diff --git a/UseCases/DualEntryAccounting.mdwn b/UseCases/DualEntryAccounting.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0e18f4f63b3a1f78b0060d9dff044ef2a53e7b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/UseCases/DualEntryAccounting.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Directly quoting bkuhn from #npoacct @ irc.freenode.net: + + │17:31:34 bkuhn | oh, reason is easy: in the USA, any bookkeeping system that isn't double-entry would │ + │ | likely not be considered appropriate GAAP │ + │17:31:50 bkuhn | you can link GAAP to │ + │ | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generally_accepted_accounting_principles │ + │17:31:54 bkuhn | GAAP is an odd thing. │ + │17:31:58 bkuhn | It's not the "law" │ + │17:32:10 bkuhn | but accountants would tell the IRS "we think something bad is going on" if you didn't │ + │ | follow GAAP │ + │17:32:20 bkuhn | Also, GAAP isn't a list of rules. │ + │17:32:29 bkuhn | It's basically 'rough consensus' of accountants │ + │17:33:08 bkuhn | So, it's somewhere in between "implicit norm" and the "law" │ + │17:33:27 bkuhn | in the sense that you'd probably loose your non-profit status from the IRS if your │ + │ | auditors said you weren't following GAAP + +For convenience: [[!wikipedia Generally_accepted_accounting_principles]] [wikipedia]