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kjshsh123last Friday at 9:53 PM1 replyview on HN

It's a good comment but I think to make something intuitive you really need to understand why something exists and I think for most people there just isn't in fact a good reason.

If you know it, it's easy to use, so why not? But if you don't, whatever method you come up with to track account balances and revenues vs. expenses is going to be useful enough. For individuals not accounting for receivables, debts, depreciation properly isn't likely to make a big difference.


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rahimnathwanilast Friday at 10:07 PM

This is a great point.

I take it for granted that people want to be able to read a balance sheet and an income statement.

But most people don't.

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