Module
TownSuite Financial
TownSuite Financial is the core of mERP®, purpose-built for the way Canadian municipalities account for money. It handles municipal accounts receivable — property tax, utility and miscellaneous billing — alongside accounts payable, general ledger, budgeting and banking. Because every other module posts to it natively, your financial picture stays accurate without duplicate entry or fragile integrations.
What it does
- Municipal-focused accounts receivable for property tax, utility and miscellaneous billing
- Accounts payable, general ledger and bank reconciliation in one connected system
- Budgeting that other modules commit and post against in real time
- A single source of financial truth across every department
Works with
Financial is the hub of mERP: Purchasing & Inventory, Work Management, eBills & ePayments, Point of Sale, Recreation and Land Management all post to it natively.
Key capabilities
- Property-tax billing across annual and interim cycles, including supplementary and omitted assessments, penalty and interest calculation, and tax sale tracking
- Utility billing for water, sewer and other metered services, with consumption-based and flat-rate charges on the same statements
- Accounts receivable for miscellaneous invoicing, licences and fees, with statements, aging and collections
- Accounts payable with vendor management, cheque and electronic payment runs, and full audit trails
- A multi-fund general ledger with departmental and project accounting, plus operating and capital budgeting that other modules commit against in real time
- Bank reconciliation and year-end close, with the working papers and reporting a municipal audit requires
How it connects
Financial is the ledger every other module writes to. Point of Sale and eBills & ePayments post receipts and payments directly to the right accounts; Purchasing & Inventory commits requisitions and purchase orders against budgets and costs stock to the GL; Work Management lands labour, equipment and parts costs on the jobs that incurred them; and People Management posts payroll. Because the posting is native rather than a nightly file transfer, the books reflect activity as it happens, with no duplicate entry or reconciliation gap between systems.
Built for Canadian municipalities
The receivables side is built around Canadian municipal practice — provincial assessment rolls, local tax-rate and mill-rate structures, and the reporting expected by provincial ministries and your auditor. Records are managed under PIPEDA and provincial privacy law, and the whole ledger is built, supported and hosted under Canadian jurisdiction, so the financial system of record for public funds stays sovereign.
Your municipal finances stay in one connected platform — built, supported and hosted under Canadian jurisdiction.