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Pay with SEPA
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SEPA, the Single Euro Payments Area, is a payment-integration initiative
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of the European union for simplification of bank transfers denominated
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in EURO. SEPA allows you to send payment orders to your bank to automate
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bank wire transfer.
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SEPA is supported by the banks of the 28 EU member states as well as
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Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino.
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With Odoo, once you decide to pay a vendor, you can select to pay the
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bill with SEPA. Then, at the end of the day, the manager can generate
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the SEPA file containing all bank wire transfers and send it to the
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bank.
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By default,the file follows the SEPA Credit Transfer **'pain.001.001.03'**
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specifications. This is a well-defined standard that makes consensus
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among banks. However, according to the country set on your company,
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another format can be used : **'pain.001.001.03.ch.02'** for Switzerland
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and **'pain.001.003.03'** for Germany.
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Once the payments are processed by your bank, you can directly import
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the account statement inside Odoo. The bank reconciliation process will
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seamlessly match the SEPA orders you sent to your bank with actual bank
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statements.
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Configuration
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Install the required module
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To pay suppliers with SEPA, you must install the **SEPA Credit Transfer**
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module. This module handle the process of generating SEPA files based on
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Odoo payments.
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.. note::
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According to your country and the chart of account you use, this module may
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be installed by default.
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Activate SEPA payment methods on banks
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In order to allow payments by SEPA, you must activate the payment method
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on related bank journals. From the accounting dashboard (the screen you
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get when you enter the accounting application), click on "More" on your
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bank account and select the "Settings" option.
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To activate SEPA, click the **Advanced Settings** tab and, in the **Payment
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Methods** part of the **Miscellaneous** section, check the box **Sepa Credit
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Transfer**.
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Make sure to specify the IBAN account number (domestic account number
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won't work with SEPA) and the BIC (bank identifier code) on your bank
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journal.
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.. note::
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By default, the payments you send using SEPA will use your company name as
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initiating party name. This is what appears on the recipient's bank statement
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in the **payment from** field. You can customize it in your company settings,
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in the tab **Configuration**, under the **SEPA** section.
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.. image:: ./media/sepa01.png
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:align: center
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Pay with SEPA
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Register your payments
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You can register a payment that is not related to a supplier bill. To do
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so, use the top menu :menuselection:`Purchases --> Payments`. Register your
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payment and select a payment method by Sepa Credit Transfer.
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If it's the first time you pay this vendor, you will have to fill in the
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Recipient Bank Account field with, at least, the bank name, IBAN and BIC
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(Bank Identifier Code). Odoo will automatically verify the IBAN format.
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For future payments to this vendor, Odoo will propose you automatically
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the bank accounts but you will be able to select another one or create a
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new one.
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If you pay a specific supplier bill, put the reference of the bill in
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the **memo** field.
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.. image:: ./media/sepa02.png
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:align: center
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Once your payment is registered, don't forget to Confirm it. You can
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also pay vendor bills from the bill directly using the Register Payment
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button on top of a vendor bill. The form is the same, but the payment is
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directly linked to the bill and will be automatically reconciled to it.
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Generate SEPA files
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From your accounting dashboard, you should see if there are SEPA files
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to generate for every bank account.
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.. image:: ./media/sepa03.png
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:align: center
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Click on the link to check all the payments that are ready to transfer
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via SEPA. Then, select all the payments you want to send (or check the
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top box to select all payment at once) and click on :menuselection:`More -->
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Download SEPA Payments`.
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.. image:: ./media/sepa04.png
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:align: center
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Troubleshooting
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The bank refuses my SEPA file
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Ask your bank if they support the **SEPA Credit Transfer specification**
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(the SEPA pain version depends on the country set on your company). If
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they don't, or cannot provide relevant informations, please forward the
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error message to your Odoo partner.
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There is no Bank Identifier Code recorded for bank account ...
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In order to send a SEPA payment, the recipient must be identified by a
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valid IBAN and BIC. If this message appear, you probably encoded an IBAN
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account for the partner you are paying but forgot to fill in the BIC
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field.
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.. seealso::
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- :doc:`check`
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- :doc:`../../bank/setup/bank_accounts`
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- :doc:`../../bank/reconciliation/use_cases`
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