Adding rat checks.
diff --git a/accounting/build.gradle b/accounting/build.gradle
index f3a5381..750b592 100644
--- a/accounting/build.gradle
+++ b/accounting/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 buildscript {
     ext {
         springBootVersion = '1.4.1.RELEASE'
@@ -14,6 +31,7 @@
 
 plugins {
     id "com.github.hierynomus.license" version "0.13.1"
+    id("org.nosphere.apache.rat") version "0.3.1"
 }
 
 apply from: '../shared.gradle'
diff --git a/accounting/settings.gradle b/accounting/settings.gradle
index 7b83788..d96e446 100644
--- a/accounting/settings.gradle
+++ b/accounting/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 rootProject.name = 'accounting'
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2c9398c..181d7d7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 group 'org.apache.fineract.cn'
 
 task publishAccountingToMavenLocal {
@@ -13,3 +30,8 @@
     group 'all'
     dependsOn gradle.includedBuild('accounting').task(':licenseFormat')
 }
+
+task rat {
+    group 'all'
+    dependsOn gradle.includedBuild('accounting').task(':rat')
+}
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index bb59698..a23af42 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 rootProject.name = 'default-setup'
 
 includeBuild 'accounting'
diff --git a/shared.gradle b/shared.gradle
index ade8599..7a56e4c 100644
--- a/shared.gradle
+++ b/shared.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 group 'org.apache.fineract.cn.default-setup'
 version '0.1.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
 
@@ -54,3 +71,17 @@
         yaml = 'SCRIPT_STYLE'
     }
 }
+
+rat {
+    // List of exclude directives, defaults to ['**/.gradle/**']
+    excludes = [
+            "**/.idea/**",
+            "**/.gradle/**",
+            "**/gradle/**",
+            "**/build/**",
+            "accounting/src/main/resources/standardChartOfAccounts/*",
+            "gradlew",
+            "gradlew.bat",
+            "README.md"
+    ]
+}