single-entry bookkeeping |
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Simple system for recording accounting information in which transactions are recorded only once, and not twice as debits and credits of 'double entry bookkeeping' system. Used primarily in simple applications such as checkbook balancing or in very small (cash-based) businesses. It does not require keeping of journals or ledgers, but is not compatible with the provisions of GAAP.
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single-entry bookkeeping is in the Accounting & Auditing subject.
single-entry bookkeeping appears in the definition of the following term: double-entry bookkeeping
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