Header Account (Non-Postable)

Accounts Overview > Account levels > Header Account (Non-Postable)

This level is intended to be used as a title of a group of accounts. If this selection is marked for an existing account, the account has already been designated as a header account.

Header accounts are used only for grouping accounts that have a similar purpose. Typically, header accounts have detail accounts "under" them; that is, detail accounts are assigned to specific header accounts. In the list on the left side of the accounts list window, header accounts appear in bold type, and the detail accounts appear below them in plain type at the next level.

Transaction amounts can't be assigned (posted) to header accounts -- only to detail accounts. You can, however, combine the amounts of all the detail accounts under a header account and display the total amount on reports. To do this, mark the selection in the Header Account view of the Edit Accounts window named When Reporting, Generate a Subtotal for This Section.

Header accounts aren't required in MYOB Accounting Plus, except for the eight Level 1 accounts. Header accounts you create must be either Level 2 or Level 3.

Click below for the step-by-step procedure:

Enter basic information about the account