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Glossary

Word Description Translation
SME chart of accounts A chart that contains every account with its name and identifier (ID) KMU-Kontenrahmen
Balance sheet Overview of the accounts in use. Usually split into active and passive Bilanz
Income statement Overview of all the expenses and income Erfolgsrechnung
Booking record A record that describes the movement of an amount of money with or between two accounts Buchungssätze
Debit The first account in a booking record Soll
Credit The second account in a booking record Haben
Expense Money that goes away due to worth loss or purchases, for instance Aufwand
Income Money that comes in due to sales or investments, for instance Ertrag