---
title: "Accounting - Finance setup"
description: "This article explains how to configure the finance setup in Financial"
url: https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/267-accounting-finance-setup
collection: "Accounting (guides)"
updated: 2026-06-11
language: en
alternates: [da]
---

# Accounting - Finance setup

This article explains how to configure the finance setup in Financial

Start by opening "Financial" in the menu in the left corner.

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Then click "Setup" and select "Finance setup"

You can also search for "Finance setup" by clicking the search field in the upper left corner.

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NOTE: if you cannot find "Finance setup", it is because you have not been granted permission for it. In that case, you can contact support to get access.

Under "Finance setup", the following items must be addressed:

-   Accounting name (can be changed under "Financial" → "Setup" → "Accounting names")
    
-   First balance account
    
-   Global voucher series
    
-   Default sales account
    
-   Default discount account
    
-   Default sales account without VAT
    
-   Default used-goods sales account
    
-   Default cash account
    
-   Default bank account
    
-   Default gift card account
    
-   Rounding account
    
-   Default payout offset account
    
-   Default customer account
    
-   Inventory - increase
    
-   Inventory - decrease
    
-   Default cost of goods account
    
-   Default supplier account
    
-   Cash overage
    
-   Cash shortage
    
-   Default credit note account
    
-   Year-end result account (must be set up to perform year-end closing in Sapera)
    
-   Opening time (applies only to businesses that are open at night)
    
-   Invoice posting journal
    
-   Purchase invoice posting journal
    
-   Default payment option
    
-   Automatically settle invoice (applies only to webshops)
    
-   Send journals to Winkas (applies only to Winkas)
    

The accounts you enter will also be the accounts the product categories have by default (the individual account(s) can also be changed under the respective product category).

If you have more than one department (organizational unit), they can also be configured individually by selecting the respective department in the upper left corner.

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REMEMBER to finish by clicking "Save"

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**Want to know more?**

Read more in these related articles:

[

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](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/268.md)[

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](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/271.md)[

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](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/68.md)