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[Ferdinand Gassauer <office@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2014-04-01 16:12, Bidoul, Stéphane wrote:
> Thank you all for the feedback and Frédéric for the detailed 
> explanation on the functional background for this constraint.
>
> I'll consider preparing a merge proposal to make the check optional 
> depending on a flag on the journal (Check Date in Fiscal Year, similar 
> to the existing Check Date in Period).
May be I miss something
if "Check Date in Period" is successful  "Check Date in Fiscal Year" 
must be successful too !?

> Best regards,
>
> -sbi
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Frédéric Clementi 
> <frederic.clementi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:frederic.clementi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     @ Robin @DP ...
>
>     Posting invoices/expenses to a prior period is still allowed what
>     we want to block is to do this on a previous *fiscal year*.
>
>     However, legally, you are correct there is not issue removing this
>     constraint since this is the period which is important not the date.
>
>     But, saying that, I do not count the number of times customers
>     called us complaining about financial reports because they printed
>     report by date and then by fiscal year and noticed differences.
>
>     I have also been asked many times why webkit financial reports do
>     not compute initial balance when date filters are used...
>
>     It is a fact : Most of OpenERP finance users are not accounting
>     specialist. Users expect adequation between date and fiscalyear
>     (even period sometimes).
>
>     OpenERP is great for its flexibility but for accounting purposes
>     most people dare to make mistake and want a work frame.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     Cordialement,*
>
>
>
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>
>     2014-03-31 9:35 GMT+02:00 Lorenzo Battistini
>     <lorenzo.battistini@xxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:lorenzo.battistini@xxxxxxxxxxx>>:
>
>         On 03/28/2014 05:17 PM, Bidoul, Stéphane wrote:
>
>             Hi experts!
>
>             In module account_constraints, there is a check that the
>             date of the move is in the same fiscal year as the period.
>
>             Here in Belgium I meet accountants saying that, while
>             exceptional, it is perfectly valid to enter a supplier
>             invoice with a date in previous fiscal year while forcing
>             the period in current fiscal year.
>
>             How would you recommend dealing with this situation?
>             Should account_constraints be split in more granular
>             modules implementing subsets of constraints so we can
>             chose the one that are applicable in our regions?
>
>
>         Hello Stéphane,
>         otherwise, you could make the constraints optional, based on
>         company or user group settings.
>
>         Regards
>
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