tracking cash

[James LewisMoss]

>>>>> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 21:17:59 -0400, "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@storm.ca> said:

 Michael>     Hey people. I'm wondering how people track cash in
 Michael>     general. I find that I
 Michael> withdraw $40-$60 every few days for general expenditures,
 Michael> lunches, etc. Now, I created a cash account for that, so I
 Michael> transfer from my bank account to my cash account. But, I
 Michael> don't get receipts for everything that I pay for with cash,
 Michael> so there will be untracked expenditures.
 Michael>     What do the rest of you do to handle this?

Every once in a while I go "I probably spent about 80% of this on
lunches and some percent on something else and some percent on
something else" and I make up fake transactions transferring 80% of the
money in the cash account to Expenses:Food:Dining-Out and the same for
the rest.

Jim

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