Re:Accounting For Developers, Part I
by rthomas6 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @04:55PM
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People are making this too complicated.
I transfer money from savings to checking. That is a double entry. Money comes out of savings and goes into checking. Savings->Checking
I need to use the food money envelope to buy clothing. Double entry is just keeping track of what I did. Food Envelope->Clothing. Then 6 months later I can see where my money actually went, and how much I spent on food, and clothing, separate from how much I put in the food money envelope.
I transfer money from savings to checking. That is a double entry. Money comes out of savings and goes into checking. Savings->Checking
I need to use the food money envelope to buy clothing. Double entry is just keeping track of what I did. Food Envelope->Clothing. Then 6 months later I can see where my money actually went, and how much I spent on food, and clothing, separate from how much I put in the food money envelope.