DATEV Format .csv Import

The module “datev_import_csv_dtvf” enables the import of DATEV journal entries into Odoo. Possible use cases include:

• DATEV journal entries from payroll and salary accounting
• DATEV journal entries in the context of annual financial statements
• DATEV journal entries in the context of reallocations by the tax consultant
• DATEV journal entries in the context of depreciation (AfA) bookings by the tax consultant
• DATEV journal entries in the context of loans

Currently, the following limitations exist:

• DATEV journal entries containing tax-related booking keys require adjustments in Odoo
• Under certain circumstances, DATEV journal entries on creditor and debtor accounts may also be affected.

Table of contents

Requirements

1. Make sure your user has group ‘Full accounting features’
2. Check if the file you want to import into Odoo is DATEV format .csv (move lines start is line 3)
3. Check the description in order to check if your use case is supported
4. Take care of the limitation to import account moves with taxes

DATEV Import

1. Go to Accounting/Actions/DATEV Import
2. Upload your DATEV format .csv file from your tax advisor
3. Take care the file format is “DATEV Format .csv” (old version: Generic CSV)
4. Take care your file encoding fits to the provided file (usually “Western (Windows-1252)”), if it is the original file from your tax advisor
5. Optionally you may activate “Post Journal Entry” in order to immidiately confirm the created Journal Entry
6. Select the mandatory journal (f.e. “Payroll Account Moves”), usually the journal type will be “Miscellaneous”
7. Enter optionally the “Force Date” field ((will be the field “Date” in your Journal Entry)
8. Enter the mandatory field “Reference” (will be the field “Reference” in your Journal Entry)
9. Enter optionally the field “Force Label” (will be the field “Name” in your Journal Items)
10. Finally click on “Run Import”

If everyting works fine, you should now see your created Journal Entry in draft (execept you activated “Post Journal Entry”)

Typical issue

If accounts doesen’t exist in Odoo the wizard may interrupt and show you potential missing accounts.

In this case you have to ensure to create the missing accounts in Odoo.

Contributors

• Holger Brunn <mail@hunki-enterprises.com> (https://hunki-enterprises.com)

Maintainers

This module is maintained by the OCA.

OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and promote its widespread use.

This module is part of the OCA/l10n-germany project on GitHub.

You are welcome to contribute. To learn how please visit https://odoo-community.org/page/Contribute.