Management of accounting chapters

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This help will guide you through the setup and usage of our point of sale cash register software.

📊 Accounting chapters management

This feature allows you to structure your accounting exports in CSV or FEC format, compatible with most accounting software.

✅ Activating the feature

Accounting chapter management must be enabled in Configuration > General options .

🧾 Fields to be completed

  • Items : accounting activity code (e.g. 703 for production, 707 for resale, 0 if inherited from the department)
  • Departments : Default activity code applied to items
  • Department groups : accounting chapter code to be combined with the item activity code
  • VAT : accounting code associated with each VAT rate
  • Payment methods : accounting code by payment method (e.g.: 582 for checks)
  • Cash registers : journal code used for accounting export

???? If department groups are not enabled, the store's default accounting chapter will be used.

📁 CSV accounting export

Once configured, a new CSV Accounting Export report is available from the Reports page.

This report includes one row per item sold, with the required columns:

  • Journal code
  • Invoice date
  • Invoice number
  • Accounting code
  • Customer
  • Title
  • Debit
  • Credit
  • Quantity

🧮 CSV export example

70;12/12/2020;202012054;702;DUPONT;OEUFS;0.00;11.37;1270;12/12/2020;202012054;445712;DUPONT;TVA5.5%;0.00;0.63;0.070;12/12/2020;202012054;53;DUPONT;ESPECE;5.00;0.00;0.0070;12/12/2020;202012054;583;DUPONT;TICKETRESTO;5.00;0.00;0.0070;12/12/2020;202012054;584;DUPONT;CARTEBLEU;2.00;0.00;0.00

📄 Added to PDF and HTML reports

By activating the corresponding option in the report settings, a summary table by accounting chapter is also included in the PDF and HTML reports.

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