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Personal accounting in Ledger

This booklet will guide you through setting up your journal file, where you will keep track of what happens to your money. A program called Ledger will then be able to give you a lot of data about your financial situation.

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This is a book about double-entry accounting with a free and open source program called Ledger. It is a very short introduction to the main concepts of accounting and applying them (using Ledger) to personal or home finances.

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Marcin Borkowski

I am a mathematician, a blogger, a technical writer, a programmer, and an Emacs user. Also, a part of a multi-generational family of geeks, a boardgamer, amateur translator, a former teacher and more.

Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Accounts and transactions

Balance report

Kickstarting a ledger file

Strict mode

Two useful Ledger shortcuts

Chart of accounts

Expense accounts

Assets and liabilities

Income accounts

Some other reports

Dealing with loans

Prepaid expenses and accruals

Budgeting

Afterword

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