diff --git a/UseCases/DraftTransactions.mdwn b/UseCases/DraftTransactions.mdwn index 976aa4e5d9d25f8db22c7b6cff885019a36b8bc6..c7c37fcc39e399272d361527fcbfa77c3a5eeb32 100644 --- a/UseCases/DraftTransactions.mdwn +++ b/UseCases/DraftTransactions.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Generating Draft Transactions + + As a manager at a nonprofit, I need the ability to have staff propose draft transactions that are not added to the books official until approved. diff --git a/UseCases/FundAccounting.mdwn b/UseCases/FundAccounting.mdwn index a70f4a652d3f46db7cccd0a34d4cedf34f75a921..5e472ffe5e1c1087f66d942e0a5db35c56308253 100644 --- a/UseCases/FundAccounting.mdwn +++ b/UseCases/FundAccounting.mdwn @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ essence, the books of a fiscal sponsoring org are proper superset of all the books of its projects. Thus, an individual project contributor wants to: - + - View the books for that project as an independent set, unencumbered by transactions for other projects. @@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ Thus, an individual project contributor wants to: The non-profit administrators want to: + - View the entire set of books for the organization, treating all income, expenses, and assets as belonging to the entire org, and only seeing the differences treating the project funds merely as "temporarily restricted assets". + - Be able to perform operations that span the entire books, such as reconciling bank accounts that are contain funds temporarily restricted for different projects. diff --git a/UseCases/MultiCurrency.mdwn b/UseCases/MultiCurrency.mdwn index 7292918c17f9b46c78be716e304f38c0524a1de1..bee8b28ff43a6fdb6ff533fe7eb0b6fb090a3d4a 100644 --- a/UseCases/MultiCurrency.mdwn +++ b/UseCases/MultiCurrency.mdwn @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ There are roughly two operating modes that I've observed in use by non-profit organizations. ## A "One Native Currency" Organization - + In the USA at least, and perhaps elsewhere, the native currency to the location of the entity is treated as the "one true currency" (which the USA IRS calls your "functional currency") of the organization. Specifically in diff --git a/UseCases/TrackingDocumentation.mdwn b/UseCases/TrackingDocumentation.mdwn index f2f3b6525533ff9bbc269a4a3c836ba89edcea6a..2bc3ce0ea822c68a86317470f376d62b53abc9ac 100644 --- a/UseCases/TrackingDocumentation.mdwn +++ b/UseCases/TrackingDocumentation.mdwn @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ are the heart of any accounting system, auditors and managers need the ability to dig down and determine what contracts, invoices, receipts or other backup documentation relate to a given accounting document. + An adequate accounting system should provide easy link-up between double-entry accounting transactions and the documentation that relates to the transactions. For example, @@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ of backup documentation. Ideally, the system should allow the exploration of and linkage to documentation in both directions. It should be trivial to answer questions -such as: +such as: * I have this receipt/invoice from our document repository. Which accounting transactions relate to this receipt? Has the transaction