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ledger
Dated entries, each a change, with a running total in the last column. The discipline is that the total must reconcile against something outside the ledger. When it does not, the gap is not an annoyance, it is the finding, and it tells you exactly which entry to go look at.
Dated entries, each a change, with a running total in the last column. The discipline is that the total must reconcile against something outside the ledger. When it does not, the gap is not an annoyance, it is the finding, and it tells you exactly which entry to go look at.
Example
Best when quantities accumulate over time and you need the total to be defensible line by line.
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