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An original record that evidences the occurrence of one or more economic, resource flow, and accounting events. A source document is entered into a system that records, classifies, tracks, and reports on the economic resources exchanged or committed at the time of the event.

See also

business document

business event

consolidated source document

record

split source document

Microsoft Dynamics AX glossary