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Articles for finance and operations teams running Dynamics 365 in Africa, Europe, Australia, UAE and USA: multi-country templates, IFRS, tax, eTIMS and role-based training.
Briefing · 8 min
September 2026: what changed on the programmes, and what we refused.
The first half-year briefing. Tax in configuration, e-invoicing inside posting, and a new country as a bank-file mapping. No market statistics.
Solution Architecture team · 23 Sep 2026
Payments · 7 min
A new country is a bank-file mapping, not a new X++ project.
Vendor and employee payments through one gateway, to any bank. A new country's format is a mapping in Azure. IBAN rules for 89 countries.
Solution Architecture team · 23 Sep 2026
Financial services · 7 min
The core system stays. The books become Dynamics 365.
An accounting hub for lenders and insurers: sub-ledgers post under rules, leases are data, and payments leave through one gateway.
Finance practice · 23 Sep 2026
Public sector · 8 min
Public-sector law belongs inside the ledger, not in a register beside it.
GovFlow 365 on Finance & Operations. South Africa ships first: bid committees, PPPFA and the Public Procurement Act on one toggle, supplier checks, and GRAP or Modified Cash Standard.
Solution Architecture team · 23 Sep 2026
Compliance · 5 min
Tax changes are inevitable. Your ERP configuration shouldn't be.
Separating tax logic from customisation so a rate or rule change is a configuration update, not a project.
Finance practice · 22 Sep 2026
Compliance · 7 min
IFRS reporting inside Dynamics 365: what a compliant chart of accounts actually needs.
Mapping local statutory books to IFRS without a shadow spreadsheet, and where Finance & Operations makes it easier than Business Central.
Finance practice · 15 Sep 2026
Strategy · 6 min
Multi-country deployments: one template, many statutory books.
How to design a single Dynamics 365 template that rolls out across borders without a re-implementation in every country.
Solution Architecture team · 3 Sep 2026
Compliance · 6 min
eTIMS inside the ledger: what changes when signing moves into posting.
Why bolt-on eTIMS tools create a reconciliation problem, and how in-process signing removes it.
Solution Architecture team · 2 Sep 2026
Data & AI · 7 min
Agentic ERP without the hype: three processes where an agent earns its keep.
Collections, reconciliation and order intake, with the guardrails a CFO should insist on.
Data & AI practice · 19 Aug 2026
Strategy · 6 min
Business Central or Finance & Operations? A decision framework for groups that will not stay in one country.
Entity count, integration load and regulatory reporting decide the platform. Headcount does not.
Solution Architecture team · 5 Aug 2026
Supply Chain · 6 min
Marketplace settlements are an accounting problem, not a logistics one.
What an order and fulfilment hub has to do so finance stops rebuilding settlements by hand.
Supply Chain practice · 22 Jul 2026
Non-Profit · 5 min
Funder reporting in one click: the data model that makes it possible.
Dimensions, grants and budgets, and where most NGO implementations get them wrong.
Non-Profit practice · 8 Jul 2026
Training · 4 min
Why role-based training beats module training every time.
A finance approver and a warehouse picker should never sit in the same session.
Training team · 24 Jun 2026Payroll on Dynamics 365.
Does Dynamics 365 include payroll? The honest answer for the United Kingdom and Europe: what Business Central and Finance & Operations include, the options, and how PayrollFlow 365 adds payroll.
Read the guide → Payroll guide · the United Kingdom and Europe Payroll for Dynamics 365Payroll for Dynamics 365 in the United Kingdom and Europe: PayrollFlow 365 runs payroll inside Business Central and Finance & Operations and posts every pay run to the ledger by dimension.
Read the guide → Payroll guide · Ireland Dynamics 365 payroll for IrelandDynamics 365 payroll for Ireland: PAYE, PRSI, USC (Universal Social Charge) and more, calculated in PayrollFlow 365 and posted to the ledger by dimension.
Read the guide → Payroll guide · Germany Dynamics 365 payroll for GermanyDynamics 365 payroll for Germany: Lohnsteuer (wage tax), Social insurance contributions, Solidarity surcharge and church tax where they apply and more, calculated in PayrollFlow 365 and posted to the ledger by dimension.
Read the guide → Payroll guide · France Dynamics 365 payroll for FranceDynamics 365 payroll for France: Income tax withholding at source, URSSAF social contributions, The monthly DSN filing and more, calculated in PayrollFlow 365 and posted to the ledger by dimension.
Read the guide → Payroll guide · the Netherlands Dynamics 365 payroll for the NetherlandsDynamics 365 payroll for the Netherlands: Loonheffing (payroll tax), Social insurance contributions, Pension scheme contributions and more, calculated in PayrollFlow 365 and posted to the ledger by dimension.
Read the guide → Payroll guide · Spain Dynamics 365 payroll for SpainDynamics 365 payroll for Spain: IRPF withholding, Seguridad Social contributions, Pagas extraordinarias (extra pay) treatment and more, calculated in PayrollFlow 365 and posted to the ledger by dimension.
Read the guide → Payroll guide · Poland Dynamics 365 payroll for PolandDynamics 365 payroll for Poland: PIT withholding, ZUS contributions, PPK employee capital plans where used and more, calculated in PayrollFlow 365 and posted to the ledger by dimension.
Read the guide → Payroll guide · Italy Dynamics 365 payroll for ItalyDynamics 365 payroll for Italy: IRPEF withholding, INPS contributions, TFR (severance fund) accruals and more, calculated in PayrollFlow 365 and posted to the ledger by dimension.
Read the guide →The papers behind the work.
One template. Many statutory books.
Request the PDF → Business Central or Finance & OperationsThe platform decision for a group that will not stay in one country.
Request the PDF → Financial services accounting hubThe core system stays. The books become Dynamics 365.
Request the PDF → Funder reportingOne template. Many funder books.
Request the PDF → Government 365Public-sector law, inside the ledger.
Request the PDF → Marketplace settlementsThe order was fine. The accounting was not.
Request the PDF → IFRS 18 reportingThe statement changes. The ledger does not.
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