Odoo: when accounting is only one part of the system.
Sales, purchases, stock, projects, subscriptions, and the accounts filling themselves in behind. It is powerful, and that is exactly why an approximate setup is expensive. We work in Odoo, including for ourselves.
An accountant’s work, in a tool that was not designed for the accountant first.
Swiss chart of accounts, VAT codes, QR-bill, camt.053 bank statements. We check that the localisation is the one of the country where you are taxed, which is not always the case after a quick installation.
Odoo’s VAT codes sit on items, on accounts and on fiscal positions. Three places, so three chances to get it wrong. We check them before the first return, not after.
Since version 17, the Swissdec certification is built into the standard version, which allows the unified ELM filing. We set up the rules, the rates and the withholding tax.
Odoo’s automatic entries are numerous and silent. Closing the year largely consists of reading them back: that is where we spend the most time, and that is where we find things.
Six points explain most Odoo books that do not add up.
- The fiscal positions and the default VAT codes on items and accounts.
- The journals and suspense accounts, often created by an import and never cleared.
- Bank reconciliation: the automatic matching models that post to the wrong account.
- The inventory entries and the stock valuation method.
- The installed modules that write into the accounts without anyone knowing.
- The fiscal year and the lock dates, when they were never set.
We keep our own books in Odoo. We know where it breaks.
That is not a sales line, it is a difference in kind. A firm that only opens Odoo to read a general ledger will not see where an automatic entry came from. We see the module that wrote it, and we know what to change so it does not happen again.
Does Odoo suit a small Swiss company?
It suits you when accounting is not the main subject: if you handle stock, projects, subscriptions or an online shop, keeping everything in one place makes sense. For accounting alone, it is disproportionate.
Is Swiss payroll covered?
Since version 17, the Swissdec certification is built into the standard version. We still check the actual setup of your installation before the first filing: a certified version badly set up still produces wrong notifications.
Do you also work on an Odoo installed by someone else?
Yes, and that is the most frequent case. We start with a review of the accounting and tax setup, without touching the rest. Whatever we do not change, we flag to you.
And if our Odoo has been customised?
That is the first thing to look at. A customisation that writes into the accounts changes what the ledger says. We list the non-standard modules before taking the file over, and we say which ones create an accounting problem.
We also work with the other tools used in French-speaking Switzerland.
- Frequently asked questions
- Does Odoo suit a small Swiss company?
- Is Swiss payroll covered?
- Do you also work on an Odoo installed by someone else?
- Compare Swiss accounting software
And if yours is not on this list, the question is not whether we know it, but whether your data comes out of it cleanly. Tell us which one it is.
An Odoo that does not add up?
Tell us what state it is in. The estimate accounts for the setup to be reworked, not only for the volume.