# Journal entry

> A journal entry is the record of one financial event with its date, naming the accounts debited and credited and the amount.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a cashier and accounting program for shops, hotels and rentals: the cashier keeps selling without internet, it keeps track of who owes you and sends a reminder on WhatsApp in one tap, works in several currencies at once (dinar, dollar and more), keeps the books for you, and has a free plan. In Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) and English, with an assistant called Dash that answers from your own numbers.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/glossary/journal-entry

A journal entry is the record of one financial event with its date, naming the accounts debited and credited and the amount.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

## What it means for a shop owner

Every sale, purchase and payment ends up as one or more entries in the books. In good software the entry comes from the invoice by itself, so you only write one by hand for a special correction. Keeping the original and reversing it on a mistake leaves a clear trail instead of an erasure.

## A worked example

Buying goods for 400 on credit: debit stock 400, credit suppliers 400.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/glossary/journal-entry
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/glossary/journal-entry

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