Bug 49533

Summary:	Libreoffice needs double-entry accounting
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Lars Karlsson <mintlars>
Component:	Libreoffice	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	medium	CC:	iplaw67, suokunlong
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:	BSA
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Lars Karlsson 2012-05-05 06:05:50 UTC

Problem description: 
Libreoffice is a wonderful office suite for most peoples office-needs. However, for people who run their own businesses, Libreoffice lacks one crucial module: accounting.

There are already some open source accounting applikations like Gnucash and KMyMoney, but these are lacking in a lot of ways which makes it neccessary to use other applications as well for invoicing and handling customers and suppliers. Libreoffice is a great suite for handling a lot of things the current accounting software don't do so well. In fact, accounting is pretty much the only crucial thing lacking in Libreoffice to extend it from being a mere office suite to being a business suit.

An accounting module would, in other words, make Libreoffice even better than it is today and also a step to be a serious competitor to not only Microsofts Office suite, but also all the different closed source software which are used in businesses. 

Wishlist of what it should do:
1. Conform to international bookkeeping standards (double-entry accounting should be preferred because of this)
2. Be fully integrated with other Libreoffice modules. For example, customers and suppliers could be handled in Base databases, invoices could use spreadsheet templates from Calc etc.
3. Be easy enough to use for new businesses. Gnucash is great here in it's optional use of typical accounting nomencalture, like debit and credit.

Comment 1 Roman Eisele 2012-05-26 09:27:51 UTC

This is a feature/enhancement request, therefore changing the Importance field accordingly.

Comment 2 Kevin Suo 2014-02-17 08:21:42 UTC

This is really an interesting request. I dont think TDF has the resources for this feature at this momonment.

Comment 3 Kevin Suo 2014-02-17 08:27:18 UTC

Also, once some dev person decide to work on this feature, I would like to do the specialized accounting glossary issues, as well as zh_CN translation work, since I am an accountant.

Comment 4 Alex Thurgood 2015-01-03 17:38:51 UTC

Adding self to CC if not already on

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