Accounting basics: accounts, journals and expenses

Cartiva keeps a chart of accounts per business. Sales, purchases, expenses and payment-account movements post journal entries automatically; you can also add manual entries.

Where things live

• Accounting → Chart of accounts: the account list, grouped by type.
• Accounting → Journal: every entry with its source document.
• Expenses: record expenses by category and payment account.
• Payment accounts: cash drawers, bank and mobile-money accounts with deposits and balances.

The accounting module is part of the Pro plan and above; expenses and payment accounts are available on every plan with the matching permission.