diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/api_tester.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/api_tester.py
index 34976ffbfe..935252de5b 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/api_tester.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/api_tester.py
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ import csv
 import io
 import re
 
-from django.http.response import StreamingHttpResponse
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+from django.http.response import StreamingHttpResponse
+
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
 
-class InvenTreeAPITestCase(APITestCase):
-    """
-    Base class for running InvenTree API tests
-    """
+class UserMixin:
 
     # User information
     username = 'testuser'
@@ -52,37 +50,49 @@ class InvenTreeAPITestCase(APITestCase):
 
         self.user.save()
 
-        for role in self.roles:
-            self.assignRole(role)
+        # Assign all roles if set
+        if self.roles == 'all':
+            self.assignRole(assign_all=True)
+        # else filter the roles
+        else:
+            for role in self.roles:
+                self.assignRole(role)
 
         if self.auto_login:
             self.client.login(username=self.username, password=self.password)
 
-    def assignRole(self, role):
+    def assignRole(self, role=None, assign_all: bool = False):
         """
         Set the user roles for the registered user
         """
 
         # role is of the format 'rule.permission' e.g. 'part.add'
 
-        rule, perm = role.split('.')
+        if not assign_all and role:
+            rule, perm = role.split('.')
 
         for ruleset in self.group.rule_sets.all():
 
-            if ruleset.name == rule:
+            if assign_all or ruleset.name == rule:
 
-                if perm == 'view':
+                if assign_all or perm == 'view':
                     ruleset.can_view = True
-                elif perm == 'change':
+                elif assign_all or perm == 'change':
                     ruleset.can_change = True
-                elif perm == 'delete':
+                elif assign_all or perm == 'delete':
                     ruleset.can_delete = True
-                elif perm == 'add':
+                elif assign_all or perm == 'add':
                     ruleset.can_add = True
 
                 ruleset.save()
                 break
 
+
+class InvenTreeAPITestCase(UserMixin, APITestCase):
+    """
+    Base class for running InvenTree API tests
+    """
+
     def getActions(self, url):
         """
         Return a dict of the 'actions' available at a given endpoint.
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_render_js.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_render_js.py
index 94530db096..824fe5d7e3 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_render_js.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_render_js.py
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ Pull rendered copies of the templated
 only used for testing the js files! - This file is omited from coverage
 """
 
-from django.test import TestCase  # pragma: no cover
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model  # pragma: no cover
-
 import os  # pragma: no cover
-import pathlib  # pragma: no cover
+import pathlib
+
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase  # pragma: no cover
 
 
-class RenderJavascriptFiles(TestCase):  # pragma: no cover
+class RenderJavascriptFiles(InvenTreeTestCase):  # pragma: no cover
     """
     A unit test to "render" javascript files.
 
@@ -18,18 +17,6 @@ class RenderJavascriptFiles(TestCase):  # pragma: no cover
     we need the fully-rendered files for linting and static tests.
     """
 
-    def setUp(self):
-
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='testuser',
-            password='testpassword',
-            email='user@gmail.com',
-        )
-
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='testpassword')
-
     def download_file(self, filename, prefix):
 
         url = os.path.join(prefix, filename)
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/helpers.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/helpers.py
index 9e6e24acb8..34ce1439c8 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/helpers.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/helpers.py
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ from wsgiref.util import FileWrapper
 from django.http import StreamingHttpResponse
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError, FieldError
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django.test import TestCase
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
+from .api_tester import UserMixin
 
 import InvenTree.version
 
@@ -781,3 +783,7 @@ def inheritors(cls):
                 subcls.add(child)
                 work.append(child)
     return subcls
+
+
+class InvenTreeTestCase(UserMixin, TestCase):
+    pass
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py
index f55dfbcda2..889ff674b3 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_api.py
@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
 """ Low level tests for the InvenTree API """
 
-from rest_framework import status
-
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
-
-from django.urls import reverse
-
-from InvenTree.api_tester import InvenTreeAPITestCase
-
-from users.models import RuleSet
-
 from base64 import b64encode
 
+from django.urls import reverse
 
-class HTMLAPITests(TestCase):
+from rest_framework import status
+
+from InvenTree.api_tester import InvenTreeAPITestCase
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
+from users.models import RuleSet
+
+
+class HTMLAPITests(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """
     Test that we can access the REST API endpoints via the HTML interface.
 
@@ -24,33 +19,7 @@ class HTMLAPITests(TestCase):
     which raised an AssertionError when using the HTML API interface,
     while the regular JSON interface continued to work as expected.
     """
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='username',
-            email='user@email.com',
-            password='password'
-        )
-
-        # Put the user into a group with the correct permissions
-        group = Group.objects.create(name='mygroup')
-        self.user.groups.add(group)
-
-        # Give the group *all* the permissions!
-        for rule in group.rule_sets.all():
-            rule.can_view = True
-            rule.can_change = True
-            rule.can_add = True
-            rule.can_delete = True
-
-            rule.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
+    roles = 'all'
 
     def test_part_api(self):
         url = reverse('api-part-list')
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_middleware.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_middleware.py
index 865e285783..e9e5e4846f 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_middleware.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_middleware.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 """Tests for middleware functions"""
 
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.urls import reverse
 
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
-class MiddlewareTests(TestCase):
+
+class MiddlewareTests(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """Test for middleware functions"""
 
     def check_path(self, url, code=200, **kwargs):
@@ -14,15 +13,6 @@ class MiddlewareTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, code)
         return response
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(username='username', email='user@email.com', password='password')
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
-
     def test_AuthRequiredMiddleware(self):
         """Test the auth middleware"""
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_views.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_views.py
index 0a145ec508..8dac196a1d 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_views.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/test_views.py
@@ -5,28 +5,17 @@ Unit tests for the main web views
 import re
 import os
 
-from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 
-class ViewTests(TestCase):
+class ViewTests(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """ Tests for various top-level views """
 
     username = 'test_user'
     password = 'test_pass'
 
-    def setUp(self):
-
-        # Create a user
-        self.user = get_user_model().objects.create_user(self.username, 'user@email.com', self.password)
-        self.user.set_password(self.password)
-        self.user.save()
-
-        result = self.client.login(username=self.username, password=self.password)
-
-        self.assertEqual(result, True)
-
     def test_api_doc(self):
         """ Test that the api-doc view works """
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/tests.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/tests.py
index b1e06f081a..553856d86f 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/tests.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/tests.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ from unittest import mock
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 import django.core.exceptions as django_exceptions
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
 from djmoney.money import Money
 from djmoney.contrib.exchange.models import Rate, convert_money
@@ -457,18 +457,12 @@ class TestStatus(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(ready.isImportingData(), False)
 
 
-class TestSettings(TestCase):
+class TestSettings(helpers.InvenTreeTestCase):
     """
     Unit tests for settings
     """
 
-    def setUp(self) -> None:
-        self.user_mdl = get_user_model()
-
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        self.user = user.objects.create_superuser('testuser1', 'test1@testing.com', 'password1')
-        self.client.login(username='testuser1', password='password1')
+    superuser = True
 
     def in_env_context(self, envs={}):
         """Patch the env to include the given dict"""
@@ -483,8 +477,9 @@ class TestSettings(TestCase):
 
     @override_settings(TESTING_ENV=True)
     def test_set_user_to_few(self):
+        user_model = get_user_model()
         # add shortcut
-        user_count = self.user_mdl.objects.count
+        user_count = user_model.objects.count
         # enable testing mode
         settings.TESTING_ENV = True
 
@@ -506,14 +501,18 @@ class TestSettings(TestCase):
         })
         self.assertEqual(user_count(), 2)
 
+        username2 = 'testuser1'
+        email2 = 'test1@testing.com'
+        password2 = 'password1'
+
         # create user manually
-        self.user_mdl.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
+        user_model.objects.create_user(username2, email2, password2)
         self.assertEqual(user_count(), 3)
         # check it will not be created again
         self.run_reload({
-            'INVENTREE_ADMIN_USER': 'testuser',
-            'INVENTREE_ADMIN_EMAIL': 'test@testing.com',
-            'INVENTREE_ADMIN_PASSWORD': 'password',
+            'INVENTREE_ADMIN_USER': username2,
+            'INVENTREE_ADMIN_EMAIL': email2,
+            'INVENTREE_ADMIN_PASSWORD': password2,
         })
         self.assertEqual(user_count(), 3)
 
@@ -574,18 +573,11 @@ class TestSettings(TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(config.get_setting(TEST_ENV_NAME, None), '321')
 
 
-class TestInstanceName(TestCase):
+class TestInstanceName(helpers.InvenTreeTestCase):
     """
     Unit tests for instance name
     """
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        self.user = user.objects.create_superuser('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
-
     def test_instance_name(self):
 
         # default setting
diff --git a/InvenTree/build/test_api.py b/InvenTree/build/test_api.py
index 4ba54e9c73..1adf38935e 100644
--- a/InvenTree/build/test_api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/build/test_api.py
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from django.urls import reverse
 
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
-
-from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 from rest_framework import status
 
 from part.models import Part
@@ -16,7 +12,7 @@ from InvenTree.status_codes import BuildStatus
 from InvenTree.api_tester import InvenTreeAPITestCase
 
 
-class TestBuildAPI(APITestCase):
+class TestBuildAPI(InvenTreeAPITestCase):
     """
     Series of tests for the Build DRF API
     - Tests for Build API
@@ -30,25 +26,11 @@ class TestBuildAPI(APITestCase):
         'build',
     ]
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-
-        g = Group.objects.create(name='builders')
-        self.user.groups.add(g)
-
-        for rule in g.rule_sets.all():
-            if rule.name == 'build':
-                rule.can_change = True
-                rule.can_add = True
-                rule.can_delete = True
-
-                rule.save()
-
-        g.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
+    roles = [
+        'build.change',
+        'build.add',
+        'build.delete',
+    ]
 
     def test_get_build_list(self):
         """
diff --git a/InvenTree/build/tests.py b/InvenTree/build/tests.py
index d3c0c41112..8bd7553a52 100644
--- a/InvenTree/build/tests.py
+++ b/InvenTree/build/tests.py
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
 
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
-
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
+
 from .models import Build
 from stock.models import StockItem
 
 from InvenTree.status_codes import BuildStatus
 
 
-class BuildTestSimple(TestCase):
+class BuildTestSimple(InvenTreeTestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'category',
@@ -21,27 +19,11 @@ class BuildTestSimple(TestCase):
         'build',
     ]
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-
-        self.user = user.objects.get(username='testuser')
-
-        g = Group.objects.create(name='builders')
-        self.user.groups.add(g)
-
-        for rule in g.rule_sets.all():
-            if rule.name == 'build':
-                rule.can_change = True
-                rule.can_add = True
-                rule.can_delete = True
-
-                rule.save()
-
-        g.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
+    roles = [
+        'build.change',
+        'build.add',
+        'build.delete',
+    ]
 
     def test_build_objects(self):
         # Ensure the Build objects were correctly created
@@ -106,7 +88,7 @@ class BuildTestSimple(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(build.status, BuildStatus.CANCELLED)
 
 
-class TestBuildViews(TestCase):
+class TestBuildViews(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """ Tests for Build app views """
 
     fixtures = [
@@ -116,28 +98,15 @@ class TestBuildViews(TestCase):
         'build',
     ]
 
+    roles = [
+        'build.change',
+        'build.add',
+        'build.delete',
+    ]
+
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
 
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model()
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user('username', 'user@email.com', 'password')
-
-        g = Group.objects.create(name='builders')
-        self.user.groups.add(g)
-
-        for rule in g.rule_sets.all():
-            if rule.name == 'build':
-                rule.can_change = True
-                rule.can_add = True
-                rule.can_delete = True
-
-                rule.save()
-
-        g.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
-
         # Create a build output for build # 1
         self.build = Build.objects.get(pk=1)
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/common/tests.py b/InvenTree/common/tests.py
index 1f32b8e941..39ea376274 100644
--- a/InvenTree/common/tests.py
+++ b/InvenTree/common/tests.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import json
 from datetime import timedelta
 
 from django.test import TestCase, Client
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.urls import reverse
 
 from InvenTree.api_tester import InvenTreeAPITestCase
-from InvenTree.helpers import str2bool
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase, str2bool
 from plugin.models import NotificationUserSetting, PluginConfig
 from plugin import registry
 
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ from .api import WebhookView
 CONTENT_TYPE_JSON = 'application/json'
 
 
-class SettingsTest(TestCase):
+class SettingsTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """
     Tests for the 'settings' model
     """
@@ -27,16 +26,6 @@ class SettingsTest(TestCase):
         'settings',
     ]
 
-    def setUp(self):
-
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user('username', 'user@email.com', 'password')
-        self.user.is_staff = True
-        self.user.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
-
     def test_settings_objects(self):
 
         # There should be two settings objects in the database
diff --git a/InvenTree/company/test_views.py b/InvenTree/company/test_views.py
index 29900236bf..a3ecd1651a 100644
--- a/InvenTree/company/test_views.py
+++ b/InvenTree/company/test_views.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 """ Unit tests for Company views (see views.py) """
 
-from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 
-class CompanyViewTestBase(TestCase):
+class CompanyViewTestBase(InvenTreeTestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'category',
@@ -17,32 +16,7 @@ class CompanyViewTestBase(TestCase):
         'supplier_part',
     ]
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='username',
-            email='user@email.com',
-            password='password'
-        )
-
-        # Put the user into a group with the correct permissions
-        group = Group.objects.create(name='mygroup')
-        self.user.groups.add(group)
-
-        # Give the group *all* the permissions!
-        for rule in group.rule_sets.all():
-            rule.can_view = True
-            rule.can_change = True
-            rule.can_add = True
-            rule.can_delete = True
-
-            rule.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
+    roles = 'all'
 
 
 class CompanyViewTest(CompanyViewTestBase):
diff --git a/InvenTree/order/test_views.py b/InvenTree/order/test_views.py
index e38ea7ecef..aad0fed25d 100644
--- a/InvenTree/order/test_views.py
+++ b/InvenTree/order/test_views.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 """ Unit tests for Order views (see views.py) """
 
-from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 
-class OrderViewTestCase(TestCase):
+class OrderViewTestCase(InvenTreeTestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'category',
@@ -19,27 +18,14 @@ class OrderViewTestCase(TestCase):
         'order',
     ]
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model().objects.create_user('username', 'user@email.com', 'password')
-
-        # Ensure that the user has the correct permissions!
-        g = Group.objects.create(name='orders')
-        user.groups.add(g)
-
-        for rule in g.rule_sets.all():
-            if rule.name in ['purchase_order', 'sales_order']:
-                rule.can_change = True
-                rule.can_add = True
-                rule.can_delete = True
-
-                rule.save()
-
-        g.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
+    roles = [
+        'purchase_order.change',
+        'purchase_order.add',
+        'purchase_order.delete',
+        'sales_order.change',
+        'sales_order.add',
+        'sales_order.delete',
+    ]
 
 
 class OrderListTest(OrderViewTestCase):
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/test_bom_export.py b/InvenTree/part/test_bom_export.py
index 4ae0b88269..d78ced4b17 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/test_bom_export.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/test_bom_export.py
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ Unit testing for BOM export functionality
 
 import csv
 
-from django.test import TestCase
-
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 
-class BomExportTest(TestCase):
+class BomExportTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'category',
@@ -20,33 +18,11 @@ class BomExportTest(TestCase):
         'bom',
     ]
 
+    roles = 'all'
+
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
 
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='username',
-            email='user@email.com',
-            password='password'
-        )
-
-        # Put the user into a group with the correct permissions
-        group = Group.objects.create(name='mygroup')
-        self.user.groups.add(group)
-
-        # Give the group *all* the permissions!
-        for rule in group.rule_sets.all():
-            rule.can_view = True
-            rule.can_change = True
-            rule.can_add = True
-            rule.can_delete = True
-
-            rule.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
-
         self.url = reverse('bom-download', kwargs={'pk': 100})
 
     def test_bom_template(self):
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/test_part.py b/InvenTree/part/test_part.py
index 2df3c10b01..a413159cfe 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/test_part.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/test_part.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 from allauth.account.models import EmailAddress
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 import os
 
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
+
 from .models import Part, PartCategory, PartCategoryStar, PartStar, PartTestTemplate
 from .models import rename_part_image
 from .templatetags import inventree_extras
@@ -21,15 +22,9 @@ from common.models import InvenTreeSetting, InvenTreeUserSetting, NotificationEn
 from common.notifications import storage, UIMessageNotification
 
 
-class TemplateTagTest(TestCase):
+class TemplateTagTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """ Tests for the custom template tag code """
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
-
     def test_define(self):
         self.assertEqual(int(inventree_extras.define(3)), 3)
 
@@ -330,24 +325,13 @@ class TestTemplateTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(variant.getTestTemplates().count(), n + 1)
 
 
-class PartSettingsTest(TestCase):
+class PartSettingsTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """
     Tests to ensure that the user-configurable default values work as expected.
 
     Some fields for the Part model can have default values specified by the user.
     """
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='testuser',
-            email='test@testing.com',
-            password='password',
-            is_staff=True
-        )
-
     def make_part(self):
         """
         Helper function to create a simple part
@@ -461,7 +445,7 @@ class PartSettingsTest(TestCase):
         Part.objects.create(name='abc', revision='6', description='A part', IPN=' ')
 
 
-class PartSubscriptionTests(TestCase):
+class PartSubscriptionTests(InvenTreeTestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'location',
@@ -470,15 +454,7 @@ class PartSubscriptionTests(TestCase):
     ]
 
     def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='testuser',
-            email='test@testing.com',
-            password='password',
-            is_staff=True
-        )
+        super().setUp()
 
         # electronics / IC / MCU
         self.category = PartCategory.objects.get(pk=4)
@@ -578,7 +554,7 @@ class PartSubscriptionTests(TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(self.part.is_starred_by(self.user))
 
 
-class BaseNotificationIntegrationTest(TestCase):
+class BaseNotificationIntegrationTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """ Integration test for notifications """
 
     fixtures = [
@@ -589,15 +565,7 @@ class BaseNotificationIntegrationTest(TestCase):
     ]
 
     def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='testuser',
-            email='test@testing.com',
-            password='password',
-            is_staff=True
-        )
+        super().setUp()
         # Add Mailadress
         EmailAddress.objects.create(user=self.user, email='test@testing.com')
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/test_views.py b/InvenTree/part/test_views.py
index 2171a09b17..21ec6f7909 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/test_views.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/test_views.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 """ Unit tests for Part Views (see views.py) """
 
-from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 from .models import Part
 
 
-class PartViewTestCase(TestCase):
+class PartViewTestCase(InvenTreeTestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'category',
@@ -19,33 +18,12 @@ class PartViewTestCase(TestCase):
         'supplier_part',
     ]
 
+    roles = 'all'
+    superuser = True
+
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
 
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='username',
-            email='user@email.com',
-            password='password'
-        )
-
-        # Put the user into a group with the correct permissions
-        group = Group.objects.create(name='mygroup')
-        self.user.groups.add(group)
-
-        # Give the group *all* the permissions!
-        for rule in group.rule_sets.all():
-            rule.can_view = True
-            rule.can_change = True
-            rule.can_add = True
-            rule.can_delete = True
-
-            rule.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
-
 
 class PartListTest(PartViewTestCase):
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/test_action.py b/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/test_action.py
index 16790ccd62..5678a0d44e 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/test_action.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/test_action.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """ Unit tests for action plugins """
 
 from django.test import TestCase
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 from plugin import InvenTreePlugin
 from plugin.mixins import ActionMixin
 
@@ -65,15 +65,9 @@ class ActionMixinTests(TestCase):
         })
 
 
-class APITests(TestCase):
+class APITests(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """ Tests for action api """
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        self.test_user = user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
-
     def test_post_errors(self):
         """Check the possible errors with post"""
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/base/barcodes/test_barcode.py b/InvenTree/plugin/base/barcodes/test_barcode.py
index 43a713a57b..4b66f8b208 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/base/barcodes/test_barcode.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/base/barcodes/test_barcode.py
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@
 Unit tests for Barcode endpoints
 """
 
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.urls import reverse
 
-from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 from rest_framework import status
 
+from InvenTree.api_tester import InvenTreeAPITestCase
 from stock.models import StockItem
 
 
-class BarcodeAPITest(APITestCase):
+class BarcodeAPITest(InvenTreeAPITestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'category',
@@ -23,11 +22,7 @@ class BarcodeAPITest(APITestCase):
     ]
 
     def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
+        super().setUp()
 
         self.scan_url = reverse('api-barcode-scan')
         self.assign_url = reverse('api-barcode-link')
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/base/integration/test_mixins.py b/InvenTree/plugin/base/integration/test_mixins.py
index c1afa39fc2..9759e0f00d 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/base/integration/test_mixins.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/base/integration/test_mixins.py
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 """ Unit tests for base mixins for plugins """
 
-from django.test import TestCase
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import include, re_path, reverse
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 
 from error_report.models import Error
 
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 from plugin import InvenTreePlugin
-from plugin.mixins import AppMixin, SettingsMixin, UrlsMixin, NavigationMixin, APICallMixin
-from plugin.urls import PLUGIN_BASE
 from plugin.helpers import MixinNotImplementedError
-
+from plugin.mixins import (APICallMixin, AppMixin, NavigationMixin,
+                           SettingsMixin, UrlsMixin)
 from plugin.registry import registry
+from plugin.urls import PLUGIN_BASE
 
 
 class BaseMixinDefinition:
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ class BaseMixinDefinition:
         self.assertIn(self.MIXIN_HUMAN_NAME, [item['human_name'] for item in self.mixin.registered_mixins])
 
 
-class SettingsMixinTest(BaseMixinDefinition, TestCase):
+class SettingsMixinTest(BaseMixinDefinition, InvenTreeTestCase):
     MIXIN_HUMAN_NAME = 'Settings'
     MIXIN_NAME = 'settings'
     MIXIN_ENABLE_CHECK = 'has_settings'
@@ -40,9 +39,7 @@ class SettingsMixinTest(BaseMixinDefinition, TestCase):
             pass
         self.mixin_nothing = NoSettingsCls()
 
-        user = get_user_model()
-        self.test_user = user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-        self.test_user.is_staff = True
+        super().setUp()
 
     def test_function(self):
         # settings variable
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ class SettingsMixinTest(BaseMixinDefinition, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.mixin_nothing.get_setting('ABCD'), '')
 
         # right setting
-        self.mixin.set_setting('SETTING1', '12345', self.test_user)
+        self.mixin.set_setting('SETTING1', '12345', self.user)
         self.assertEqual(self.mixin.get_setting('SETTING1'), '12345')
 
         # no setting
@@ -251,7 +248,7 @@ class APICallMixinTest(BaseMixinDefinition, TestCase):
             self.mixin_wrong2.has_api_call()
 
 
-class PanelMixinTests(TestCase):
+class PanelMixinTests(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """Test that the PanelMixin plugin operates correctly"""
 
     fixtures = [
@@ -261,32 +258,7 @@ class PanelMixinTests(TestCase):
         'stock',
     ]
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-
-        # Create a user which has all the privelages
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='username',
-            email='user@email.com',
-            password='password'
-        )
-
-        # Put the user into a group with the correct permissions
-        group = Group.objects.create(name='mygroup')
-        self.user.groups.add(group)
-
-        # Give the group *all* the permissions!
-        for rule in group.rule_sets.all():
-            rule.can_view = True
-            rule.can_change = True
-            rule.can_add = True
-            rule.can_delete = True
-
-            rule.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
+    roles = 'all'
 
     def test_installed(self):
         """Test that the sample panel plugin is installed"""
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/action/test_simpleactionplugin.py b/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/action/test_simpleactionplugin.py
index 92e1affa67..e645dea85c 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/action/test_simpleactionplugin.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/action/test_simpleactionplugin.py
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 """ Unit tests for action plugins """
 
-from django.test import TestCase
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 from plugin.builtin.action.simpleactionplugin import SimpleActionPlugin
 
 
-class SimpleActionPluginTests(TestCase):
+class SimpleActionPluginTests(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """ Tests for SampleIntegrationPlugin """
 
     def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        self.test_user = user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
+        super().setUp()
 
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
         self.plugin = SimpleActionPlugin()
 
     def test_name(self):
@@ -33,7 +28,7 @@ class SimpleActionPluginTests(TestCase):
                 "action": 'simple',
                 "result": True,
                 "info": {
-                    "user": "testuser",
+                    "user": self.username,
                     "hello": "world",
                 },
             }
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/barcodes/test_inventree_barcode.py b/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/barcodes/test_inventree_barcode.py
index 1424d89ff2..0bc855aa24 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/barcodes/test_inventree_barcode.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/barcodes/test_inventree_barcode.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Unit tests for InvenTreeBarcodePlugin"""
 
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.urls import reverse
 
-from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 from rest_framework import status
 
+from InvenTree.api_tester import InvenTreeAPITestCase
 
-class TestInvenTreeBarcode(APITestCase):
+
+class TestInvenTreeBarcode(InvenTreeAPITestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'category',
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ class TestInvenTreeBarcode(APITestCase):
         'stock'
     ]
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
-
     def test_errors(self):
         """
         Test all possible error cases for assigment action
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/samples/integration/test_sample.py b/InvenTree/plugin/samples/integration/test_sample.py
index 733e443638..577aa5812e 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/samples/integration/test_sample.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/samples/integration/test_sample.py
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
 """ Unit tests for action plugins """
 
-from django.test import TestCase
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 
-class SampleIntegrationPluginTests(TestCase):
+class SampleIntegrationPluginTests(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """ Tests for SampleIntegrationPlugin """
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a user for auth
-        user = get_user_model()
-        user.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@testing.com', 'password')
-
-        self.client.login(username='testuser', password='password')
-
     def test_view(self):
         """check the function of the custom  sample plugin """
         response = self.client.get('/plugin/sample/ho/he/')
diff --git a/InvenTree/stock/test_views.py b/InvenTree/stock/test_views.py
index d656201f81..dba39334de 100644
--- a/InvenTree/stock/test_views.py
+++ b/InvenTree/stock/test_views.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 """ Unit tests for Stock views (see views.py) """
 
-from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 # from common.models import InvenTreeSetting
 
 
-class StockViewTestCase(TestCase):
+class StockViewTestCase(InvenTreeTestCase):
 
     fixtures = [
         'category',
@@ -19,35 +18,7 @@ class StockViewTestCase(TestCase):
         'stock',
     ]
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model()
-
-        self.user = user.objects.create_user(
-            username='username',
-            email='user@email.com',
-            password='password'
-        )
-
-        self.user.is_staff = True
-        self.user.save()
-
-        # Put the user into a group with the correct permissions
-        group = Group.objects.create(name='mygroup')
-        self.user.groups.add(group)
-
-        # Give the group *all* the permissions!
-        for rule in group.rule_sets.all():
-            rule.can_view = True
-            rule.can_change = True
-            rule.can_add = True
-            rule.can_delete = True
-
-            rule.save()
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
+    roles = 'all'
 
 
 class StockListTest(StockViewTestCase):
diff --git a/InvenTree/stock/tests.py b/InvenTree/stock/tests.py
index 97639b15bd..95c7646a9d 100644
--- a/InvenTree/stock/tests.py
+++ b/InvenTree/stock/tests.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
 from django.db.models import Sum
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 import datetime
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 from InvenTree.status_codes import StockHistoryCode
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ from part.models import Part
 from build.models import Build
 
 
-class StockTest(TestCase):
+class StockTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """
     Tests to ensure that the stock location tree functions correcly
     """
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@ class StockTest(TestCase):
     ]
 
     def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+
         # Extract some shortcuts from the fixtures
         self.home = StockLocation.objects.get(name='Home')
         self.bathroom = StockLocation.objects.get(name='Bathroom')
@@ -39,14 +40,6 @@ class StockTest(TestCase):
         self.drawer2 = StockLocation.objects.get(name='Drawer_2')
         self.drawer3 = StockLocation.objects.get(name='Drawer_3')
 
-        # Create a user
-        user = get_user_model()
-        user.objects.create_user('username', 'user@email.com', 'password')
-
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
-
-        self.user = user.objects.get(username='username')
-
         # Ensure the MPTT objects are correctly rebuild
         Part.objects.rebuild()
         StockItem.objects.rebuild()
diff --git a/InvenTree/users/tests.py b/InvenTree/users/tests.py
index 9dc90f5d2c..8a591c7971 100644
--- a/InvenTree/users/tests.py
+++ b/InvenTree/users/tests.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 
 from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
+from InvenTree.helpers import InvenTreeTestCase
 
 from users.models import RuleSet, Owner
 
@@ -160,20 +160,11 @@ class RuleSetModelTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(group.permissions.count(), 0)
 
 
-class OwnerModelTest(TestCase):
+class OwnerModelTest(InvenTreeTestCase):
     """
     Some simplistic tests to ensure the Owner model is setup correctly.
     """
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        """ Add users and groups """
-
-        # Create a new user
-        self.user = get_user_model().objects.create_user('username', 'user@email.com', 'password')
-        # Put the user into a new group
-        self.group = Group.objects.create(name='new_group')
-        self.user.groups.add(self.group)
-
     def do_request(self, endpoint, filters, status_code=200):
         response = self.client.get(endpoint, filters, format='json')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status_code)
@@ -212,11 +203,13 @@ class OwnerModelTest(TestCase):
         """
         Test user APIs
         """
+        self.client.logout()
+
         # not authed
         self.do_request(reverse('api-owner-list'), {}, 401)
         self.do_request(reverse('api-owner-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.user.id}), {}, 401)
 
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
+        self.client.login(username=self.username, password=self.password)
         # user list
         self.do_request(reverse('api-owner-list'), {})
         # user list with search
@@ -229,12 +222,14 @@ class OwnerModelTest(TestCase):
         """
         Test token mechanisms
         """
+        self.client.logout()
+
         token = Token.objects.filter(user=self.user)
 
         # not authed
         self.do_request(reverse('api-token'), {}, 401)
 
-        self.client.login(username='username', password='password')
+        self.client.login(username=self.username, password=self.password)
         # token get
         response = self.do_request(reverse('api-token'), {})
         self.assertEqual(response['token'], token.first().key)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7fcf9718fe..3aa96371ec 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ignore =
 	# - W605 - invalid escape sequence
 	W605,
 	# - E501 - line too long (82 characters)
-	E501, 
+	E501,
 	# - E722 - do not use bare except
 	E722,
 	# - C901 - function is too complex
@@ -28,6 +28,4 @@ source = ./InvenTree
 src_paths=InvenTree
 skip_glob =*/migrations/*.py
 known_django=django
-import_heading_firstparty=InvenTree imports
-import_heading_thirdparty=Third-Party imports
 sections=FUTURE, STDLIB, DJANGO, THIRDPARTY, FIRSTPARTY, LOCALFOLDER