Odoo, the accounting software everyone is talking about

Odoo, the accounting software everyone is talking about

Published on Oct 28, 2026

Odoo appeals to many companies in Luxembourg because of the wide range of features it offers. Accounting, invoicing, CRM, sales, purchasing, inventory management, human resources and project management can all be brought together within a single environment. Odoo is an ERP (Enterprise Resource ...

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Goodwill in Luxembourg

Goodwill in Luxembourg

Published on Oct 15, 2026

Under Luxembourg accounting rules, goodwill is governed by Article 59 of the amended Law of 19 December 2002. Goodwill may only be recognised as an asset if it has been acquired for consideration. Internally generated goodwill cannot therefore be recognised on the balance sheet. The statutory ...

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Cash accounting or accrual accounting?

Updated on Sep 7, 2026

This article details when accrual accounting or cash accounting applies in Luxembourg, for direct taxation and for VAT, including the EUR 100,000 accounting threshold and the EUR 500,000 option for taxation on receipts.

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Company Size Category

Published on Nov 11, 2024

The Luxembourg's accounting law distinguishes between three categories of companies: small, medium-sized and large companies. Classifying a company in the appropriate category is decisive since it then entails numerous accounting consequences such as: The minimum format of financial ...

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Filing of the annual financial statements

Updated on Nov 4, 2024

Businesses must file their annual accounts (PCN) with the ECDF platform to make them accessible to Luxembourg administrations. Additionally, some companies must also file their annual accounts with the Luxembourg Business Register (LBR) to make them accessible to the public. The main entities ...

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Approval of the annual accounts of SAs and SARLs in Luxembourg

Published on Feb 15, 2024

The annual accounts of capital companies must be approved by the shareholders or members, as the case may be (in accordance with Articles 450-8 and 710-23 of the amended Act of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies). For SAs, the obligation to convene the meeting is attributed to the board ...

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What are the accounting and tax principles governing the exercise of a liberal profession?

Published on Apr 1, 2022

This article deals with the accounting system of the liberal professions (doctors, lawyers, etc.) whose professional income is more than €100,000.

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Accounting and tax provisions in Luxembourg

Published on Mar 28, 2022

The accounting and tax provision is defined as the recognition of a decrease in the value of an asset (provision for impairment of assets) or an increase in the liability due in the more or less long term (provision for risks or expenses).

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The précis de droit comptable [Accounting Law Handbook] (2020 edition)

Published on Mar 24, 2022

The new edition of the "Précis de droit comptable [Accounting Law handbook]" was published in July 2020 [it is currently unavailable in English]. This is the fifth edition of the Précis de droit comptable: originally published in 2008, the Précis has been enriched ...

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Currencies in Luxembourg accounting

Published on Mar 7, 2022

1. Valuation of foreign currency receivables and payables on entry into the accounts 1.1. Recording a foreign currency transaction in the absence of a currency hedging instrument Transactions in foreign currency are to be recorded in the currency in which the accounts are kept (in principle ...

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Leasing in Luxembourg

Published on Feb 21, 2022

The contract of «leasing», a recent concept, generalized in the 1960s (its invention dates from an American law «lend-lease» of 11/03/1941) is based on a differentiation of the legal and economic ownership of a property.

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Double-entry accounting

Published on Dec 16, 2021

Since 1 January 2017, the liberal professions must keep partly double accounts from the moment their annual turnover exceeds EUR 100,000.

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