Explore: Credits and Debits
Your accounting books can be kept using expensive customized software, basic spreadsheets, or by hand, on paper, but no matter what format you use, the point is to carefully keep track of your accounts in a way that makes sense to you.
Here is an example of how it can be done by hand. A handwritten ledger could be written on a sheet like this:
Here is the link to this blank ledger as an image, and as a pdf.
Let’s jump right in! Watch the video to learn more about credits and debits.