The company’s chart of accounts can be viewed and modified in Management > Accounting info > Chart of accounts.
Account schemes
When a new Procountor environment is created, the default chart of accounts that will be automatically generated for the environment is the basic chart of accounts, which is based on the Finnish Financial Administration Union's basic account scheme.
When creating the environment, it’s also possible to choose real estate or union account scheme instead of the basic chart of accounts. The chart of accounts can also be copied from another Procountor environment the user creating the new environment has access to. More information on setting up a new environment can be found here.
Things to note concerning the account scheme
- By default, the chart of accounts is created in Finnish. If the chart of accounts is needed in Swedish or English, please contact Procountor customer service at asiakaspalvelu@procountor.com before setting up the environment. Unfortunately, at the moment it is not possible to translate already existing charts of accounts to English and Swedish. Therefore, the reporting needs have to be carried out using report formulas. Alternatively, it is possible to set up a new environment that is created with the English or Swedish chart of accounts in the beginning.
- If the environment has been set up with the basic account scheme and afterwards it turns out that the company needs to have real estate or union account scheme, please contact Procountor customer service.
- Note! It is recommended that all account values are set to zero before changing the chart of accounts. If there are entries in the accounts, it may cause problems when the chart of accounts is changed.
- If the structure of accounting reports needs to be different from the structure of chart of accounts (for example, some accounts need to be shown in different account groups on the reports than where they actually are in chart of accounts), these kind of changes need to be implemented using report formulas. More information on creating report formulas can be found here.
- Show balance sheet accounts button shows which accounts are selected as balance sheet accounts. The accounts cannot be modified yet but the possibility will come in the near future.
Printing and viewing chart of accounts
HTML button opens the report in HTML format in a new browser window, from which it can be printed out or saved. Either all accounts or only accounts that have been used (accounts that have entries and/or that have been set as default accounts) can be chosen to be displayed in the HTML export.
Excel button opens the entire chart of accounts in Excel in CSV format.
The chart of accounts can be viewed also through Chart of accounts view using the arrow buttons in front of each account group name. By clicking on the arrow button, you can drill down to lower levels and sub accounts. Once a certain row is activated, the key board’s arrow buttons can be used to move down or upwards in the chart of accounts. Arrow button pointing to the right opens up the account group and arrow button to the left closes it.
Edit chart of accounts
You can add and delete accounts or change their names by clicking on the Edit chart of accounts button. Clicking on the button will open the Edit chart of accounts view.
Adding an account
- Using the arrow buttons in front of account group names, drill down to the account group to which you want to add a sub account.
- Once you have the correct account group activated, click on the Add sub account button found at the top of the view.
- Fill in the account number and name in the New account window that opens and click on Continue. The length of the account number needs to be 4 digits, unless using long account numbers (5 or 6 digits) has been enabled for the company. If long account numbers need to be enabled for the company, please contact Procountor customer service.
- Save changes by clicking on Save. The added sub account is first shown as the last account in the group it’s been added to, but once changes are saved, it will be shown in its correct place (based on the account number). If there are a lot of changes made to the chart of accounts at the same time, it’s recommended to save changes every now and then while editing.
Editing an account
- Using the arrow buttons in front of account group names, drill down to the sub account you want to edit.
- Once you have the correct sub account activated, click on the Edit button found at the top of the view.
- Make the changes in the Edit account window that opens and click on Continue. Please note that changing an account name also affects the existing accounting entries, which means that the new name will be shown also on the previous periods’ reports.
- Save changes by clicking on Save.
When modifying the name of an account that has entries and/or has been set as a default account, Procountor nofities the user about this when clicking on Continue. This notification can be skipped by clicking on OK.
Deleting an account
1. Before deleting the account, make sure that there are no entries in the accout, or that the account has been set as a default account in posting defaults (Management > Accounting info > Posting defaults):
- General account posting defaults
- Default postings for travel/expense invoices
- Default salary postings
- Bank statement posting defaults
- Default postings for reference payments
- Default posting for taxes
- Default receivable and payable accounts (Management > Accounting info > Chart of accounts > Show receivable and payable accounts button)
2. After making sure that the account is not default account and that there are no entries in the account, the account can be deleted.
3. Drill down to the sub account you want to delete by using the arrow buttons in front of account group names
4. Once you have the correct sub account activated, click on the Delete button found at the top of the view.
5. In the verification window that opens (”Attention! Are you sure you want to delete this account?”, choose Yes (or No, if the chosen account isn’t the one that’s supposed to be deleted). Please note, that it’s not possible to delete an account that has entries and/or has been set as a default account (note step 1 in these instructions).
6. Save changes by clicking on Save.
Other buttons
Show balance sheet accounts
- In the future it is possible to select which accounts are going to be taken into account as balance sheet accounts.
- As default Procountor takes all account which start with 1 an 2 as balance sheet accounts.
- The button is still under development and it will be published in the near future.
Show receivable and payable accounts
- It is possible to edit which accounts are taken as receivable and payable accounts in Reconciliation report for open invoices
- As default Procountor will take accounts 1700 for receivables and 2880 for payables.
- The accounts that are shown in Reconciliation accounts view are the accounts that are taken into account as sales and purchase reconciliation reports. If new accounts should be added click Add button and if accounts should be removed click Remove button.
Model templates of default account schemes
By default, the chart of accounts is created in Finnish. If the chart of accounts is needed in Swedish or English, please contact Procountor customer service at asiakaspalvelu@procountor.com before setting up the environment.
Basic chart of accounts, Excel
Real estate chart of accounts, PDF
Real estate chart of accounts, Excel
Union’s chart of accounts, PDF
Union’s chart of accounts, Excel
Default chart for new environments after Procountor version update November 17, 2018
In Procount's version update in November 2018, some new accounts were added to the default chart of accounts. These accounts will appear only in new environments that have been set up after November 17, 2018 and changes have not been made to existing environments in Procountor:
Group 170:
1710 Myyntisaamiset vanha järjestelmä
1720 Korttisaamiset
Group 176:
1765 ALV-saamiset
1777 Selvittelytili
Group 295:
2952 Palkkojen jaksotus
Group 500:
5330 Palkkojen jaksotus
Group 720:
7230 Toimitilavuokrat
7250 Varastovuokrat
7270 Autotalli- ja autopaikkavuokrat
Group 750:
7520 Ajoneuvovuokrat
Group 764:
7650 Atk-laite ja ohjelm. vuokrat
Group 771:
7720 Kone- ja kalustovuokrat
Group 845:
8451 Puhelin- ja tietoliikennekulut
8452 Vakuutukset ja vahingonkorvaukset
8453 Toimisto- ja hallintokulut
8455 Muut hallintokulut