finance

name	finance
description	Bookkeeping — journal entries, reconciliation, period close, VAT returns, and financial reports. Use for accounting, bookkeeping, boekhouding, GL, reconcile, tax/VAT, or period close.
triggers	["finance","accounting","bookkeeping","boekhouding","journal","grootboek","reconcile","afstemmen","close","afsluiten","vat","btw","tax","p&l","balance"]
odoo_modules_any	["account"]

Finance

General ledger, reconciliation, reporting, tax. Not invoicing (that's selling) or vendor bills (that's buying).

Key models

• account.move — journal entry (invoice, bill, misc)
• account.move.line — GL line (debit/credit, partner, account, analytic)
• account.journal — journal (sale, purchase, bank, cash, misc)
• account.account — chart-of-accounts entry
• account.payment — payment with matched or unmatched state
• account.bank.statement — imported bank line group
• account.tax — tax code + fiscal position mapping

Typical workflows

1. Bank reconcile — import statement, auto-match lines to open invoices/bills, manual for the rest
2. Post journal entry — draft → posted (immutable); adjustments need new entries
3. Period close — lock dates via fiscalyear_lock_date, tax_lock_date, period_lock_date
4. VAT return — run tax report for period, generate payable, post payment
5. Financial reports — P&L, balance sheet, cash flow (via account.report)

Gotchas

• Posted account.move is immutable. Always use credit notes or reversing entries.
• Multi-currency: amount_currency vs debit/credit (always company currency).
• Analytic dimensions live on account.move.line.analytic_distribution (dict of account-id → percentage).
• Lock dates block everyone, including admins. Unlock requires specific access.