[ILUG] Accounting packages

[Colin Rooney]

Hi Mike,

The short answer is No.

It's either cash or accrual per "schema".  An accounting schema in
Adempiere is basically all the rules, chart of accounts and default
accounts.
http://www.adempiere.com/ManPageW_AccountingSchema
The commitment option is also a per schema option and it is applicable
to any combination of sales and purchases but the Cash/Accrual option is
an accrual on or off option per schema.

But the great thing about open source is the code is there to be
enhanced! ;)  The question is, is this option common to many countries
so that it could be an option in the default application or is it a
local requirement.  A key concept in the adempiere design is to allow
small functional changes to be injected into the core application and
there are a number of localisations projects that use this functionality
to create country specific implementations.


Colin


On 19/10/11 15:03, Michael Kennedy wrote:
> Colin,
> 
>> In Adempiere, the choice of Accrual or Cash (and or Commitment) is made
>> of the Accounting Schema and you can define multiple Accounting Schema
>> that operate in parallel so, in theory, you could use both in
>> Adempiere :)
> 
> The option might be very relevant in Ireland:
> 
>   - In some jurisdictions (maybe UK?), both ledgers (purchases and
> sales) have to use the Accrual scheme, or both ledgers must use the Cash
> scheme.
> 
>   - In Ireland (AFAIK), Purchases are always Accrual, and Sales are
> usually Accrual, but can be "Cash" for some small or retail organisations.
> 
> Maybe Adempiere supports the scheme option "per ledger"?
> 
>   - Mike