On 2014-07-20 03:31, Will Monroe <wtmon...@gmail.com> writes: > Thanks, Erik. I guess the basic concepts of double-entry accounting have > not sunk in very deeply yet ; ) I added "assets" as you suggested and it > balanced just fine. > > Also, I appreciate your advice regarding ledger's built in budgeting > features. I too prefer "envelope" budgeting and would like to implement > something like it in my use of org-mode and ledger. I'll try to study > your example and see if I can't make it work.
I've been using a system very close to the one Erik describes for about six months now, and it works great. My tweaks are mostly on the org side, to get a table summarizing what remains in the envelopes, how much was spent in the current and in the previous month, and average spending. This is described here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.finance.ledger.general/5673 Best, Alan -- OpenPGP Key ID : 040D0A3B4ED2E5C7
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