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title: Where does the donor data come from during a transaction?
description: In ChurchTools Finance, you can select the appropriate donor directly when entering a donation. The Finances module accesses the person records in the Persons module. This means you can select any person for whom a record has been created in…
url: "https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/donations/where-does-the-donor-data-come-from-during-a-transaction/"
updated: "2026-07-02"
category: Finances / Donations
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# Where does the donor data come from during a transaction?

In ChurchTools Finance, you can select the appropriate donor directly when entering a donation. The Finances module accesses the person records in the Persons module. This means you can select any person for whom a record has been created in the Persons module of your ChurchTools.

You can also create a new donor record here if one doesn't already exist.

If a person's record is linked to another person's through a spousal relationship, you can also indicate here that the donation was made as a married couple. This makes it especially easy for you to issue donation receipts at the end of the year, since the same donation is then certified for both spouses.

**Tip**

We recommend that you create a separate person record for each member of a married couple, rather than a single record for both.

So create separate records for both people, and then link them as a married couple in the person details using the *"Spouse* " relationship.

## Read more

- [How to enter donations](https://staging.churchtools.academy/de/help/churchtools-module/spenden/30-wie-buche-ich-spenden/)
- [How to create collective confirmation (donation receipts)?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/donations/19-how-to-create-donation-receipts/)