On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 10:21 PM melb...@gmail.com <melbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > I am hoping to understand how other folks setup their accounts/sub-accounts > and from it see if I can do something better to layout my accounts. Of > course, there is no write or wrong answer and I can do whatever I wish. > > I feel inundated by the number of expense accounts I have and I am wondering > if I can do something else - perhaps using tags. Though then I might just be > moving the problem from one place to another. >
Greetings I will start by echoing Mr. Marcin - - - - your books have to be useful for YOU. So - - - if you have too many accounts - - - well then you need less accounts. How many accounts you need is highly dependent on how you're using your books. So you need to answer that question for yourself first. Then, and only then can you go on to check your list of account. Just for perspective - - - my document with a list of all my accounts - - - well it does include explanations so every line isn't an account - - but - - - the doc is some 58 pages long. Before you shriek in horror - - - that covers some small businesses and my personal stuff. Its that detailed because I really do want to know where the money goes and all the accounts make for great clarity. Are all the accounts necessary - - - - well there are about some few hundred accounts - - - the rest are subaccounts. Its all about what works for you and your needs. So - - - get creative - - - and - - - - when you're done with that - - - why let us know what you did and how your changes helped you. Then not only do you benefit but then others here will get the benefit of your experimenting. This list is a wonderful tool that I very much rely on for getting done what I need done in my recordkeeping!!! HTH -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/CAPpdf59bYVkBMiMO-ODPPbp%2BTw2wpwS4DxNY3rMw9pYuDbt5rQ%40mail.gmail.com.
