finances of *one* entity. There is an inherently > one-sided view of writing things down, credit
1/12/22
Jasel17212
, …
psionl0
13
10/6/21
What is the proper way to recognize an unrealized gain/loss?
beauty of
double
entry
> accounting. Being able to lay out and balance all the parts of any > transaction clearly is perhaps the > major reason that I use ledger-cli - - - most
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What is the proper way to recognize an unrealized gain/loss?
beauty of
double
entry
> accounting. Being able to lay out and balance all the parts of any > transaction clearly is perhaps the > major reason that I use ledger-cli - - - most
10/6/21
Dániel Fancsali
,
Teito Klien
2
8/23/21
Re: Ledger issue need help!
finances using
double
entry
accounting at the command line , You can find more info about it here: https://www.ledger-cli.org This is the wrong forum On 23 Aug 2021, 1:27 PM +0530, Dániel
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Re: Ledger issue need help!
finances using
double
entry
accounting at the command line , You can find more info about it here: https://www.ledger-cli.org This is the wrong forum On 23 Aug 2021, 1:27 PM +0530, Dániel
8/23/21
Keith David Bershatsky
2
1/10/21
Format of Report: Double Line Spacing Between Entries
way to
double
-space the output of reports (eg, a register > report) so that there is a blank line between each
entry
? > > What appears to be happening is that ledger has a built
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Format of Report: Double Line Spacing Between Entries
way to
double
-space the output of reports (eg, a register > report) so that there is a blank line between each
entry
? > > What appears to be happening is that ledger has a built
1/10/21
Avinash C
, …
d10
6
12/30/20
Good for tracking investments?
-style)
double
-
entry
accounting. > Yes, that's the idea. Lotter requires the "@" or "@@" syntax to infer whether a transaction is a trade. -David
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Good for tracking investments?
-style)
double
-
entry
accounting. > Yes, that's the idea. Lotter requires the "@" or "@@" syntax to infer whether a transaction is a trade. -David
12/30/20
Oliver Hardy
,
psionl0
7
9/23/20
Question on credit card balances
the payment
entry
) > > On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 7:48:12 AM UTC+8 Oliver Hardy wrote: > >> No, I had the opening credit card balance from back in July as a negative
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Question on credit card balances
the payment
entry
) > > On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 7:48:12 AM UTC+8 Oliver Hardy wrote: > >> No, I had the opening credit card balance from back in July as a negative
9/23/20
Oliver Hardy
, …
Taylor R Campbell
9
7/20/20
Need help just getting started
to ledger's
double
entry
system for bookkeeping https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/46hs9q/conquering_your_finances_with_emacs_and_ledger/ On Fri, 17 Jul 2020
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Need help just getting started
to ledger's
double
entry
system for bookkeeping https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/46hs9q/conquering_your_finances_with_emacs_and_ledger/ On Fri, 17 Jul 2020
7/20/20
Alexandre Rademaker
9/26/19
Python 2 dependency?
line,
double
-
entry
accounting tool https://ledger-cli.org/ /usr/local/Cellar/ledger/3.1.3_2 (131 files, 14.5MB) * Poured from bottle on 2019-09-22 at 12:56:13 From: https
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Python 2 dependency?
line,
double
-
entry
accounting tool https://ledger-cli.org/ /usr/local/Cellar/ledger/3.1.3_2 (131 files, 14.5MB) * Poured from bottle on 2019-09-22 at 12:56:13 From: https
9/26/19
Chary Chary
, …
Richard Lawrence
17
3/12/19
Income Statement" aka "Profit/Loss Statement" with unrealized gain due to changes in stock and currency exchange rate
principle of
double
-
entry
accounting > > > > - > > > > one shoulder of transaction is logged to corresponding Asset and / or > > Liability accounts to
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Income Statement" aka "Profit/Loss Statement" with unrealized gain due to changes in stock and currency exchange rate
principle of
double
-
entry
accounting > > > > - > > > > one shoulder of transaction is logged to corresponding Asset and / or > > Liability accounts to
3/12/19
Ella Lobatina
, …
o1bigtenor
13
3/21/18
How to track commodities from acquiring to selling them?
farm ;
entry
of salads produced income -2 salad inventory:store 2 salad 2018/03/24 buyer ; Now the salads are produced and in store and need to be sold. Can I write this as follows? income
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How to track commodities from acquiring to selling them?
farm ;
entry
of salads produced income -2 salad inventory:store 2 salad 2018/03/24 buyer ; Now the salads are produced and in store and need to be sold. Can I write this as follows? income
3/21/18
Richard Gott
,
Martin Blais
2
12/27/17
Select sql queries
all this
double
-
entry
bookkeeping reporting stuff to filter & aggregations, but it won't work generically: unless you have just a single currency and no cost basis, the aggregator
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Select sql queries
all this
double
-
entry
bookkeeping reporting stuff to filter & aggregations, but it won't work generically: unless you have just a single currency and no cost basis, the aggregator
12/27/17
Leo Bossmann
, …
John Rakestraw
16
8/19/19
ledger xact - "Error: Invalid date:"
line,
double
-
entry
accounting tool http://ledger-cli.org /usr/local/Cellar/ledger/3.1.1_7 (153 files, 14.7MB) * Built from source on 2017-09-08 at 22:01:48 From: https:/
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ledger xact - "Error: Invalid date:"
line,
double
-
entry
accounting tool http://ledger-cli.org /usr/local/Cellar/ledger/3.1.1_7 (153 files, 14.7MB) * Built from source on 2017-09-08 at 22:01:48 From: https:/
8/19/19
Peter McArthur
, …
Brian Exelbierd
11
6/1/17
Why I don’t want to use auxiliary dates for bank reconciliation … or anything else
it hews closer to the
double
-
entry
model. The closer you stay to that model, the more use you can get from Ledger's general purpose tools for handling
double
-
entry
accounts.
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Why I don’t want to use auxiliary dates for bank reconciliation … or anything else
it hews closer to the
double
-
entry
model. The closer you stay to that model, the more use you can get from Ledger's general purpose tools for handling
double
-
entry
accounts.
6/1/17
Rolf Schröder
, …
richard....@gmail.com
17
5/9/17
Getting Started With Ledger - a free (upcoming) introductory book on Ledger
of (
double
entry
) accounting. >>> - Installing & running basic Ledger. >>> - Setting up a fully automatic environment for production use. >>> -
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Getting Started With Ledger - a free (upcoming) introductory book on Ledger
of (
double
entry
) accounting. >>> - Installing & running basic Ledger. >>> - Setting up a fully automatic environment for production use. >>> -
5/9/17
Josh Hanson
, …
Martin Blais
6
5/17/16
Keeping track of per-payee meta-data with Ledger
: By
double
-posting to another Income account, you're screwing up your income statement - "net income" won't produce the correct amount since you're posting
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Keeping track of per-payee meta-data with Ledger
: By
double
-posting to another Income account, you're screwing up your income statement - "net income" won't produce the correct amount since you're posting
5/17/16
Marcos
,
Tobias Pfeiffer
7
4/9/16
Automated Transactions not working
; 2nd
double
entry
transaction. Ok make sense now a bit. = monthly Income Income:Salary US$-100.00 Assets:Bank US$100.00 Is the expression above ok? On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 10:
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Automated Transactions not working
; 2nd
double
entry
transaction. Ok make sense now a bit. = monthly Income Income:Salary US$-100.00 Assets:Bank US$100.00 Is the expression above ok? On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 10:
4/9/16
John Hendy
, …
Stefano Zacchiroli
57
2/15/16
Getting started; assigning accounts to bank .csv data
stuff about
double
entry
accounting might >> live in the wiki, while things like `ledger -f file.dat [options]` >> type stuff would be in the manual. Or valid file/transaction
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Getting started; assigning accounts to bank .csv data
stuff about
double
entry
accounting might >> live in the wiki, while things like `ledger -f file.dat [options]` >> type stuff would be in the manual. Or valid file/transaction
2/15/16
thail
, …
Martin Blais
6
2/7/16
Ledger and the accountancy equation
to the
double
-
entry
method one. This is where that stuff belongs. How's that for procrastination. Do everything else but the beginning. *Patting myself on the back with a meme
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Ledger and the accountancy equation
to the
double
-
entry
method one. This is where that stuff belongs. How's that for procrastination. Do everything else but the beginning. *Patting myself on the back with a meme
2/7/16
Mark Scannell
, …
John Wiegley
25
1/11/16
Re-naming accounts..
expert in
double
entry
bookkeeping starting out. > I don't understand this logic. Providing an "escape" valve is exactly the wrong thing to do. We can write off this
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Re-naming accounts..
expert in
double
entry
bookkeeping starting out. > I don't understand this logic. Providing an "escape" valve is exactly the wrong thing to do. We can write off this
1/11/16
Vikas Rawal
, …
o1bigtenor
5
12/30/15
Accounting for a notional transaction
up on
double
entry
accounting (recordkeeping). That is what is behind all good high-quality accounting. > >> I would have an account setup (using all the detail you feel you
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Accounting for a notional transaction
up on
double
entry
accounting (recordkeeping). That is what is behind all good high-quality accounting. > >> I would have an account setup (using all the detail you feel you
12/30/15
charles
, …
Kyle Spaans
3
12/8/15
accounts receivable aging report?
've
double
-checked. So when I buy something with my CC and get a receipt I mark it in my ledger with the uncleared state (no *). A few days later when it appears on my CC statement (or
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accounts receivable aging report?
've
double
-checked. So when I buy something with my CC and get a receipt I mark it in my ledger with the uncleared state (no *). A few days later when it appears on my CC statement (or
12/8/15
Chris Bennett
, …
NG
7
4/20/18
Interesting uses of Ledger
. The
double
-
entry
features means one can track inventory and consumption of ingredients. And then the commodity pricing features means you can formulate recipes! A kilogram of malted
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Interesting uses of Ledger
. The
double
-
entry
features means one can track inventory and consumption of ingredients. And then the commodity pricing features means you can formulate recipes! A kilogram of malted
4/20/18
Andrew Maffei
,
John Wiegley
8
11/21/15
Recording transaction time in addition to date
look at
double
entry
bookkeeping is as a closed thermodynamic system. When you say "several man weeks" to do the work, are you talking about implementing ISO 8601 format
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Recording transaction time in addition to date
look at
double
entry
bookkeeping is as a closed thermodynamic system. When you say "several man weeks" to do the work, are you talking about implementing ISO 8601 format
11/21/15
Simon Michael
, …
Johannes
5
11/1/15
ANN: hledger-0.27, with more console power
, using
double
-
entry
accounting and a simple, editable >> file format. It can also read CSV or timelog files, and export CSV. >> It provides command-line, curses and web
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ANN: hledger-0.27, with more console power
, using
double
-
entry
accounting and a simple, editable >> file format. It can also read CSV or timelog files, and export CSV. >> It provides command-line, curses and web
11/1/15
Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
, …
Martin Blais
8
10/31/15
question on multiple currency/invoicing
verification the
double
-
entry
system provides you with. You can >> put any garbage numbers in there and it will still work (just to be clear: >> that's _not_ what we
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question on multiple currency/invoicing
verification the
double
-
entry
system provides you with. You can >> put any garbage numbers in there and it will still work (just to be clear: >> that's _not_ what we
10/31/15
scarp...@gmail.com
, …
Abner Gershon
7
9/18/15
Programs for reconciling data?
. The
double
quotes above are necessary to allow the "watch" command to apply to the "tail" pipe (no pun intended). This allows me to see all of my recent reconciled
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Programs for reconciling data?
. The
double
quotes above are necessary to allow the "watch" command to apply to the "tail" pipe (no pun intended). This allows me to see all of my recent reconciled
9/18/15