Company field guide

Screens: /setup, /admin/company-profile, and /admin/general-settings. Company Profile owns identity and print information; General Settings owns feature configuration. Reviewed against the company request types, creation/update service, and setup interface.

Identity and location

Field	Purpose and use	Verified input behavior
Company Name	Name used to identify the business in the application	Required when creating; service trims spaces and rejects blank input
Legal / Registered Name	Formal name when it differs from the operating name	Optional string, trimmed
Business Type	Business-form classification	Setup offers named choices; the service accepts a string
Industry	Operating-sector classification	Setup offers named choices; the service accepts a string
License / Registration No.	Registration reference for the business	Optional string; not an automatic registration verification
Country	Company location and source of certain configuration defaults	Optional string at service level; choose deliberately in setup
State / Province / Emirate	Regional location used in the company address and relevant tax context	Optional trimmed string
City	Locality in the business address	Optional trimmed string
Address Line 1 / 2	Street, building, and supplementary address details	Optional trimmed strings
Postal / ZIP Code	Postal routing reference	String, preserving non-numeric formats
Phone	Company contact number	String; not a user account
Email	Company contact address	String in the reviewed company service; do not infer email validation from the data type
Website	Business website reference	Optional string

The reviewed service helper does not declare fixed maximum character lengths for these text fields. The screen references show any separately declared interface limits. A full cross-layer boundary test remains pending.

Accounting and tax configuration

Field	Purpose	Constraints and consequences
Base Currency	Unit of account for this company's books	Required on creation; normalized to a three-letter code; changing it is refused after entries have posted
Fiscal Year	Starting month used to establish the financial-year label	Integer 1–12; creation defaults to January if omitted
Chart of Accounts	Preset selection for initial account structure	Choosing blank leaves account configuration to complete
Tax Regime	Tax configuration identifier	Select according to approved business setup; it is not a compliance certificate
Tax Registered?	Whether tax registration is recorded	Boolean; true only when explicitly supplied as true in the reviewed creation service
Tax Registration Number	Tax registration reference	Optional trimmed string at service level
Amount Decimal Places	Company's configured amount display precision	Integer 0–4; creation defaults to 2
Prices Include Tax	Interpretation of standard prices and price lists in supported pricing paths	Explicit choice or country-based default at creation; MRP and batch selling prices remain inclusive
Costing Method	Inventory valuation basis	Validated against supported costing-method codes; unrecognized values are refused

Feature fields

Inventory, Warehouses, Bins, Batches, Serial Numbers, Negative Stock, Multi-Currency, Cost Centres, Budget, Projects, Payroll, POS, and Approvals are company configuration flags. Configure associated permissions and master records after selecting them.

Do not infer that every feature flag has an end-to-end operating workflow. Confirm the relevant manual and release behavior, particularly for less frequently used capabilities. A Payroll Cycle value, for example, describes configuration but does not on its own prove that every possible period frequency is processed automatically.

Print profile

Field	Purpose
Company Logo	Image used by print layouts; the reviewed profile UI limits selected files to 350,000 bytes and requires an image MIME type
Print Name	Name printed on documents
Print Address	Address presentation for documents
Tax Label / Tax Number	Caption and number shown in the tax-registration area
Registration Label / Registration Number	Caption and identifier for registration details
Extra Print Line	Additional company information printed where the layout supports it

Preview a document after changing the print profile. These fields change presentation and do not correct the accounting values of an existing transaction.

Editing safely

Company updates are partial: an omitted request field means leave the existing value alone. The interface decides which fields to submit. After saving, reopen the profile to verify persistence. Use General Settings for feature flags rather than assuming Company Profile owns every company column.

If base currency cannot be changed, inspect posted activity with an administrator. Do not delete financial records to work around the restriction.