13 - Glossary¶

Account¶

A named place where Beancount records money or value. Example: Ausgaben:Buero:Miete.

Asset¶

Something the association owns or controls, such as bank money, PayPal balance, cash, or inventory. In this system assets are under Vermoegen.

Balance check¶

A line that confirms an account has a specific balance on a specific date. Balance checks are used to verify that the ledger matches bank, PayPal, or cash records.

Bank Dump¶

A staging section near the bottom of the ledger where imported bank transactions are first pasted before they are fully classified.

Beancount¶

The plaintext accounting format used as the system's source of truth.

CSV¶

A spreadsheet-like export file. Sparkasse exports CSV files that are converted into Beancount transactions.

Equity¶

Beancount account family used for opening balances and balancing historical starting points.

Fava¶

The browser interface for viewing and working with Beancount ledgers.

Fava Dashboards¶

An extension that adds custom dashboard pages to Fava.

Freies-Geld¶

Free or unrestricted money that is not assigned to a restricted project budget.

Income¶

Money received. In this system income accounts start with Einnahmen.

Ledger¶

The accounting file containing accounts, transactions, balance checks, and documents. The main ledgers are nica.beancount and 2023.beancount.

Liability¶

Money owed to someone else. In this system liabilities are under Verbindlichkeiten.

Payee¶

The person or organisation named in a transaction.

Project account¶

An account used to track money for a specific project separately from general association money.

Reconciliation¶

The process of checking that Beancount and the real bank or PayPal balance match.

Receipt¶

A document proving an expense, such as an invoice, contract, or cash receipt.

Sonstiges¶

German for miscellaneous or other. Useful as a temporary fallback, but specific categories are better for final bookkeeping.

Transaction¶

A dated accounting entry describing one financial event.

Verwendungsnachweis¶

A project funder report explaining how granted money was used.