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Accounting Terminologies
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.. glossary::
Journal
A journal is like a folder in which you record all transactions
of the same type: all the statements of a bank account, all
customer invoices, all supplier bills. Its used to organize
similar transactions together.
Payment Terms
Payment terms describe how and when a customer invoice (or
supplier bill) should be pay over the time. Example: 30% direct
payment, balance in two months.
Bank Reconciliation
Bank reconciliation is the process of matching your payment lines
with existing journal items or creating new journal items on the
fly.
Reconciliation
Journal items reconciliation is the process of linking several
journal items together like an invoice and a payment. This allows
to mark invoices as paid.
Deposit Ticket
Deposit tickets group several payment orders (usually checks)
that are deposited together at the bank. This allows an easy
reconciliation with the bank statement line if the line has one
line per deposit.