Glossary
Voucher
A voucher is the evidence of a transaction. Every entry in the accounts must lead back to a voucher, and every voucher has its own number so it can be found again. In Danish bookkeeping the word is bilag.
Updated 21 October 2026
What is a voucher?
The word covers two things that belong together: the document that proves the transaction, and the entry itself with its voucher number. If you buy a printer for 2,000 kr., the receipt from the shop is the voucher, and the number the entry receives in the books ties the receipt to the figures.
The Danish Bookkeeping Act requires that every transaction is documented by a voucher, that vouchers are kept for five years from the end of the financial year they belong to, and that the trail from entry to voucher and back can be followed. That applies to sales invoices, supplier invoices, receipts and the general journal entries you write yourself.
Voucher in Veneti
In Veneti every voucher is a row in the journal with a consecutive voucher number, and the file stays with the entry: a receipt sent to the company's own address or fetched from Gmail and Outlook finds the bank line it belongs to, and a supplier invoice arrives with its file. Read more under Receipts and documents.
Plans are measured in vouchers: Free includes 5 vouchers per month, pooled over the financial year, and the paid plans more. All documents can be downloaded as ZIP files with an index linking each file to its voucher, under Data export.
Related terms
- Journal: where every voucher lands before it is booked.
- General journal entry: the voucher you write yourself in the journal.
- The Danish Bookkeeping Act: the rules for vouchers and retention.