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Questions tagged [bookkeeping]

Bookkeeping is the process of recording business data in a prescribed format. It often forms the first step in the accounting procedures of a company.

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Handling waitress unclaimed pay from three years ago

Each week our boss gives us payslips with our hours worked and we can cash them right at the place of work. Pretty simple. You get a receipt for your hours worked for the week and a slip to turn into the cash register for payment. If a worker needs…
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Would simplistic date / amount / description bookkeeping "cut it" legally?

I've read many articles and texts over the years about running companies and personal finances. Every time, I sink down in my chair, mentally exhausted from the utterly confusing, cryptic material I've attempted to digest. And so I yet again forget…
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Good book-keeping software?

Can anyone recommend a good program (or web app, I guess) for keeping one's books? I've tried GnuCash, but I find it so complex, that I'm sure I'm appropriating credits to credits. As a minimum, I need the advantages of double-entry.
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How to account for startup costs for an LLC from personal money?

If I start a business (LLC, specifically) and incur some of the startup costs with my own money, how do I account for this in the bookkeeping once the LLC's bank account is up and running? For instance, on my own personal books, I have an expense…
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Double-entry accounting: how to keep track of mortgage installments as expenses?

Context: I am new to double-entry accounting, I use GnuCash for my personal family bookkeeping. At the moment, the main goal for me is to keep track of incomes/expenses of our family over time. For this, I am sorting the flow of cash from income…
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How to account for Capital Gains (Losses) in double-entry accounting?

After taking an introductory financial accounting class, I decided to use GnuCash to keep track of my personal finances. I have 5 major accounts in my general ledger: Equity Currently only used to record opening balances for other…
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Good way to record currency conversion transactions in personal accounting software?

I have deep personal financial connections to two countries, with different currencies. (They happen to be Canada/CAD and USA/USD, but I don't think that's material.) I have multiple bank and investment and credit card accounts in each currency. I…
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When bookkeeping, which transaction date should I use from my bank statement?

When reconciling my bookkeeping with my bank statement, should I use the date the transaction occurred or the date the bank processed the transaction? Also, which date should I use when transferring money from one bank account to another? The…
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How to double-entry bookkeep money incoming from sold items?

I started doing double-entry bookkeeping with GnuCash to keep track of my personal finances, down to the penny. I have as assets my bank account and "cash in wallet", and many expense accounts for food, gas, water, electricity, clothes,…
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In double entry book-keeping, how should I record writing of a check?

Say I write a check (in British English, a cheque) to pay money to some supplier out of my business's current account. I post the check. As far as I'm concerned, the company has spent that money and it needs to be noted down. The money won't leave…
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How to balance out trading between different currencies and dividends on a ledger?

TL;DR: I'm wondering how should I balance out values when dealing with multiple currencies being traded over time along with normal expenses that might occur along the way, as well as transactions exclusive to separate currencies. I have been…
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Lending money to someone: how to book?

I'm trying my hand at double-entry bookkeeping for my personal finances. While I get the gist, I have trouble with the details. Please bear with me if I use the wrong terminology. I have lent some money to a family member. How should I book this? I…
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Double entry bookkeeping - Record incoming money which I would hold temporarily as a custodian

My dad's clients often transfer payments, which they owe to my dad, into my bank account [for technical reasons, some payment types into my account are not currently available in my dad's]. After a while, I transfer the amount so accummulated to my…
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Accounting treatment for store credit

I just got store credit when I returned some bad juice. This left me wondering. Which accounts receive the entries when a store issues store credit? For example, when I made the payment for the juice, they must have made two entries --one for cash…
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GnuCash bookkeeping for account contributions to accounts having annual contribution limits?

I'm using GnuCash, and trying to figure out how to structure a couple of accounts to track contributions to accounts like Roth IRAs and HSAs that have an annual contribution limit that I need to track. Take the HSA for example: I have accounts at…
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