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Re:The Surprising Ease of Plain Text Accounting by ams6110 on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @01:30AM (#12119939)
I just save (401K, HSA, etc.) a set amount from every paycheck, and view the rest as "spendable" and don't worry about accounting for it beyond that.
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Re:The Surprising Ease of Plain Text Accounting by duaneb on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:01AM (#12120053)
This is a form of personal budgeting, even if you don't view it like that.
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Re:The Surprising Ease of Plain Text Accounting by dmix on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:33AM (#12120189)
Yes it's a simple budgeting technique but it's not accounting (particularly accounting as in the context of the article which we are debating).
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