Eekboek
A Dutch commandline tool for Bookkeeping. What more do you want ?
Installation
Mostly with cpan, but on a clean installation of debian i also had to install :
And then start cpan and install eekboek
This should get you two commands, one textual (ebshell) on graphical(ebwxshell). I actually never really tried the graphical one. Without any files to start with you get into the wizard. By all means tryout the example.
Configuration
You should have a set of files to build upon or generate some new ones.
usage
As of 2018 I manage 2 different bookkeeping's, to compare and to transition into the web bookkeeping : informer on-line. My account is very simple, but that does not mean the bookkeeping is. There are however some posts that are always in the same form and once I found out how to use them it's filling in from there on.
Update 2022, i switched to the paid digibtw
It's just somewhat easier to use than informer. Also i stopped using eekboek as well but i don't want to destroy information.
These posts are described below:
Costs
Simply all those expenses that are deductible from the profit, everything you need to perform work. Mostly this is payed directly, so every booking is one with two lines :
inkoop 2016-04-15 "Desktop computer" INFORM "Hardware" 382,00
bank 15-04-2016 "Desktop computer" crd 15-04-2016 INFORM -382,00
Eekboek will handle the vat automatically based on the dates. The VAT will be deducted in Q2 of 2016 and the rest will be deducted from total income.
Payments
That's more like it, luckily my invoices and payments are always for a complete month, so these also appear in two lines :
verkoop 2016-04-05 "RINIS Maart 2016" RINIS "Werkzaamheden" 7453,60
bank 08-04-2016 "fact. 1604" deb 08-04-2016 RINIS 7453,60
This time bank is positive since we receive it. Simply add two lines with the correct dates for each payment of the year.