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I've been very happy with my switch to Ledger (http://ledger-cli.org http://ledger-cli.org). Quickbooks was a blackhole to me. I was never entirely sure what wa
by 8ig8 15y ago
I've been very happy with my switch to Ledger (http://ledger-cli.org http://ledger-cli.org). Quickbooks was a blackhole to me. I was never entirely sure what was going on behind the scenes. Ledger has helped me _get_ accounting.
- roel_v 15y agoBe careful though because many of the things that Ledger advocates muddy the water between cash and accrual accounting, and it offers 'features' that are natural to the way a programmer thinks but that are against proper accounting practices. Ledger is fine when you know accounting and want a text-based tool to take out the drudge work, but it's not good to learn accounting from.
- 8ig8 15y agoThanks for the heads up. Admittedly my finances are pretty easy. I do everything on a cash basis. My statement about _getting_ accounting was a bit broad. Ledger simply has helped me understand how money flows and I'm more comfortable managing it because Ledger feels transparent to be. I can debug it if needed.