News Banana Accounting Dev-Channel March 2021

News • 18/03/2021 •
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Welcome to the March 2021 news of the Banana Accounting Dev-Channel version. There are several improvements that we are sure you will appreciate.

With the Banana Dev-Channel version, Banana Accounting Plus users can try out a preview of the new features that our development team is working on. These are features that are in the development phase, which can still change. We invite users to give us feedback so that we can improve these features in view of the final release. For the installation and use of the Dev-Channel version, please refer to the Banana Insider Program page. For the moment the Dev-Channel is only available for Windows.

Thanks to the subscription system, it is now possible for us to respond faster to the requests of our users and to release progressive changes, with a minimum impact for the users. We invite those who are still using a previous version to take advantage of the possibility to try Banana Plus free of charge for at least 1 month. The customers who are using it tell us that they are very satisfied with it, also the new version shows your previous and favorite files right away, the transition is very simple.

Here are the main features introduced in the new version 10.0.8 Dev Channel:

One-row Reverse Charge Transaction

Recording purchases of services obtained abroad is now much easier thanks to the Reverse Charge. In the VAT Code column of the Transactions table, you can insert two VAT codes, one for VAT tax liability and one for deduction. In just one row of accounting you conclude the operation.

The operation is compensated. The values in the columns of the VAT percentage, taxable amount and VAT amount are preceded by the sign "+/-" to indicate that the amounts are compensated for accounting purposes.  In the account cards and in the VAT declaration, on the other hand, the amounts are separated by the VAT debit and credit codes.

banana setting dialog group of accounts

Commands and shortcuts for moving rows up and down

In version 10.0.6 we introduced the new "ctrl+D" shortcut to duplicate rows.

Now we introduced these new commands:

  • Alt+Up Arrow. Moves the current row or the selected ones up.
  • Alt+Down Arrow. Move the current row or the selected ones down.

If you select several vertical cells, the program moves all the rows. You can then quickly move blocks of rows.

New shortcuts to return to the previous position

  • Alt + Left Arrow the cursor moves to the previous position.
  • Alt + Right Arrow the cursor returns to the previous position.

Open files Combo box: fast switching from one file to another

In the toolbar we have inserted a combo box with the open files and the possibility to quickly switch from one account to another.

banana setting dialog group of accounts

New Appearance Menu

In the Window menu, there is a submenu Appearance that lets you choose:

  • Interface elements to display.
    Very useful for those who work on laptops and want to have more line space.
  • Display Theme.
    You can choose from:
    • System Default.
      Automatically resumes the display set in the operating system.
    • Light.
      White background and dark lettering.
    • Dark.
      Dark background and white lettering.

Schermata interfaccia con nuovo menu aspetto

Cash Flow Statement and Financial Analysis (Advanced Plan)

The Financial Statement Analysis extension reclassifies the financial statement, calculates financial ratios and offers the possibility to obtain your own cash flow analysis.

Balance Sheet Indices and Reclassifications

With this functionality you generate Report with Financial indices and Financial Charts. Thus you quickly have the information you need to evaluate your company's financial situation and make comparisons with others.

It adapts to any type of chart of accounts. The first time you have to set up the groups, then in a moment you have a complete report with the reclassified balance sheet, xxx indexes and on-screen graphs of the evolution.

banana setting dialog group of accounts

Cash Flow Statement

Using this extension you can also obtain your own Cash flow analysis in a simple and fast way, in order to have the information about the positive and negative changes in liquidity as a result of management, with reference to a given period of time.

It adapts to any type of chart of accounts. You have to just set up the groups, identify the investments in your transactions, and then you automatically get the detailed analysis and other ratios.

Table cashflow analysis

Other modifications

  • Extensions can have the @visibility = true attribute. In this case the commands are visualized in the menu, only if the extension is linked to the file.
  • The Banana.application.license javascript API also returns the property isWithinMaxFreeLines.
  • [Correction] When creating a new empty accounting file or starting from a file, the "Links" column is not created in the Transactions table. When you open a file that has the Links column, it is deleted and the data is copied to the DocLink column.