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| <title>Financial Accounts.</title> |
| <para>A financial account is a tool (similar to bank account statement) that is used for |
| monitoring monetary transactions. Normally they will be linked to a party and the various |
| transactions details (eg payments or receipts) will be shown as entries.</para> |
| <para>The entries for a financial account can be displayed using the 'Financial Account' tab in |
| Accounting or in Party Manager if you enter a party as the owner of the financial |
| account.</para> |
| <para>Currently in OFBiz financial accounts can have the following types:</para> |
| <para> |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Bank Account (by default this type will post to 213500 CUSTOMER DEPOSIT |
| ACCOUNTS)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Deposit Account (by default this type will post to 213500 CUSTOMER DEPOSIT |
| ACCOUNTS)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Gift Certificate (by default this type will post to 213200 GIFT CERTIFICATES |
| UNREDEEMED)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Investment Account (by default this type will post to 213500 CUSTOMER DEPOSIT |
| ACCOUNTS)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Replenish Account (no default posting account in demo data setup)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Service Credit Account (no default posting account in demo data setup)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| </para> |
| <para>NOTE:</para> |
| <para> |
| <orderedlist> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>In GL Account Defaults there is a specific tab 'FinAccount Type Gl Account' |
| for specifying which type of Financial accounts are posted to which general |
| ledger account.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>In GL Account Defaults there is also a tab 'Payment Method Id / GL Account ID' |
| for specifying the account to post transactions to if 'Financial Account' is |
| selected as the Payment Method instead of (Cash, Cheque, Credit Card, etc). By |
| default the demo setup posts transactions to 111100 GENERAL CHECKING |
| ACCOUNT.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </orderedlist> |
| </para> |
| <para>You can also setup each financial account to post to a specific general ledger account for |
| each party. This is done via a specific field during the creation or update of a financial |
| account. This will override the default setting by type.</para> |
| <para>Financial Accounts can be used for the following</para> |
| <para> |
| <orderedlist> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Managing and Tracking Customer Prepaid Accounts</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Managing and Tracking Customer Credit Limit (NOTE: Need to verify this)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Managing Electronic Gift Certificates / Gift Vouchers/ Gift Card</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Reload of Electronic Gift Card</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Company Bank Account Transaction Tracking</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </orderedlist> |
| </para> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_FinAccountMain.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_FindFinAccount.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditFinAccountRoles.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_FindFinAccountTrans.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_PaymentsDepositWithdraw.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_FindDepositSlips.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_NewDepositPayment.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_NewWithdrawalPayment.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_NewDepositSlip.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditDepositSlipAndMembers.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_FindFinAccountReconciliations.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_BankReconciliation.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditFinAccountReconciliations.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_ViewGlReconciliationWithTransaction.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditFinAccountTrans.xml"/> |
| <xi:include href="HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditFinAccountAuths.xml"/> |
| |
| </section> |