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- INDEX
-
- 1. ACCOUNT NUMBERS
- 2. ACCOUNT TYPE
- 3. ACCOUNT LEVEL
- 4. ACCOUNT NAME
- 5. SUMMARY ACCOUNT
- 6. PREVIOUS MONTHS & CURRENT MONTH
- 7. ACCOUNT NUMBERING SYSTEM
-
- 1. ACCOUNT NUMBERS
-
- The first column headed with the name Acct is
- for the number of the Account. These are the
- rules:
-
- 1. Be sure to leave your primary Checking
- Account number 111, your primary Savings or
- Money Market Account number 112, and your
- Equity Account 33 unless you read the full
- documentation. You can of course change the
- names of the accounts.
-
- 2. All Asset accounts must start with the
- numeral 1. (111, 1205, 188, etc.) All
- Liability accounts with the numeral 2, all
- equity accounts with the numeral 3, all
- Income accounts with the numeral 4 and all
- expense accounts with the numeral 5.
-
- 3. There are two basic types of accounts,
- Detail accounts and Summary accounts. If an
- account is to be subdivided into two or
- more sub accounts, it is a Summary account.
- If an account is not to be further
- subdivided, then it is a Detail account.
- You may post to Detail accounts but you
- cannot post to Summary accounts. Summary
- accounts merely summarize or total the
- accounts which report to them.
-
- 4. There are up to four levels of accounts, 1
- through 4.
-
- 5. A Summary account must be one level above
- the account which it summarizes. A Summary
- account may have either Summary accounts
- (if it is to be further subdivided) or
- Detail accounts reporting to it. However, a
- Detail account cannot report to another
- Detail account.
-
- 6. Use the sample List of Accounts, amended to
- suit your situation, and you will not have
- to worry about these details.
-
- 2. ACCOUNT TYPE
-
- In the column headed Type you should indicate
- with an S or a D whether the account is a
- Detail account or a Summary account. See
- above.
-
- 3. ACCOUNT LEVEL
-
- In the column headed Lev you should indicate
- which of the four levels the account should be
- in. The account should be one level below the
- account to which it reports.
-
- 4. ACCOUNT NAME
-
- Use any name you wish to use. However, it is a
- good idea to use a name that you can readily
- recall so that you can avail yourself of the
- feature which permits you to enter either an
- account number or an account name when
- entering data in the transaction journals.
-
- 5. SUMMARY ACCOUNT
-
- In the column headed Sum Ac you should enter
- the number of the account to which this
- account will report. If the account does not
- report to a higher account, then enter the
- number 0.
-
- 6. PREVIOUS MONTHS AND CURRENT MONTHS
-
- The Previous Months column will contain the
- amounts posted to the various accounts in the
- previous months. The Current Month column will
- contain the amounts posted during the current
- month.
-
- You normally cannot change the amounts
- in the Previous and Current Months columns
- when in the Amend Accounts Procedure. However,
- if you select item number two from the
- Utilities Menu, you will be enabled to do so.
- You should make such changes with the utmost
- caution, however, since there is no audit
- trail and there is no automatic check of the
- balance of debits and credits. This feature is
- included for someone who wishes to set up an
- initial balance sheet without making a series
- of journal entries when doing so.
-
-
- 7. ACCOUNT NUMBERING SYSTEM
-
- You may use any numbering system consistent
- with the above rules. However, I would suggest
- merely adding an additional numeral to a
- Summary account number for a sub-account. For
- example, if your Summary Interest Account
- number is 44, you could number your Non
- Taxable Interest sub-account 441 and your
- Taxable Interest sub-account 442. See the
- sample chart of accounts by selecting
- "Amending List of Account" (item #1) from the
- Utility Menu.
-
- END.