Posting tags
Reusable one-tap templates that put a voucher on the right account with the right VAT.
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Categorising vouchers is the daily work of bookkeeping. A tag makes it one tap.
What a tag is
A tag is a posting template — the accounting shape of a voucher, minus the amount. Tap Reise on a supplier travel invoice and it posts to the travel expense account with the right VAT code, without you choosing either.
Each tag holds:
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Name | What you see, e.g. "Reise" |
| Kind | Expense, Income or Payment — which vouchers it applies to |
| Debit | An account number, or a role (AR / AP / Bank) |
| Credit | An account number, or a role |
| VAT code | The default VAT treatment |
| Description | Default text on the line |
Most tags set the category side and leave the other side as a role. A travel tag says "debit 7140, credit whatever the payable account is" — which keeps it correct whether you're in Norway or the UAE, and composes properly with the purchase/payment pair.
Some tags set both sides explicitly. A bank-charge tag is Dr 7770 / Cr Bank, because there's no payable involved.
The tags you start with
ByteBill seeds a default set for your country — the ten or so categories a small business actually uses. You can edit them, deactivate the ones you don't need, and add your own.
ByteBill learns your suppliers
The first time you tag an invoice from a supplier, ByteBill remembers. The next invoice from the same supplier arrives already categorised.
You can always override it. Overriding one voucher doesn't change the tag itself, and doesn't retroactively change what you posted before — some suppliers genuinely sell you two different kinds of thing, and the override is how you handle that.
Tags vs the automatic suggestion
Without a tag, ByteBill still guesses an expense account from the supplier. That works, but it's opaque — you can't see why it chose what it chose.
A tag is the middle path: automatic and explicit. You defined the rule, so you can read it, change it, and trust it.
Still stuck? Send us a message — or email support@bytebill.no.