Andorran accounting, explained
What we wish we had found in writing when we started: how IGI works, what the Andorran accounting framework requires and what changes at each stage of growing a business here. Every claim links to its source.
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Invoice OCR: automation and human review
OCR saves typing, not responsibility. Good automation proposes data, makes uncertainty visible and waits for approval before anything affects the books.
3 min readMove from Holded without losing the audit trail
An accounting migration is not a CSV import followed by a total check. It must prove that documents, journal entries, balances, and relationships arrived intact and remain reconstructable.
3 min readA 13-week cash-flow forecast
The income statement may say you are profitable while your bank balance says you cannot make Friday's payment. A short, current forecast turns that surprise into a decision you still have time to make.
3 min readThe Andorran chart of accounts is not Spain’s
You can keep an Andorran company's accounts using another country's plan and translate everything later. It is possible. The question is who pays for the hours.
3 min readYear-end close checklist
The year-end close is not done on 31 December. It is built throughout the year and checked in December. This list shows what should already have been happening.
3 min readHiring your first employee
The first employment contract is when a business takes on monthly obligations. It is worth understanding them before you sign.
2 min readBank reconciliation without losing an afternoon
Bank reconciliation is one of the few accounting tasks that feels invisible when it goes well and consumes a full day when it goes wrong.
3 min readSole trader or company: what really changes
The question is usually framed around tax. In day-to-day work, other differences matter more.
3 min readPrepare Form 900 without surprises
The return itself takes half an hour. The time-consuming part is the work that should already have been done—and is almost always left until filing week.
3 min readIGI looks enough like VAT to mislead you
Anyone who has worked with VAT will recognise the mechanics immediately. That familiarity helps at first and becomes costly when the first quarter is due.
3 min readWhat an Andorran invoice must include
You cannot correct a badly issued invoice by deleting it. Getting it right first time starts with knowing what must appear on the document and why.
3 min readStop reading and try it
These are the workflows AndCompta is built to handle. The quickest way to see them in practice is to issue your next invoice in the product.