# Commingling

> Commingling — Running company and personal money through the same account or card, so the books can no longer show whose a transaction was. The fix is a separate business account and a recorded entry — a reimbursement, a loan from the founder or a contribution — for every crossing.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/commingling
Part of: Lopifi — US GAAP books on autopilot, checked by a CPA (https://lopifi.com)

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**What is commingling?** In accounting, commingling means running company and personal money through the same account or card, so the books can no longer show whose a transaction was. The fix is a separate business account and a recorded entry — a reimbursement, a loan from the founder or a contribution — for every crossing.

## Words this system refuses for it

- personal expense (that is one symptom)
- a founder paying for things

- **Category:** Controls
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** transaction, account