diff --git a/addons/account/tests/__init__.py b/addons/account/tests/__init__.py
index d51139e91c7..e8758501547 100644
--- a/addons/account/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/addons/account/tests/__init__.py
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ from . import test_product_id_change
 from . import test_reconciliation
 from . import test_search
 from . import test_tax
+from . import test_templates_consistency
diff --git a/addons/account/tests/test_templates_consistency.py b/addons/account/tests/test_templates_consistency.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0def722e2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/account/tests/test_templates_consistency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from odoo.tests.common import HttpCase
+
+
+class AccountingTestTemplConsistency(HttpCase):
+    '''Test the templates consistency between some objects like account.account when account.account.template.
+    '''
+
+    def check_fields_consistency(self, model_from, model_to, exceptions=[]):
+        '''Check the consistency of fields from one model to another by comparing if all fields
+        in the model_from are present in the model_to.
+        :param model_from: The model to compare.
+        :param model_to: The compared model.
+        :param exceptions: Not copied model's fields.
+        '''
+
+        def get_fields(model, extra_domain=None):
+            # Retrieve fields to compare
+            domain = [('model', '=', model), ('state', '=', 'base'), ('related', '=', False),
+                      ('compute', '=', False)]
+            if extra_domain:
+                domain += extra_domain
+            return self.env['ir.model.fields'].search(domain)
+
+        from_fields = get_fields(model_from, extra_domain=[('name', 'not in', exceptions)])
+        to_fields_set = set([f.name for f in get_fields(model_to)])
+        for field in from_fields:
+            assert field.name in to_fields_set,\
+                'Missing field "%s" from "%s" in model "%s".' % (field.name, model_from, model_to)
+
+    def test_account_account_fields(self):
+        '''Test fields consistency for ('account.account', 'account.account.template')
+        '''
+        self.check_fields_consistency(
+            'account.account.template', 'account.account', exceptions=['chart_template_id', 'nocreate'])
+        self.check_fields_consistency(
+            'account.account', 'account.account.template', exceptions=['company_id', 'deprecated', 'last_time_entries_checked'])
+
+    def test_account_tax_fields(self):
+        '''Test fields consistency for ('account.tax', 'account.tax.template')
+        '''
+        self.check_fields_consistency('account.tax.template', 'account.tax', exceptions=['chart_template_id'])
+        self.check_fields_consistency('account.tax', 'account.tax.template')