Banking
Bookkeeping codes: accounts, tax codes and cost centres
Every booking line carries three codes: the account, the tax code and, optionally, a cost centre. Under “Bookkeeping codes” you see and extend all three.
Updated 2 Nov 2026
You find the page under Settings → Company → Finance → Bookkeeping codes. It is open to every team, even without accounting set up: Nori then books on your country's default chart – the Austrian Einheitskontenrahmen (RLG), or SKR03 in Germany.
Accounts
The “Accounts” tab lists every account in your chart with number, name, type and tax code. System accounts are fixed and marked “System”; you can add, edit and delete accounts of your own. “Search accounts or numbers” finds an account quickly.
Add an account of your own
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Add account
Click “Add account” in the top right. -
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Number and type
Give it a free account number and pick the type, for example expense. -
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Name and colour
Enter the name. Nori derives the colour from the number – you can change it; it is used wherever the account is drawn, such as the expense ring. -
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Tax code and save
Optionally pick a default tax code and a description, then click “Save”.
Tax codes
Under “Tax codes” you see every tax treatment with rate, kind, key, VAT return field and validity – plus the codes your accountant's system uses for it (DATEV BU, BMD, RZL). “Add tax code” adds a treatment of your own. If you do not know the return fields, leave them empty – your accountant fills them in.
Cost centres
Under “Cost centres” you keep the list every cost centre field picks from. “New cost centre” adds one. What is stored is the number – that is also what the DATEV export reads. Renaming a cost centre therefore never rewrites last year's bookings; instead of deleting one you no longer need, you “Retire” it.
Which chart applies is decided by your accounting profile. Changing the chart after the first bookings needs a mapping from the old accounts to the new ones – best agree on it with your accountant.
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