[MOV] accounting: restructuration of the getting started section

Author: jcs-odoo

content/applications/finance/accounting.rst

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-:nosearch:
 :show-content:
-:hide-page-toc:
-:show-toc:
 
 ========================
 Accounting and Invoicing
@@ -18,6 +15,149 @@ accounts, smart matching suggestions, etc.
    - `Odoo Tutorials: Accounting <https://www.odoo.com/slides/accounting-19>`_
    - :doc:`Accounting Cheat Sheet <accounting/getting_started/cheat_sheet>`
 
+.. seealso::
+   - :doc:`accounting/getting_started`
+   - :doc:`accounting/receivables`
+   - :doc:`accounting/payables`
+   - :doc:`accounting/payments`
+   - :doc:`accounting/bank`
+   - :doc:`accounting/taxation`
+   - :doc:`accounting/reporting`
+
+Double-entry bookkeeping
+========================
+
+Odoo automatically creates all the behind-the-scenes journal entries
+for each of your accounting transactions: customer invoices, point of
+sale order, expenses, inventory moves, etc.
+
+Odoo uses the rules of double-entry bookkeeping system: all journal
+entries are automatically balanced (sum of debits = sum of credits).
+
+.. seealso::
+   - :doc:`Understand Odoo's accounting transactions per document
+     <accounting/getting_started/cheat_sheet>`
+
+Accrual and Cash Basis Methods
+==============================
+
+Odoo supports both accrual and cash basis reporting. This allows you to
+report income / expense at the time transactions occur (i.e., accrual basis), or when
+payment is made or received (i.e., cash basis).
+
+Multi-companies
+===============
+
+Odoo allows one to manage several companies within the same database. Each
+company has its own chart of accounts and rules. You can get
+consolidation reports following your consolidation rules.
+
+Users can access several companies but always work in one company at a
+time.
+
+Multi-currencies
+================
+
+Every transaction is recorded in the default currency of the
+company. For transactions occurring in another currency, Odoo stores
+both the value in the currency of the company and the value in the
+currency of the transaction. Odoo can generate currencies gains and
+losses after the reconciliation of the journal items.
+
+Currency rates are updated once a day using a yahoo.com online
+web-service.
+
+International Standards
+=======================
+
+Odoo accounting supports more than 50 countries. The Odoo core
+accounting implements accounting standards that are common to all
+countries. Specific modules exist per country for the
+specificities of the country like the chart of accounts, taxes, or
+bank interfaces.
+
+In particular, Odoo's core accounting engine supports:
+
+* Anglo-Saxon Accounting (U.S., U.K.,, and other English-speaking
+  countries including Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand)
+  where costs of good sold are reported when products are
+  sold/delivered.
+* European accounting where expenses are accounted at the supplier
+  bill.
+
+Odoo has modules to comply with IFRS rules.
+
+Accounts Receivable and Payable
+===============================
+
+By default, Odoo uses a single account for all account
+receivable entries and one for all accounts payable entries. You can
+create separate accounts per customers/suppliers, but you don't need
+to.
+
+As transactions are associated to customers or suppliers, you get
+reports to perform analysis per customer/supplier such as the customer
+statement, revenues per customers, aged receivable/payables, ...
+
+Wide range of financial reports
+===============================
+
+In Odoo, you can generate financial reports in real time. Odoo's
+reports range from basic accounting reports to advanced management
+reports. Odoo's reports include:
+
+* Performance reports (such as Profit and Loss, Budget Variance)
+* Position reports (such as Balance Sheet, Aged Payables, Aged
+  Receivables)
+* Cash reports (such as Bank Summary)
+* Detail reports (such as Trial Balance and General Ledger)
+* Management reports (such as Budgets, Executive Summary)
+
+Odoo's report engine allows you to customize your own report based on
+your own formulae.
+
+Import bank feeds automatically
+===============================
+
+Bank reconciliation is a process that matches your bank statement
+lines, as supplied by the bank, to your accounting transactions in the
+general ledger. Odoo makes bank reconciliation easy by frequently
+importing bank statement lines from your bank directly into your Odoo
+account. This means you can have a daily view of your cashflow without
+having to log into your online banking or wait for your paper bank
+statements.
+
+Odoo speeds up bank reconciliation by matching most of your imported
+bank statement lines to your accounting transactions. Odoo also
+remembers how you've treated other bank statement lines and provides
+suggested general ledger transactions.
+
+Calculate the tax you owe your tax authority
+============================================
+
+Odoo totals all your accounting transactions for your tax period and
+uses these totals to calculate your tax obligation. You can then check
+your sales tax by running Odoo's Tax Report.
+
+Inventory Valuation
+===================
+
+Odoo support both periodic (manual) and perpetual (automated)
+inventory valuations. The available methods are standard price,
+average price, LIFO (for countries allowing it) and FIFO.
+
+.. seealso::
+   - :doc:`View impact of the valuation method on your transactions
+     </applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/management/reporting/inventory_valuation_config>`
+
+Easy retained earnings
+======================
+
+Retained earnings are the portion of income retained by your
+business. Odoo automatically calculates your current year earnings in
+real time so no year-end journal or rollover is required.  This is
+calculated by reporting the profit and loss balance to your balance
+sheet report automatically.
 
 .. toctree::
    :titlesonly:
@@ -29,4 +169,3 @@ accounts, smart matching suggestions, etc.
    accounting/bank
    accounting/taxation
    accounting/reporting
-   accounting/others

content/applications/finance/accounting/bank.rst

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ You can edit the accounting information and bank account number according to you
    :alt: Manually configure your bank information
 
 .. seealso::
-   - :doc:`others/multi_currency`
+   - :doc:`getting_started/multi_currency`
    - :doc:`bank/bank_statements`
 
 Suspense account
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Currency
 You can edit the currency used to enter the statements.
 
 .. seealso::
-   :doc:`others/multi_currency`
+   :doc:`getting_started/multi_currency`
 
 Account number
 --------------

content/applications/finance/accounting/getting_started.rst

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-:nosearch:
+:show-content:
 
 ===============
 Getting started
 ===============
 
+When you first open your Odoo Accounting app, the *Accounting Overview* page welcomes you with a
+step-by-step onboarding banner, a wizard that helps you get started. This onboarding banner is
+displayed until you choose to close it.
+
+The settings visible in the onboarding banner can still be modified later by going to
+:menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration --> Settings`.
+
+.. note::
+   Odoo Accounting automatically installs the appropriate **Fiscal Localization Package** for your
+   company, according to the country selected at the creation of the database. This way, the right
+   accounts, reports, and taxes are ready-to-go. :ref:`Click here <fiscal_localizations/packages>`
+   for more information about Fiscal Localization Packages.
+
+.. seealso::
+   :doc:`getting_started/cheat_sheet`
+   :doc:`getting_started/chart_of_accounts`
+   :doc:`getting_started/multi_currency`
+   :doc:`getting_started/avg_price_valuation`
+
+
+Accounting onboarding banner
+============================
+
+The step-by-step Accounting onboarding banner is composed of four steps:
+
+.. image:: getting_started/setup_accounting_onboarding.png
+   :alt: Step-by-step onboarding banner in Odoo Accounting
+
+#. :ref:`accounting-setup-company`
+#. :ref:`accounting-setup-bank`
+#. :ref:`accounting-setup-periods`
+#. :ref:`accounting-setup-chart`
+
+.. _accounting-setup-company:
+
+Company Data
+------------
+
+This menu allows you to add your company’s details such as the name, address, logo, website, phone
+number, email address, and Tax ID, or VAT number. These details are then displayed on your documents,
+such as on invoices.
+
+.. image:: getting_started/setup_company.png
+   :alt: Add your company's details in Odoo Accounting and Odoo Invoicing
+
+.. note::
+   You can also change these settings by going to :menuselection:`Settings --> General Settings -->
+   Settings --> Companies` and clicking on **Update Info**.
+
+.. _accounting-setup-bank:
+
+Bank Account
+------------
+
+Connect your bank account to your database and have your bank statements synced automatically. To do
+so, find your bank in the list, click on *Connect*, and follow the instructions on-screen.
+
+.. note::
+   :doc:`Click here <bank/bank_synchronization>` for more information about this feature.
+
+If your Bank Institution can’t be synchronized automatically, or if you prefer not to sync it with
+your database, you may also configure your bank account manually by clicking on *Create it*, and
+filling out the form.
+
+- **Name**: the bank account's name, as displayed on Odoo.
+- **Account Number**: your bank account number (IBAN in Europe).
+- **Bank**: click on *Create and Edit* to configure the bank's details. Add the bank institution's
+  name and its Identifier Code (BIC or SWIFT).
+- **Code**: this code is your Journal's *Short Code*, as displayed on Odoo. By default, Odoo creates
+  a new Journal with this Short Code.
+- **Journal**: This field is displayed if you have an existing Bank Journal that is not linked yet
+  to a bank account. If so, then select the *Journal* you want to use to record the financial
+  transactions linked to this bank account or create a new one by clicking on *Create and Edit*.
+
+.. note::
+   - You can add as many bank accounts as needed with this tool by going to :menuselection:`Accounting
+     --> Configuration`, and clicking on *Add a Bank Account*.
+   - :doc:`Click here <bank>` for more information about Bank
+     Accounts.
+
+.. _accounting-setup-periods:
+
+Accounting Periods
+------------------
+
+Define here your **Fiscal Years**’ opening and closing dates, which are used to generate reports
+automatically, and your **Tax Return Periodicity**, along with a reminder to never miss a tax return
+deadline.
+
+By default, the opening date is set on the 1st of January and the closing date on the 31st of
+December, as this is the most common use.
+
+.. note::
+   You can also change these settings by going to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration -->
+   Settings --> Fiscal Periods` and updating the values.
+
+.. _accounting-setup-chart:
+
+Chart of Accounts
+-----------------
+
+With this menu, you can add accounts to your **Chart of Accounts** and indicate their initial
+opening balances.
+
+Basic settings are displayed on this page to help you review your Chart of Accounts. To access all
+the settings of an account, click on the *double arrow button* at the end of the line.
+
+.. image:: getting_started/setup_chart_of_accounts.png
+   :alt: Setup of the Chart of Accounts and their opening balances in Odoo Accounting
+
+.. note::
+   :doc:`Click here <getting_started/chart_of_accounts>` for more information on how to configure your Chart of
+   Accounts.
+
+Invoicing onboarding banner
+===========================
+
+There is another step-by-step onboarding banner that helps you take advantage of your Odoo Invoicing
+and Accounting apps. The *Invoicing onboarding banner* is the one that welcomes you if you use the
+Invoicing app rather than the Accounting app.
+
+If you have Odoo Accounting installed on your database, you can reach it by going to
+:menuselection:`Accounting --> Customers --> Invoices`.
+
+The Invoicing onboarding banner is composed of four main steps:
+
+.. image:: getting_started/setup_invoicing_onboarding.png
+   :alt: Step-by-step onboarding banner in Odoo Invoicing
+
+#. :ref:`invoicing-setup-company`
+#. :ref:`invoicing-setup-layout`
+#. :ref:`invoicing-setup-payment`
+#. :ref:`invoicing-setup-sample`
+
+.. _invoicing-setup-company:
+
+Company Data
+------------
+
+This form is the same as :ref:`the one presented in the Accounting onboarding banner
+<accounting-setup-company>`.
+
+.. _invoicing-setup-layout:
+
+Invoice Layout
+--------------
+
+With this tool, you can design the appearance of your documents by selecting which layout template,
+paper format, colors, font, and logo you want to use.
+
+You can also add your *Company Tagline* and the content of the documents’ *footer*. Note that Odoo
+automatically adds the company's phone number, email, website URL, and Tax ID (or VAT number) to the
+footer, according to the values you previously configured in the :ref:`Company Data
+<accounting-setup-company>`.
+
+.. image:: getting_started/setup_document_layout.png
+   :alt: Document layout configuration in Odoo Invoicing
+
+.. tip::
+   Add your **bank account number** and a link to your **General Terms & Condition** in the footer.
+   This way, your contacts can find the full content of your GT&C online without having to print
+   them on the invoices you issue.
+
+.. note::
+   These settings can also be modified by going to :menuselection:`Settings --> General Settings`,
+   under the *Business Documents* section.
+
+.. _invoicing-setup-payment:
+
+Payment Method
+--------------
+
+This menu helps you configure the payment methods with which your customers can pay you.
+
+.. important::
+   Configuring a *Payment Acquirer* with this tool also activates the *Invoice Online Payment*
+   option automatically. With this, users can directly pay online, from their Customer Portal.
+
+.. _invoicing-setup-sample:
+
+Sample Invoice
+--------------
+
+Send yourself a sample invoice by email to make sure everything is correctly configured.
+
+.. seealso::
+   * :doc:`bank`
+   * :doc:`getting_started/chart_of_accounts`
+   * :doc:`bank/bank_synchronization`
+   * :doc:`../fiscal_localizations`
+   * `Odoo Tutorials: Accounting Basics <https://www.odoo.com/r/lsZ>`_
+
 .. toctree::
    :titlesonly:
 
-   getting_started/main_concept
    getting_started/cheat_sheet
-   getting_started/initial_configuration
+   getting_started/chart_of_accounts
+   getting_started/multi_currency
+   getting_started/avg_price_valuation