applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_financial_accounts.xml

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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"/>
   
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