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* a confirmation document showing transfer of funds between two bank
 
  accounts.
 

	
 
* A pay advice document generated upon payment of an invoice.
 

	
 
#### Invoice Tag
 

	
 
The `Invoice:` tag refers to an actual invoice, either generated by the
 
organization or received by the organization.  Typically, this is a document
 
that is a request for payment, rather than documenting an actual payment that
 
has occurred.  The value of the `Invoice:` tag is always a valid pathname in
 
the repository to the document.
 

	
 
Some examples of appropriate uses of the `Invoice:` tag are:
 

	
 
* an actual invoice as sent by a vendor to the organization.
 

	
 
* a request for payment sent by the organization to someone else.
 

	
 
* a reimbursement request submitted by an employee, contractor, or volunteer
 
  for expenses they've already incurred and would like the organization to
 
  reimburse (e.g., an expense report, requesting for reimbursement of travel
 
  expenses).
 

	
 
### Expense Account Documentation
 

	
 
Each Expense account entries need to be tagged with an `Invoice`, `Receipt`,
 
or `Statement` tag.  The value of the tag is a relative path name of a file
 
elsewhere in the same repository that documents the specific expense.  For
 
example, an entry like this: