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assets:checking $1000 assets:checking $1000
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### Plus invoices ## Tracking invoices with cash accounting
In Cash accounting, invoices are not always tracked. Invoices are strictly speaking not part of cash accounting.
If you want to track them, you can use equity to balance the transactions, as follows: But if you want to track them, you could use equity to balance the transactions, as follows:
```journal ```journal
2020-02-01 * (202001ab) AB Inc. | invoice for work done in january 2020-02-01 * (202001ab) AB Inc. | invoice for work done in january
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assets:checking $1000 assets:checking $1000
``` ```
Or use unbalanced postings: Or use unbalanced postings (use a special top level account to avoid unbalancing the accounting equation, if you care about that):
``` ```
2020-02-01 * AB Inc. | invoice for work done in january 2020-02-01 * AB Inc. | invoice for work done in january
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assets:checking $850 assets:checking $850
``` ```
<!-- ## Reimbursable expenses -->
### Cash accounting plus invoices plus estimated tax ### Cash accounting plus invoices plus estimated tax
Another example: Another example: