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\f0\fs28 \cf0 Something that stops many people from keeping a ledger at all is the\
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insanity of tracking small cash expenses. They rarely generate a\
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receipt, and there are often a lot of small postings, rather than\
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a few large ones, as with checks.\
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\
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One solution is: don't bother. Move your spending to a debit card,\
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but in general ignore cash. Once you withdraw it from the ATM, mark\
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it as already spent to an @samp\{Expenses:Cash\} category:\
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\
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@smallexample\
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2004/03/15 ATM\
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Expenses:Cash $100.00\
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Assets:Checking\
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@end smallexample\
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\
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If at some point you make a large cash expense that you want to track,\
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just ``move'' the amount of the expense from @samp\{Expenses:Cash\} into\
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the target account:\
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\
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@smallexample\
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2004/03/20 Somebody\
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Expenses:Food $65.00\
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Expenses:Cash\
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@end smallexample\
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\
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This way, you can still track large cash expenses, while ignoring all\
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of the smaller ones.} |