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33 changes: 14 additions & 19 deletions content/applications/finance/accounting/get_started/journals.rst
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each for a unique bank account, or two separate sales journals to track :abbr:`B2B (business to
business)` versus :abbr:`B2C (business to customer)` income.

.. _accounting/journals/configuration:

Configuration
=============

Each card on the :guilabel:`Accounting Dashboard` represents a journal. To edit the configuration of
a journal, click the :icon:`fa-ellipsis-v` :guilabel:`(vertical ellipsis)` on the journal card, then
click :guilabel:`Configuration`. Alternatively, go to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration
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.. _accounting/journals/bank-cash-cc:

Bank, cash, and credit card journals
------------------------------------
====================================

Bank, cash, and credit card journals share the following features:

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.. _accounting/journals/outstanding-accounts:

Outstanding accounts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--------------------

By default, payments in Odoo do not create journal entries, but they can be configured to create
journal entries by using **outstanding accounts** on :ref:`bank <accounting/journals/bank>` and
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These accounts are usually of :ref:`type <chart-of-account/type>` :guilabel:`Current Assets` and
:guilabel:`Current Liabilities`.

Payments that are registered in Odoo are posted to the outstanding receipts and outstanding accounts
until they are reconciled. At any moment, the outstanding receipts account's balance in the general
ledger shows the balance of registered incoming payments that have not yet been reconciled, and the
outstanding payments account's balance in the general ledger shows the balance of registered
Payments that are registered in Odoo are posted to the outstanding receipts and outstanding payments
accounts until they are reconciled. At any moment, the outstanding receipts account's balance in the
general ledger shows the balance of registered incoming payments that have not yet been reconciled,
and the outstanding payments account's balance in the general ledger shows the balance of registered
outgoing payments that have not yet been reconciled.

Configuration
*************
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To configure outstanding accounts, go to :menuselection:`Accounting --> Configuration --> Journals`
and select or create a bank or cash journal. In the :guilabel:`Incoming Payments` and
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.. _accounting/journals/bank:

Bank
~~~~
----

Bank journals are used to record journal entries related to :doc:`bank transactions
<../bank/transactions>` and incoming and outgoing :doc:`payments <../payments>`. The following
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.. _accounting/journals/cash:

Cash
~~~~
----

Cash journals are used to record journal entries related to cash :doc:`transactions
<../bank/transactions>`. The following fields are specific to cash journals:
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.. _accounting/journals/credit:

Credit card
~~~~~~~~~~~
-----------

Credit card journals are used to record journal entries related to credit cards. The following
fields are specific to credit card journals:
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.. _accounting/journals/sales-purchase-misc:

Sales, purchase, and miscellaneous journals
-------------------------------------------
===========================================

.. _accounting/journals/sales:

Sales
~~~~~
-----

Sales journals, also known as income journals, are used to record journal entries related to
:doc:`customer invoices <../customer_invoices>`. The following fields are specific to customer
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.. _accounting/journals/purchase:

Purchase
~~~~~~~~
--------

Purchase journals are used to record journal entries related to :doc:`vendor bills
<../vendor_bills>`. The following fields are specific to purchase journals:
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.. _accounting/journals/misc:

Miscellaneous
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-------------

Miscellaneous journals are used to record journal entries that are not related to any of the other
journal types such as tax closing journal entries.
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