Revised SYSCOHADA chart
The revised 2017 SYSCOHADA chart, classes 1 to 9, which you extend with your own accounts.
No double entry of the same thing
An invoice issued is already a journal entry. The accountant reviews and adjusts instead of retyping.
The framework they expect
Revised 2017 SYSCOHADA chart of accounts, classes 1 to 9, and statements bearing the framework’s own headings.
Periods that actually close
A locked period is sealed by a chain of fingerprints: its entries stop moving, and reopening it requires a reason, kept in a register.
What you will see when you open it
Screenshots taken on our demo shop, with sample data. Tap a screen to enlarge it.
The accounting centre
The period’s figures, the pre-closing checks and what is left to deal with, Biddew’s review of the month, and a way to bring in history from another software.
- 1Bring in history from Odoo, Sage or a spreadsheet
- 2Income and costs for the period
- 3The pre-closing checks
- 4Biddew’s review of the month
Journal entries
The ones trading posted and the ones you typed or imported, each in its journal, with the page’s debit and credit totals.
- 1Debit and credit, always balanced
- 2An entry by hand, or imported
- 3Each entry’s journal
- 4A correction, by reversal
The trial balance
For every account: opening, movements and balance. General, customers or suppliers, by class or by nature, compared with the previous year.
- 1General, customers or suppliers
- 2Compare with the previous year
- 3The classes of the SYSCOHADA chart
- 4The balance check
The ledger, on a phone
By account, in full or by party, over the chosen period, with the totals always in view.
- 1The chart’s classes, in one tap
- 2Debit and credit balanced
- 3The totals, always in view
The closing assistant
Everything to check before closing the year, in order, and every step leads to the screen that settles it.
- 1The next step, always shown
- 2Close, once everything is checked
- 3Every check, done or to deal with
- 4The screen that settles the step
How it works
Pick a step to see what it sets off along the way.
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SYSCOHADA chart revised 2017
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- Sale
- Purchase
- Payment, expense
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The entry is posted as soon as it is recorded
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at the same time
- Ledger and trial balance
- Balance sheet and P&L
- VAT
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Period locked sealed
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Set the chart
The starting SYSCOHADA chart, extended with your own accounts.
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Let trading do the posting
Sales, purchases, collections and expenses produce their entries.
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Produce the statements
Trial balance, ledger, balance sheet and P&L over the period, ready for the firm.
What you can do with it
Automatic entries
Sales, receipts, purchases, returns, collections and expenses post their entry as soon as they are recorded. The rest are typed, imported or drafted by Biddew.
The entry, explained
On request, Biddew explains an entry in plain words, every figure checked against the entry itself.
Ledger, trial balance and statements
By account or by party, with matching. Balance sheet and P&L by SYSCOHADA heading, with the previous year alongside.
VAT and withholding
Output and input VAT split by rate with their bases, a return per period to download as PDF, and the withholding tax register.
Guided closing
An assistant walks through what must be checked, in order. Opening balances carry into the next year.
Fixed assets, cost accounting, budgets
Assets and their depreciation schedule, cost centres applied to every entry, and budget against actual.
For your accountant
The year in FEC format, the DSF tax return, and share links with an expiry date and a password if needed.
What the module includes
Accounting and invoicing
- Entries posted automatically
- SYSCOHADA chart of accounts and journals
- Year-end closing assistant
- General ledger, trial balance and matching
- Bank reconciliation
- Balance sheet, income statement and cash-flow statement
- DSF tax return, VAT and withholdings
- Customisable invoice templates
SYSCOHADA, not an adapted chart
Tools designed for Europe offer a French chart you then have to bend. Here the starting framework is the revised 2017 SYSCOHADA, with its classes 1 to 9 and the labels your accountant already uses. VAT follows the rate in force, and the balance sheet, P&L, cash-flow statement and DSF return carry the framework’s headings. Wave and Orange Money payments have their electronic money account.
Common questions
Can my accountant work inside it?
Yes. A default Accountant role is provided, with no access to the till or to accounting settings, and you can build a custom role that only opens accounting.
Can entries be edited?
A posted entry is never edited: it is corrected by a reversal and a new entry, with a reason, while its period is open. Once the period is locked, it is sealed.
Can I export for my firm?
Yes: statements and entry detail export to Excel and PDF, the whole year comes out in FEC format, and you can send your firm a secure link, with an expiry date and a password if needed.
Works with
The modules talk to each other: what happens here shows up there, with nothing typed twice.
SYSCOHADA accounting
Ledger, balance sheet, VAT
- Cash & expenses Every treasury account has its class 5 account, its journal and statements to reconcile.
- Invoicing & quotes Every invoice and every payment posts its accounting entry.
- Reports & insights Automatic sends can deliver the health check of your books.
- Documents & filing A receipt attaches to its accounting entry.
- Read documents & assisted books Biddew explains an entry, suggests one from a sentence, and reviews the month.
