diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 09e03fd864..bf7d9507a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Drop required on party payable and receivable accounts
 * Make tax description translatable
 * Add searcher on General Ledger
 * Add from and to date to General Ledger and Income Statement
diff --git a/party.py b/party.py
index 4bb15d1eff..776aca6ec9 100644
--- a/party.py
+++ b/party.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from sql.conditionals import Coalesce
 
 from trytond import backend
 from trytond.model import ModelSQL, fields
-from trytond.pyson import Eval, Bool
+from trytond.pyson import Eval
 from trytond.transaction import Transaction
 from trytond.pool import Pool, PoolMeta
 from trytond.tools import reduce_ids, grouped_slice
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class Party(CompanyMultiValueMixin):
                 ('company', '=', Eval('context', {}).get('company', -1)),
                 ],
             states={
-                'required': Bool(Eval('context', {}).get('company')),
                 'invisible': ~Eval('context', {}).get('company'),
                 }))
     account_receivable = fields.MultiValue(fields.Many2One(
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ class Party(CompanyMultiValueMixin):
                 ('company', '=', Eval('context', {}).get('company', -1)),
                 ],
             states={
-                'required': Bool(Eval('context', {}).get('company')),
                 'invisible': ~Eval('context', {}).get('company'),
                 }))
     customer_tax_rule = fields.MultiValue(fields.Many2One(
@@ -83,6 +81,16 @@ class Party(CompanyMultiValueMixin):
             depends=['currency_digits']),
             'get_receivable_payable', searcher='search_receivable_payable')
 
+    @classmethod
+    def __setup__(cls):
+        super(Party, cls).__setup__()
+        cls._error_messages.update({
+            'missing_receivable_account': (
+                    'There is no receivable account on party "%(name)s".'),
+            'missing_payable_account': (
+                    'There is no payable account on party "%(name)s".'),
+            })
+
     @classmethod
     def multivalue_model(cls, field):
         pool = Pool()
@@ -90,24 +98,6 @@ class Party(CompanyMultiValueMixin):
             return pool.get('party.party.account')
         return super(Party, cls).multivalue_model(field)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def default_account_payable(cls, **pattern):
-        pool = Pool()
-        Configuration = pool.get('account.configuration')
-        config = Configuration(1)
-        account = config.get_multivalue(
-            'default_account_payable', **pattern)
-        return account.id if account else None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def default_account_receivable(cls, **pattern):
-        pool = Pool()
-        Configuration = pool.get('account.configuration')
-        config = Configuration(1)
-        account = config.get_multivalue(
-            'default_account_receivable', **pattern)
-        return account.id if account else None
-
     @classmethod
     def get_currency_digits(cls, parties, name):
         pool = Pool()
@@ -234,6 +224,34 @@ class Party(CompanyMultiValueMixin):
                     having=Operator(amount, value))
         return [('id', 'in', query)]
 
+    @property
+    def account_payable_used(self):
+        pool = Pool()
+        Configuration = pool.get('account.configuration')
+        account = self.account_payable
+        if not account:
+            config = Configuration(1)
+            account = config.get_multivalue('default_account_payable')
+        if not account:
+            self.raise_user_error('missing_payable_account', {
+                    'name': self.rec_name,
+                    })
+        return account
+
+    @property
+    def account_receivable_used(self):
+        pool = Pool()
+        Configuration = pool.get('account.configuration')
+        account = self.account_receivable
+        if not account:
+            config = Configuration(1)
+            account = config.get_multivalue('default_account_receivable')
+        if not account:
+            self.raise_user_error('missing_receivable_account', {
+                    'name': self.rec_name,
+                    })
+        return account
+
 
 class PartyAccount(ModelSQL, CompanyValueMixin):
     "Party Account"
diff --git a/tests/test_account.py b/tests/test_account.py
index 76bd9b20c8..1429a456cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_account.py
+++ b/tests/test_account.py
@@ -993,6 +993,34 @@ class AccountTestCase(ModuleTestCase):
         self.assertSequenceEqual(
             Tax.sort_taxes([tax3, tax2, tax1]), [tax1, tax2, tax3])
 
+    @with_transaction()
+    def test_configuration_accounts_on_party(self):
+        'Test configuration accounts are used as fallback on party'
+        pool = Pool()
+        Party = pool.get('party.party')
+        Account = pool.get('account.account')
+
+        party = Party(name='Party')
+        party.save()
+
+        self.assertIsNone(party.account_payable)
+        self.assertIsNone(party.account_receivable)
+
+        company = create_company()
+        with set_company(company):
+            create_chart(company)
+            receivable, = Account.search([
+                    ('kind', '=', 'receivable'),
+                    ])
+            payable, = Account.search([
+                    ('kind', '=', 'payable'),
+                    ])
+
+            party = Party(party.id)
+
+            self.assertEqual(party.account_payable_used, payable)
+            self.assertEqual(party.account_receivable_used, receivable)
+
 
 def suite():
     suite = trytond.tests.test_tryton.suite()