Comment 2 for bug 750308

Hi Frederic,

It is critical - in our opinion - that open invoices are able to be brought in to the system - and the opening entries wizard is not sufficient. We've received feedback from many organization's Chief Financial Officer's and accountants that OpenERP is deficient in this area. Many of the other commercial ERP systems allow users to bring in "open" invoices and their history. This would enable OpenERP to accurately show the status of any invoice: closed, open, draft, etc in the right state.

The primary issue is that in some countries (the US being one) - you need to actually bring in the invoice detail - in particular because you have to retain "payment terms" on the invoices. This invoice detail is also required when dealing with more complex invoice payments - where for instance a national parent is making a payment across several of their children - and children's children. E.g. GE corporate is making a payment for the parent, a child and a child of a child. If you are missing some of the invoices - it is a nightmare to reconcile.

So . . . we do not agree with the assessment that the opening entry wizard is sufficient. It is only sufficient in the simpliest organization . . . and does not stand-up to IRS(revenue service) audit here in the US.

See the attached workflow as an example.