diff --git a/addons/account/models/company.py b/addons/account/models/company.py
index 33297625a6d..b1d5b151259 100644
--- a/addons/account/models/company.py
+++ b/addons/account/models/company.py
@@ -544,3 +544,16 @@ class ResCompany(models.Model):
             results_by_journal['results'].append(rslt)
 
         return results_by_journal
+
+    def compute_fiscalyear_dates(self, current_date):
+        """
+        The role of this method is to provide a fallback when account_accounting is not installed.
+        As the fiscal year is irrelevant when account_accounting is not installed, this method returns the calendar year.
+        :param current_date: A datetime.date/datetime.datetime object.
+        :return: A dictionary containing:
+            * date_from
+            * date_to
+        """
+
+        return {'date_from': datetime(year=current_date.year, month=1, day=1).date(),
+                'date_to': datetime(year=current_date.year, month=12, day=31).date()}