What is Cheque Manager?

Cheque is a standalone ERPNext extension that covers the complete operational and accounting lifecycle of cheques inside a company. Whether you receive cheques from customers or issue cheques to suppliers, every stage — from the moment a cheque enters the company until it clears the bank or bounces — is tracked, logged, and accounted for automatically.

Core Workflow

Received Cheques

Cheque Receipt (سند قبض)
       ↓
Cheque (أوراق القبض)
       ↓
Cheque Deposit Slip (حافظة شيكات)
       ↓
Bank Statement Import → Auto Reconciliation
       ↓
Collected  or  Returned (Bounced) 

Issued Cheques

Cheque (أوراق الدفع)
       ↓
Mark as Cleared → Dr Notes Payable / Cr Bank
       ↓
Optional: Bank Charges Entry

Key Features

📋 Cheque Receipt (سند قبض)

• Issue a formal bilingual Arabic/English receipt voucher every time a cheque is received

• Amount split into pounds and piastres dynamically

• Auto-creates the linked Cheque record on submit

• Printable in two copies (company + customer) on a single page

🏦 Cheque Deposit Slip (حافظة الشيكات)

• Group multiple cheques into a single bank deposit batch

• Smart "Load Expected Cheques" button — filters by company, date range, and status, excludes cheques already in another slip

• Live preview of suggested cheques with total before confirming

• On submit, triggers deposit_cheque() on every cheque in the batch — no duplicated accounting logic

• Prints two copies (company + bank) with signature blocks

⚙️ Full Lifecycle Status Machine

Every status transition is validated and generates the correct double-entry journal:

🔄 Bank Statement Auto-Reconciliation

• Hook into ERPNext's standard Bank Transaction (after Bank Statement Import)

• Auto-matches Bank Transaction.reference_number → Cheque.cheque_number

• Deposit > 0 → Cheque marked Collected, Bank Transaction marked Reconciled

• Bounce keyword in description/withdrawal → Cheque marked Returned

• Manual reconcile button for cases where reference numbers don't match exactly

• Deposit Slip status recalculates automatically: Completed / Partially Completed / Bounced / Processing

📊 Reports

• Cheque Status Report — all cheques bucketed by status (Returned, Collected, Endorsed, Under Collection, Due for Collection, Issued Outstanding/Paid/Bounced) with donut chart

• Cheque Aging Report — receivables aging by party in 0–30 / 31–60 / 61–90 / 90+ day buckets (Pro)

• Cheque Audit Log — full field-level change history from Frappe's native Version system (Enterprise)

🔔 Due Date Reminders

• Daily scheduled job alerts Accounts Managers of:
  

  • Cheques overdue (past due date, not yet deposited)

  • Cheques due today

  • Cheques due within 3 days

• Notification delivered via Frappe's Notification Log (in-app)

🖨️ Bilingual Print Formats

Three professional print formats, each with an Arabic copy and an English copy:

• Cheque Receipt (سند قبض) — single-page : Arabic copy on top, English copy below, separated by a cut line

🔐 Approval Workflow

• Define an approval threshold amount per company in Cheque Settings

• Cheques above the threshold are held at Pending Approval after submit — no journal entry created

• Accounts Manager can Approve (triggers the JE) or Reject (with reason logged in remarks)

• All status transitions blocked while a cheque is pending or rejected

Requirements

• Frappe / ERPNext v15 or v16+

• Python 3.10+