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over & shorts

German translation: Kassendifferenz

13:16 Jan 18, 2023
English to German translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
English term or phrase: over & shorts
Dear colleagues, I am working on the translation of a training on fraud prevention. The context sentence for the term is: "Breaching existing SOP’s in each case, e.g. Shorts & Overs, short changing Customers, false transfers, etc."

I have found the following definition for the term, which is quite clear:
"Over and short—often called "cash over short"—is an accounting term that signals a discrepancy between a company's reported figures (from its sales records or receipts) and its audited figures. The term also is the name of an account in a company's general ledger—the cash-over-short account."

But I am still not sure about the correct German term for this and would appreciate your help with this. Thank you!
Christina Kolb
Austria
Local time: 23:09
German translation:Kassendifferenz
Explanation:
cash over and short account = Kassendifferenzkonto - https://tureng.com/de/deutsch-englisch/cash over and short

Elektronisches Kassenbuch führen
Die Kassendifferenz muss auf einem Kassendifferenzkonto buchhalterisch erfasst werden - https://www.kanzlei-vellante.de/blog/elektronisches-kassenbu...

What Is Over and Short? Over and short—often called "cash over short"—is an accounting term that signals a discrepancy between a company's reported figures (from its sales records or receipts) and its audited figures. The term also is the name of an account in a company's general ledger—the cash-over-short account (= Kassendifferenzkonto) - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/over-and-short.asp#:~:t...
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gofink
Austria
Local time: 23:09
Grading comment
Thank you for your help! Given the context I have opted for this term.
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Summary of answers provided
4Kassendifferenz
gofink
3Über- und Unterdeckung(en)
Regina Eichstaedter


  

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cash over and short
Kassendifferenz


Explanation:
cash over and short account = Kassendifferenzkonto - https://tureng.com/de/deutsch-englisch/cash over and short

Elektronisches Kassenbuch führen
Die Kassendifferenz muss auf einem Kassendifferenzkonto buchhalterisch erfasst werden - https://www.kanzlei-vellante.de/blog/elektronisches-kassenbu...

What Is Over and Short? Over and short—often called "cash over short"—is an accounting term that signals a discrepancy between a company's reported figures (from its sales records or receipts) and its audited figures. The term also is the name of an account in a company's general ledger—the cash-over-short account (= Kassendifferenzkonto) - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/over-and-short.asp#:~:t...

gofink
Austria
Local time: 23:09
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
Thank you for your help! Given the context I have opted for this term.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Über- und Unterdeckung(en)


Explanation:
Unterdeckung ist ein Begriff aus der Kostenrechnung. Eine Unterdeckung ergibt sich, wenn die tatsächlichen Kosten der Nachkalkulation die zuvor berechneten Kosten der Vorkalkulation übersteigen. Sind die Normalkosten größer als die Istkosten, liegt eine Überdeckung vor, sind die Normalkosten dagegen kleiner als die Istkosten, liegt eine Unterdeckung vor.

Example sentence(s):
  • Über- und Unterdeckungen werden durch die Kostenträgerzeitrechnung im Betriebsabrechnungsbogen ermittelt.

    https://www.gruender-welt.com/unterdeckung/
Regina Eichstaedter
Local time: 23:09
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 28
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank für die Hilfe Regina! In diesem Kontext passt der Begriff "Kassendifferenz" besser, deshalb habe ich mich für ihn entschieden.

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