Expands README into a full ops guide covering: - Chart of accounts at a glance (4-digit ranges + examples) - Standard products catalog with SKUs and income routing - Fiscal positions with auto-detect rules - Three analytic plans + their tag conventions - Install / update / deploy / restore commands - Yearly close calendar (HST Mar 31, T2 Jun 30, SR&ED prep timeline) - Common tasks (add account, add product, add analytic, lock FY, reclassify invoice, pull SR&ED data) - Compliance flags (associated-corp SBD sharing, s.15(2) loans, transfer pricing, HST cadence triggers, specified-employee SR&ED cap) - Implementation scripts table (audit reference) - Open items checklist for future manual follow-ups Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Nexa Systems — Chart of Accounts Setup
Odoo 19 module that installs and maintains Nexa Systems Inc's chart of accounts, taxes, fiscal positions, analytic plans, partner records, and seeded standard products.
- Design reference:
docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-12-nexa-coa-design.md - Implementation plan:
docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-12-nexa-coa-setup.md - Target: odoo-nexa (192.168.1.111), database
nexamain
Chart of accounts at a glance
| Range | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
1010-1090 |
Cash & bank | 1010 Scotia 9309, 1030 BMO, 1040 RBC, 1070 Scotia CC, 1090 Suspense |
1100-1130 |
Accounts receivable | 1100 Customers, 1120 Due From Shareholder, 1130 Due From Associated Corps |
1210-1230 |
Tax assets | 1210 HST/GST ITC Receivable, 1220 Instalments, 1230 QST Refund |
1510-1750 |
Capital assets + accumulated depreciation | 1510 Computers (CCA 50), 1550 Software (CCA 14.1) |
2010-2130 |
Trade AP + sales tax | 2010 Vendors, 2110 HST Collected, 2120 QST Collected, 2130 Net Payable |
2210-2330 |
Payroll + corporate tax payable | 2210 Fed Tax W/H, 2220 CPP, 2230 EI |
2510-2590 |
Shareholder + intercompany | 2510 Due To Shareholder, 2520 Long-term Loan, 2590 Due To Associated |
3010-3590 |
Equity + retained earnings | 3010 Common Shares, 3510 RE Current Year, 3590 Dividends Declared |
4010-4050 |
Recurring revenue | 4010 SaaS, 4020 Hosting, 4030 Support, 4040 Domain Pass-through, 4050 Setup |
4110-4160 |
Project revenue | 4110 Custom Software, 4120 Web App, 4130 Website, 4140 ERP, 4150 Mobile |
4210-4230 |
Services revenue (hourly) | 4210 Consulting, 4220 Training, 4230 Tech Support |
4310-4320 |
Reseller revenue | 4310 Software resale, 4320 Hardware resale |
4910-4930 |
Revenue adjustments | 4910 Discounts, 4920 Returns, 4930 Bad Debt Recovery |
5010-5910 |
Direct costs (COGS) | 5010 Cloud Infrastructure, 5210 Sub Labour CA (SR&ED-eligible) |
6010-6092 |
Personnel — T4 employees | 6010 Dev salaries (SR&ED proxy base), 6040 Owner salary |
6110-6120 |
Contract labour (non-project) | 6110 Canadian, 6120 Foreign |
6210-6270 |
Office & facilities | 6210 Rent, 6220 Home Office, 6240 Internet & Phone |
6310-6350 |
Software subs (internal) | 6310 Productivity, 6320 Dev Tools, 6340 Security |
6410-6450 |
Marketing & sales | 6410 Digital Ads, 6450 Own Website |
6510-6540 |
Professional fees | 6510 Legal, 6520 Accounting, 6530 Tax Prep |
6610-6650 |
Insurance | 6620 Professional Liability / E&O, 6630 Cyber |
6710-6740 |
Travel & entertainment | 6710 Travel, 6720 M&E (50% deductible) |
6810-6840 |
Training & development | |
6910-6960 |
Banking & finance | 6910 Bank fees, 6920 Stripe/merchant, 6960 Late penalties (non-deductible) |
7010-7050 |
Other | 7010 Bad Debt, 7020 Donations, 7030 Fines (non-deductible), 7050 Depreciation |
Standard products (seeded)
All 14 starter products auto-route to the right income account via their category. Use as-is, duplicate to create variants, or override prices per customer/quote.
| SKU | Description | Default | Income → |
|---|---|---|---|
SAAS-BASIC |
SaaS Subscription — Basic | per-customer | 4010 |
HOST-S/M/L |
Hosting Small/Medium/Large | $49/$149/$299 mo | 4020 |
SUPPORT-RET |
Support Retainer (4 hrs/mo) | $640 mo | 4030 |
SETUP-FEE |
Setup / Onboarding Fee | $500 | 4050 |
DEV-SOFTWARE |
Custom Software Dev | $160 / hr | 4110 |
DEV-WEBAPP |
Custom Web App Dev | $160 / hr | 4120 |
DEV-WEBSITE |
Custom Website Dev | $160 / hr | 4130 |
ERP-IMPL |
ERP Implementation | $175 / hr | 4140 |
CONSULT |
Consulting & Advisory | $200 / hr | 4210 |
TRAINING |
Training & Workshop | $120 / hr | 4220 |
TECH-SUPPORT |
Technical Support — Hourly | $160 / hr | 4230 |
RESALE-SW |
Software License (template) | per-quote | 4310 |
Product file uses noupdate=1 so your price/description edits persist
across module updates.
Fiscal positions (automatic tax handling)
Tax routing is determined by customer billing address — you don't pick the tax manually on invoices.
| Position | Auto-applies to | Sales tax |
|---|---|---|
| CA — Ontario (Default) | ON customers | 13% HST |
| CA — Atlantic | NB, NS, PE, NL | 15% HST |
| CA — Quebec | QC | 5% GST + 9.975% QST |
| CA — BC | BC | 5% GST (PST handled per-product if applicable) |
| CA — Prairies / Territories | AB, MB, SK, YT, NT, NU | 5% GST |
| Export — US | All US customers | 0% (Zero-rated) |
| Export — International | Manual | 0% (Zero-rated) |
| Tax Exempt | Manual (cert-holders) | 0% |
Analytic plans
Three orthogonal tagging plans on every transaction:
| Plan | Tags | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Project | One per engagement (e.g. PRJ-2026-WESTIN-ERP) |
Project P&L, billable-hour realization, WIP |
| Department | DEPT-DEV, DEPT-SALES, DEPT-ADMIN, DEPT-HOSTING | Cost allocation, departmental P&L |
| SR&ED Tag | SRED-T4-DEV-SALARY, SRED-SPECIFIED-EMPLOYEE, SRED-CONTRACTOR-CA-ARM-LENGTH, SRED-CONTRACTOR-CA-NON-ARM-LENGTH, SRED-MATERIALS-CONSUMED, SRED-OVERHEAD-PROXY-BASIS, NOT-ELIGIBLE | T661 SR&ED filing |
Install / update
Always pg_dump first.
ssh odoo-nexa "STAMP=\$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S) && \
docker exec odoo-nexa-db pg_dump -U odoo -d nexamain -F c -Z 9 \
> /tmp/nexamain_\${STAMP}.dump"
scp odoo-nexa:/tmp/nexamain_*.dump ~/Backups/odoo-nexa/
Deploy module changes (Mac → server; rsync isn't available, use tar):
cd /Users/gurpreet/Github/Odoo-Modules && \
tar czf - nexa_coa_setup | \
ssh odoo-nexa "cd /opt/odoo/custom-addons && \
sudo rm -rf nexa_coa_setup && sudo tar xzf - && \
sudo chown -R 1000:1000 nexa_coa_setup"
Install (first time on a database):
ssh odoo-nexa "docker exec odoo-nexa-app odoo -c /etc/odoo/odoo.conf \
-d nexamain -i nexa_coa_setup --no-http --stop-after-init"
Update (after editing XML or hooks):
ssh odoo-nexa "docker exec odoo-nexa-app odoo -c /etc/odoo/odoo.conf \
-d nexamain -u nexa_coa_setup --no-http --stop-after-init"
Restore from backup (only if catastrophic):
DUMP=~/Backups/odoo-nexa/nexamain_<timestamp>.dump
scp "$DUMP" odoo-nexa:/tmp/
ssh odoo-nexa "docker exec odoo-nexa-db psql -U odoo -d postgres -c \
'DROP DATABASE nexamain;' && \
docker exec odoo-nexa-db psql -U odoo -d postgres -c \
'CREATE DATABASE nexamain OWNER odoo;' && \
cat $DUMP | docker exec -i odoo-nexa-db pg_restore -U odoo -d nexamain && \
docker restart odoo-nexa-app"
Yearly close calendar
Nexa is an annual HST filer and an annual T2 filer (fiscal year-end Dec 31).
| When | What | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | Confirm asset purchases for the year, assign correct CCA class accounts (1510-1560) | Class 50 hardware @ 55% DB (AccII = 82.5% Y1 through 2027). Class 14.1 software @ 100% Y1. |
| Jan-Feb | Pull SR&ED analytic report. Filter on SR&ED Tag analytic plan. Export. | Hand off to accountant for T661 prep. |
| Mar 31 | HST/GST annual return due. Line 105 = sum of 2110, Line 108 = sum of 1210 ITC. | Pay any net tax + first quarterly instalment if prior year > $3k. |
| Mar 31 | T2 balance due (CCPC). | T2 return itself is due June 30. |
| Mar-Apr | Set fiscalyear_lock_date to prior Dec 31 via Accounting > Configuration > Settings > Lock Dates. | Prevents accidental back-dating into closed period. |
| Jun 30 | T2 corporate income tax return due. Schedule 23 allocates SBD + SR&ED expenditure limits across Nexa / Westin / Divine. | Associated-group calculation. |
| Quarterly | Pay HST instalments (if prior net tax ≥ $3k). | Track via 1220 Instalments Paid. |
| Sep-Dec | Yearly review of intercompany pricing (Nexa ↔ Westin / Divine). | Transfer-pricing compliance — must be fair market value. |
Common tasks
Add a new GL account
- Append a
<record id="acct_NNNN" model="account.account">todata/01_account_account.xmlusing the next free 4-digit code in the relevant range. - Deploy +
-u(see Install/Update above). - Verify:
psql -d nexamain -c "SELECT code, name FROM ... WHERE code = 'NNNN';"
Add a new product
For ad-hoc / per-customer items, just create via UI:
- Sales > Products > New → set name, price, Product Category (this drives the income account).
- The fiscal position auto-applies tax when invoicing.
For new standard catalog items, append to data/11_products.xml (uses noupdate=1 so a re-install won't overwrite UI edits).
Add a new analytic account (project, department, SR&ED tag)
Projects are dynamic — create via UI:
- Accounting > Configuration > Analytic Accounting > Analytic Accounts > New
- Code:
PRJ-{YYYY}-{CUST}-{SHORTNAME}(e.g.PRJ-2026-WESTIN-ERP-PHASE2) - Plan: Customer Project
For departments or new SR&ED tags, edit data/06_account_analytic_account.xml + deploy + -u.
Set the fiscal year lock
Accounting > Configuration > Settings > Lock Dates > set Lock Date to Dec 31 of the prior fiscal year. Requires:
- All bank statement lines for the period reconciled / cleared / deleted
- Final accountant adjustments posted
The post_init_hook attempts this automatically at install but tolerates failure (logs a warning instead) — set it manually once the books are clean.
Reclassify a wrongly-categorized historical invoice line
Two ways:
- In place (no PDF change): SQL
UPDATE account_move_line SET account_id = <new_id> WHERE id = <line_id>;. Used inscripts/fix_invoice_1127.pyandscripts/reclass_historical_411000.pyas references. - Proper way (audit-trail clean): Reset invoice to draft, edit, re-post. Requires admin permissions + un-reconciling any payment first.
Pull SR&ED data at year-end
-- Eligible salaries summary
SELECT aa.code, aa.name, ROUND(SUM(aml.debit - aml.credit)::numeric, 2) AS amount
FROM account_move_line aml
JOIN account_analytic_line aal ON aal.move_line_id = aml.id
JOIN account_analytic_account aa ON aa.id = aal.account_id
JOIN account_analytic_plan ap ON ap.id = aa.plan_id
WHERE ap.name = 'SR&ED Tag'
AND aml.date BETWEEN '2026-01-01' AND '2026-12-31'
AND aa.code <> 'NOT-ELIGIBLE'
GROUP BY aa.code, aa.name
ORDER BY aa.code;
Plus pull eligible contractor invoices: customer = Nexa, vendor in Canada (arm's length), tagged SRED-CONTRACTOR-CA-ARM-LENGTH.
Compliance flags (do not forget)
- Associated corporations: Westin Healthcare Inc + Divine Mobility Inc share Nexa's $500k SBD limit and $3M SR&ED expenditure limit. Annual Schedule 23 filing allocates these across the group.
- Subsection 15(2): Shareholder loans outstanding > 1 year past fiscal year-end become taxable to Gurpreet personally. Track 2510 (short-term) vs 2520 (long-term commercial loan).
- Transfer pricing (s.247): Nexa invoicing Westin / Divine must be at fair market value. Document the methodology; penalty is 10% of any adjustment.
- GST/HST cadence: currently annual. Once Nexa-only revenue clears $1.5M, CRA auto-moves you to quarterly filing.
- QC QST registration: required if Nexa has any QC customers and revenue > $30k. Separate from federal CRA registration.
- Quick Method GST/HST: likely unavailable — the $400k threshold is checked against the associated-group total (Nexa + Westin + Divine combined).
- Specified employee SR&ED cap: Gurpreet's SR&ED-eligible salary is capped at 75% of basic salary (no bonuses), and only counts if paid via T4 payroll.
Implementation scripts (one-shot, idempotent)
All under scripts/ — preserved for audit reference; not run by the module
itself. Already executed against prod.
| Script | What it did |
|---|---|
fix_gl_codes.py |
Renumbered 119100/119900 → 115200/115900 and 511105 → 511100 |
convert_to_4digit.py |
Renumbered 128 Nexa accounts from 6-digit l10n_ca style to clean 4-digit |
convert_l10nca_to_4digit.py |
Renumbered 12 retained l10n_ca legacy accounts (Bank/AR/AP/HST) to 4-digit |
fix_invoice_1127.py |
Reclassified Entech invoice 1127's 17 lines + reassigned 14 product templates to proper categories |
reclass_historical_411000.py |
Batch-reclassified 200 historical invoice lines from legacy 411000 by keyword rules |
test_invoices.py |
End-to-end invoice tests (ON HST, US zero-rated, QC GST+QST, intercompany) |
Open items (manual follow-ups)
- Set fiscal year lock at 2025-12-31 once unreconciled bank statement lines are cleared
- Verify HST# format display on customer invoice PDFs (stored as
741224877RT0001; some Canadian accountants prefer741224877 RT0001with space — change via UI if needed) - When first T4 employee is hired: configure payroll (Wagepoint / ADP / Odoo Payroll), set up source deduction journal automation, decide on payroll cadence
- When first USD invoice arrives: add USD bank account (1020 reserved), enable currency_rate_live cron, configure multi-currency on company
- When asset count grows: install custom CCA module OR keep maintaining CCA schedule via accountant's spreadsheet