Irish Legal Accounts

Overview

The Irish Legal Accounts configuration provides a fully localised accounting environment for Irish legal practices.

It includes:

  • Euro base currency
  • Irish VAT codes with VAT 3 alignment
  • Law Society - compliant control reports
  • Matter exception monitoring

Currency

Base Currency: € (Euro)

All transactions, ledgers and reports display the Euro symbol.

VAT (Ireland)

VAT functionality is aligned with requirements of the Revenue Commissioners.

Included 

  • Irish VAT codes (Standard, Reduced, Zero, Exempt)
  • Reverse Charge VAT for EU services
  • VAT report aligned to VAT 3 format
The VAT report provides all required totals for manual VAT 3 submission where direct filing is not enabled.

Matter Exception Monitoring

Two pre-configured views are available in the Matter List Report:

Matters with Credit Office Ledger

Identifies matters where the Office Ledger shows a credit balance.

Matters with Overdrawn Client Ledger

Identifies matters where the Client Ledger is in debit.

These views support compliance monitoring.

Client Control Report

Designed in line with the requirements of the Law Society of Ireland.

When run between a selected start and end date, the report shows:

  • Opening balance (as at start date)
  • Chronological transaction listing
  • Running balance
  • Closing balance

Office Control Report

Structured identically to the Client Control Report, applied to the Office Ledger.

Includes:

  • Opening balance
  • Transaction listing
  • Running balance
  • Closing balance

Summary of Irish Localisation

Euro currency throughout

✔ Irish VAT Codes and VAT 3 alignment

✔ Law Society - compliant control reporting

✔ Matter exception monitoring