Reference

Accounting glossary

Every accounting term that appears in the BRAccount desk and its database. Each one has its own page with the meaning in detail, the formula, the accounting entry, the step-by-step procedure in the desk and a worked example from the demo company's books. 692 terms, from Debit to the Annex 5 Standard View.

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Fundamentals

How the ledger works and the Nepal tax words that run through it.

The ledger

Every number on every dashboard comes from one place: the general ledger. These are its building blocks.

22 terms

Voucher

Also: Document, entry

Any document that posts to the ledger: Sales Invoice, Purchase Invoice, Payment Entry, Journal Entry, Stock Entry, Purchase Receipt, Delivery Note, Period Closing Voucher.

Every GL Entry names its voucher type and number, so you can always open the source of a figure.

Read the full entry: accounting entry, step-by-step procedure →

Nepal tax and IRD

The tax words that run through every invoice, from VAT rates to the IRD's e-billing server.

26 terms

TDS

Also: Tax Deducted at Source, अग्रिम कर कट्टी

Income tax withheld when you pay certain bills (rent, contracts, consultancy) and deposited with the IRD on the payee's behalf.

Assign a Tax Withholding Category to the supplier; the Purchase Invoice then splits the deduction into TDS Payable.

Read the full entry: formula, accounting entry, step-by-step procedure →

PAN

Also: Permanent Account Number

The nine-digit taxpayer number the IRD issues to every business and VAT payer. It must print on tax invoices.

Set the company PAN in Company and each customer's or supplier's in their Tax ID field.

Read the full entry: step-by-step procedure →

Electronic Billing Procedure 2082

Also: विद्युतीय बीजक कार्यविधि २०८२

The IRD rulebook for billing software: no deletion, print counting, a QR code, prescribed registers, an activity log and the CBMS link.

You do not configure it; BRAccount is built to it. The checklist report shows what is met and what needs your filing.

Read the full entry: step-by-step procedure →
Chart of accounts

Every account in the NFRS-shaped chart, root by root.

Assets

Everything the company owns or is owed: cash, bank, stock, customer dues, furniture, laptops and long-term investments, all shown on the Balance Sheet.

55 terms

Liabilities

Everything the company owes to others: suppliers, banks, the IRD, staff and lessors, all shown on the Balance Sheet.

26 terms

Equity

The owners' stake: money the shareholders put in plus profits kept in the business, shown on the Balance Sheet.

12 terms

Equity

Also: Shareholders' Funds, Net Worth, Capital

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The top equity group of the Balance Sheet. No postings; it totals Share Capital, Share Premium, Retained Earnings, other reserves and Non-controlling Interests.

Never post here. Use Share Capital for money shareholders put in and let BRAccount roll profit into Retained Earnings at year end.

Read the full entry: formula, step-by-step procedure →

Income

Money the business earns from selling goods and services, plus interest, rent and other gains, all shown on the Profit and Loss statement.

13 terms

Expenses

Money the business spends to earn its income: cost of goods, salaries, rent, depreciation, interest and tax, all shown on the Profit and Loss statement.

40 terms
Documents and masters

The vouchers that post to the ledger and the settings that shape them.

Selling and invoicing

Documents that record what you sell and who owes you, plus the masters that describe customers, prices and discounts.

39 terms

Buying and bills

Documents that record what you buy and owe suppliers, and the masters that describe those suppliers.

12 terms

Payments and journals

The documents that move money and post manual entries, and the tools that match payments to invoices.

25 terms

Banking

Bank masters, statement lines and the tools that reconcile the books with the bank.

14 terms

Tax setup

VAT, TDS and fee templates, and the categories and rules that apply them automatically.

22 terms

Fixed assets

Asset records, their categories, and the documents that depreciate, move, repair and revalue them.

26 terms

Stock

Items, warehouses and every document that moves goods in, out or between stores.

55 terms

Company setup and closing

The company, chart of accounts, cost centers and fiscal year, the year end close, and the Nepal IRD and automation settings.

37 terms

Other accounting documents

The ledger itself, health and repair tools, deferred accounting, statements and share capital records.

13 terms
Reports and dashboards

What each report, number card, chart and workspace reads from the books.

Financial statements

The statements an owner, auditor or bank asks for, mostly built from GL Entry.

16 terms

Ledgers and balances

Account by account and voucher by voucher views of what was posted and what is left.

8 terms

Receivables and payables

Who owes you, whom you owe, and the registers of invoices behind those balances.

21 terms

Tax and IRD registers

The VAT, TDS and e-billing registers the Inland Revenue Department expects under the Electronic Billing Procedure 2082.

12 terms

Asset reports

Registers and depreciation views built from Asset records.

5 terms

Stock reports

What is in each warehouse, what it is worth, and what to reorder, from Stock Ledger Entry and Bin.

39 terms

Ledger health checks

Diagnostic reports that should normally be empty; anything listed points to a posting or valuation error.

14 terms

Dashboard number cards

Single figure tiles on workspaces; each counts or sums one doctype, often for a period such as this quarter or this year.

54 terms

Dashboard charts

Graphs on workspaces; each plots one doctype or report over time or by group.

51 terms

Workspaces

The pages in the left sidebar; each groups the shortcuts, reports, cards and charts for one area of work.

35 terms