Every month, the same scene: a box of invoices, a USB stick, and an accountant retyping what you already typed once. The Almawarid Accounting module translates your documents into entries of the SCF, Algeria's financial accounting framework: your invoices, tills, purchases and payroll become journals, a trial balance and a general ledger that your accountant receives ready to check.
Double entry costs hours, and mistakes
In most Algerian small businesses, the books are kept twice. Once in the day's work, when you invoice, collect or pay a supplier; a second time at the accounting firm, when someone copies everything into the accounting software. Those hours of typing are paid for, and every copy is a chance to pick the wrong account or the wrong amount.
The manager, meanwhile, sees nothing before the closing. VAT collected this month, what customers still owe, what suppliers have been paid: everything waits for the file to come back from the firm. And when an invoice has been cancelled in the meantime, you still have to hope someone removed it from the ledger.
Your documents become entries, without retyping
Almawarid loads the SCF chart of accounts for your company and turns each document into a balanced accounting voucher, in the right journal: sales, purchases, cash, bank, payroll, miscellaneous operations. An issued invoice debits customer account 411 and credits sales, VAT collected and stamp duty; a cash payment goes through cash account 530, a transfer through bank account 512; a supplier invoice posts its deductible VAT to account 44566.
You decide, source by source, what gets posted: sales invoices, customer payments, closed till sessions, supplier invoices and payments, payroll. Each document has at most one voucher: recalculating the entries replaces, never duplicates, and removes the voucher of a cancelled invoice. Only miscellaneous operations are entered by hand, and an unbalanced one is refused.
What you and your accountant open
- Configuration: you switch the module on by accepting that you remain responsible for it, the SCF chart loads, existing documents are posted in one go, and the “Recalculate the entries” button brings the file up to date whenever you want.
- Journal: every voucher, numbered by journal and by year, filtered by period and by journal.
- Trial balance: for the chosen period, the opening carry-forward, debit and credit movements and the balance of each account; if it does not balance, a link opens the vouchers in question. Export to Excel or PDF.
- General ledger: one account line by line with its running balance, from the opening carry-forward to the closing balance.
- Purchases & expenses: your supplier invoices and overheads such as rent or electricity, with their expense account and VAT; the same number from the same supplier is refused.
What you gain
- Fewer hours of typing at the firm. The accountant checks a file that is already kept, instead of copying it.
- Monthly VAT you can read. At Standard level, the helper for the G50 monthly tax return brings together VAT collected and deductible, the credit carried forward, stamp duty to pay over and the IRG income tax withheld on salaries.
- A file you can export. Journal, trial balance and general ledger come out in Excel or PDF, for the period you choose.
- No duplicate vouchers. Each document produces at most one voucher, and recalculating never duplicates.
- Statement 104 prepared. At Standard level, the annual statement of sales to wholesale customers comes out with their tax numbers, and customers without one are flagged.
Who is it for?
The Accounting module is for small businesses that already invoice in Almawarid and want to reach their accountant with a file already kept, and for the accountants who support them and receive a file ready to check. It is in beta: entries and statements may still change, and your feedback is welcome.
- Trading companies and wholesalers
- Service companies and engineering firms
- Construction companies
- Accountants and firms supporting small businesses
- Shops equipped with a till
Frequently asked questions
Does the module replace my accountant?
No. It is a bookkeeping tool: it prepares the entries, you remain responsible for your accounts and tax returns, and your accountant checks them. The module is in fact switched on by explicitly accepting that responsibility.
Are the balance sheet and income statement produced?
Not yet. They are announced for the Standard level, with no date. Today the module produces the journals, trial balance, general ledger, the G50 helper and Statement 104.
Do the entries update on their own?
They are generated when you switch the module on, then each time you click “Recalculate the entries”; a supplier invoice entered under “Purchases & expenses” is posted straight away. No document is ever counted twice.
What happens to a voucher that does not balance?
An automatic voucher is never saved unbalanced: any gap goes to suspense account 471, visible and to be cleared. A miscellaneous operation typed by hand is refused until debit and credit are equal.
Does the G50 helper replace the tax return?
No. It takes the figures from your entries to help you fill in the form; the return remains yours. For your exact tax situation, check with your accountant or the tax administration.
See the Accounting module on your own business
Bring a month of invoices and your accountant's latest trial balance to the demo: we switch accounting on with your documents, and you compare the trial balance you get with his.
- The demo. An advisor shows you the Accounting module on your own business, online and on your screen, and answers your questions. Request a demo.
- The trial version. It is switched on with an advisor during the demo, on your own account: your real products, your real customers, and 14 days to work in it. Create your account to request it.
- The customisation workshops. During the trial, we adapt the screens, documents and settings with you to the way you work. These workshops are free.
The Accounting module is switched on on request: ask for it during the demo, the advisor gives you its price, and you only pay if you decide to continue. The base plans are on the pricing page (in French).
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