Accounts Table of Contents

Accounts Overview
Nominal Journal Entries Overview

Jobs Overview

Analysing your job activity
To analyse your job activity

Assigning transactions to jobs
Tip No. 1: Look for the Job column in transaction entry windows

Tip No. 2: Don't forget to assign all line items in a transaction to the appropriate jobs

Tip No. 3: Remember the jobs for which you're tracking reimbursables

Billing a customer for reimbursable job expenses
To bill the customer for job expenses

Changing account levels
To change an account's level

Changing basic account information
To change an account's basic information

Changing Nominal Journal entries
To change a Nominal Journal entry

To change a recurring Nominal Journal template's name and/or frequency

To change a recurring Nominal Journal template's line items and additional information

Changing job levels
To change a job's level

Changing linked accounts
To change Nominal Ledger and Chequebook linked accounts

To change Sales linked accounts

To change Purchases linked accounts

To change the default Payroll linked accounts

To change the Wages Expense linked account for individual wages

To change the Payable linked account for individual deductions

To change the Expense and Payable linked accounts for individual employer expenses

To change the Payable linked account for individual payroll taxes

Changing the reimbursement status of expenses
To change the reimbursement status of an expense

Creating accounts
Step 1: Choose the type of account you want
Step 2: Enter basic information about the account
Step 3: Choose a currency for the account (if you're using Multicurrency)
Step 4: Enter budgets for the account (optional; detail accounts only)
Step 5: Link the account to a transaction type (optional; detail accounts only)
Step 6: Enter your detail accounts' opening balances
Step 7: Enter your detail accounts' historical balances (optional)
Using Linked Accounts Overview

Creating Nominal Journal entries
Step 1: Identify the purpose for the transaction
Step 2: Enter the debits and credits for the transaction
Step 3: Choose what you want to do with the transaction
Entering transactions in the 13th period

Creating jobs
Step 1: Choose the type of job you want
Step 2: Indicate whether you'll track reimbursements for the job (detail jobs only)
Step 3: Assign a number to the job
Step 4: Link a customer to the job (optional)
Step 5: Enter details of the job
Step 6: Enter opening balances for the job (detail jobs only; optional)
Step 7: Create budgets for the job (detail jobs only; optional)

Creating recurring Nominal Journal templates
To create a recurring Nominal Journal template


Finding Nominal Journal entries

To find a Nominal Journal entry

To find a recurring Nominal Journal template

Finding jobs
To find a job

Getting reimbursed for job expenses
Tip No. 1: Become familiar with how various sales types affect reimbursements

Tip No. 2: Use a "placeholder item" to track reimbursements on item sales

Tip No. 3: Use a special account to track reimbursements on other types of sales

Inactivating accounts
To inactivate (or reactivate) an account

Inactivating jobs
To inactivate (or reactivate) a job

Linking accounts
Using Linked Accounts Overview

Printing lists of your jobs
To print lists that contain job-related information

Recording depreciation
To record depreciation


Recording recurring Nominal Journal entries

To record a recurring Nominal Journal entry


Removing accounts

To remove an account

Removing Nominal Journal entries
To remove a Nominal Journal entry

To remove a recurring Nominal Journal template

Removing jobs
To remove a job

Removing reimbursable expenses
To remove a reimbursable expense transaction

Reversing Nominal Journal entries
To reverse a Nominal Journal entry

Transferring funds
To transfer funds using the Record Journal Entry window