Finance
This organisation should be solvent and self-sustaining - but currently is not! If you find this work useful, and you are in a position to help financially, your support is much appreciated!
Donate
Become a sponsor
You can have a linked logo and tagline on the PTA home page. Contact me!
Cover project costs
Eg domain, hosting and discourse fees. In 2024, I set up the PTA forum as an alternative to Reddit; see PTA forum news, 2024-03-18 and A trial of Discourse for Plain Text Accounting discussions and People who have used Reddit for more than 10 years, what is your current opinion on the site? (2026).
Support Simon
Simon Michael maintains and caretakes various PTA community resources, including the plaintextaccounting.org and forum.plaintextaccounting.org websites, the plaintextaccounting umbrella organisation on Github, the plaintextaccounting matrix space and chat room, and the #plaintextaccounting IRC channel.
Support other PTA curators
The plaintextaccounting subreddit is managed by Colin Dean.
Support your PTA software developers
Many folks worked hard to make plain text accounting possible.
John Wiegley kicked off the plain text accounting movement with Ledger: https://github.com/ledger/ledger > Sponsor
Martin Blais created the popular Beancount: https://github.com/beancount/beancount > Sponsor
Simon Michael maintains hledger: https://hledger.org/sponsor.html
You can find more project websites at PTA apps.
What are the fees for donating ?
0% to ~13%, depending on donation method; see hledger's Sponsor page for details.
Financial reports
Produced with plain text accounting, of course (source). Most reports are rounded to US dollars.
Balance sheet
| 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-12-31 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||
| Total: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liabilities | |||
| sm | $47 | $347 | $671 |
| Total: | $47 | $347 | $671 |
| Net: | $-47 | $-347 | $-671 |
Income statement
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||||
| github:$25 a month | $420 | $300 | $76 | $796 | $265 |
| github:$25 one time | $25 | 0 | 0 | $25 | $8 |
| github:$5 one time | $5 | 0 | 0 | $5 | $2 |
| github:$3 one time | $3 | 0 | 0 | $3 | $1 |
| Total: | $453 | $300 | $76 | $829 | $276 |
| Expenses | |||||
| hosting: | $500 | $600 | $400 | $1500 | $500 |
| Total: | $500 | $600 | $400 | $1500 | $500 |
| Net: | $-47 | $-300 | $-324 | $-671 | $-224 |
Running balance
| date | description | otheraccounts | amount | balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-30 | Discourse.org | begin $50/mo hosting at Discourse, with an advance from SM | RECURRING PAYMENT AUTHORIZED ON 03/30 | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-50 |
| 2024-04-11 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $25 | $-25 |
| 2024-04-18 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $5 | $-20 |
| 2024-04-23 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $3 | $-17 |
| 2024-04-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-67 |
| 2024-05-26 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $120 | $53 |
| 2024-05-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $3 |
| 2024-06-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-47 |
| 2024-07-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-97 |
| 2024-08-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-147 |
| 2024-09-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-197 |
| 2024-10-20 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $300 | $103 |
| 2024-10-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $53 |
| 2024-11-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $3 |
| 2024-12-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-47 |
| 2025-01-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-97 |
| 2025-02-28 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-147 |
| 2025-03-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-197 |
| 2025-04-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-247 |
| 2025-05-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-297 |
| 2025-06-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-347 |
| 2025-07-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-397 |
| 2025-08-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-447 |
| 2025-09-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-497 |
| 2025-10-20 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $300 | $-197 |
| 2025-10-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-247 |
| 2025-11-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-297 |
| 2025-12-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-347 |
| 2026-01-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-397 |
| 2026-02-28 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-447 |
| 2026-03-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-497 |
| 2026-04-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-547 |
| 2026-05-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-597 |
| 2026-06-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-647 |
| 2026-07-20 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $25 | $-622 |
| 2026-07-20 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $76 | $-546 |
| 2026-07-20 | github sponsor | revenues:github | $-25 | $-571 |
| 2026-07-30 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-621 |
| 2026-08-31 | Discourse.org | expenses:hosting | $-50 | $-671 |
General journal
| txnidx | date | date2 | status | code | description | comment | account | amount | commodity | debit | credit | posting-status | posting-comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2024-03-30 | * | Discourse.org | begin $50/mo hosting at Discourse, with an advance from SM | RECURRING PAYMENT AUTHORIZED ON 03/30 | discussion: https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/-/5 | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | |||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 32 | 2024-04-11 | * | github sponsor | country: USA, tier: $25 one time | revenues:github | -25.00 | $ | 25.00 | |||||
| liabilities:sm | 25.00 | $ | 25.00 | ||||||||||
| 33 | 2024-04-18 | * | github sponsor | country: ARE, tier: $5 one time | revenues:github | -5.00 | $ | 5.00 | |||||
| liabilities:sm | 5.00 | $ | 5.00 | ||||||||||
| 34 | 2024-04-23 | * | github sponsor | country: CHL, tier: $3 one time | revenues:github | -3.00 | $ | 3.00 | |||||
| liabilities:sm | 3.00 | $ | 3.00 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2024-04-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 35 | 2024-05-26 | * | github sponsor | country: United States of America, tier: $25 a month | revenues:github | -120.49 | $ | 120.49 | prorated: | ||||
| liabilities:sm | 120.49 | $ | 120.49 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2024-05-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2024-06-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 2024-07-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 2024-08-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 2024-09-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 36 | 2024-10-20 | * | github sponsor | country: United States of America, tier: $25 a month | revenues:github | -300.00 | $ | 300.00 | |||||
| liabilities:sm | 300.00 | $ | 300.00 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 2024-10-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 2024-11-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 2024-12-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2025-01-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 2025-02-28 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 2025-03-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 15 | 2025-04-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 2025-05-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 17 | 2025-06-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 2025-07-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 19 | 2025-08-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 2025-09-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 37 | 2025-10-20 | * | github sponsor | country: United States of America, tier: $25 a month | revenues:github | -300.00 | $ | 300.00 | |||||
| liabilities:sm | 300.00 | $ | 300.00 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 2025-10-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 2025-11-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 23 | 2025-12-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 24 | 2026-01-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 2026-02-28 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 26 | 2026-03-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 27 | 2026-04-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 28 | 2026-05-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 29 | 2026-06-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 38 | 2026-07-20 | * | github sponsor | country: United States of America, tier: $25 a month | revenues:github | -25.00 | $ | 25.00 | prorated: | ||||
| liabilities:sm | 25.00 | $ | 25.00 | ||||||||||
| 39 | 2026-07-20 | * | github sponsor | country: United States of America, tier: $25 a month | revenues:github | -75.62 | $ | 75.62 | prorated: | ||||
| liabilities:sm | 75.62 | $ | 75.62 | ||||||||||
| 40 | 2026-07-20 | * | github sponsor | country: United States of America, tier: $25 a month | revenues:github | 25.00 | $ | 25.00 | prorated: | ||||
| liabilities:sm | -25.00 | $ | 25.00 | ||||||||||
| 30 | 2026-07-30 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||||||
| 31 | 2026-08-31 | * | Discourse.org | liabilities:sm | -50.00 | $ | 50.00 | ||||||
| expenses:hosting | 50.00 | $ | 50.00 |
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