Creating accounts
Step 6: Enter your detail accountsí opening balances
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If you havenít already read the Accounts Overview, see Opening balances for more information.
At this point, youíve created a single account. If you plan to add many accounts to the AccountEdge system -- for example, if youíre setting up your company for the first time -- we suggest that you perform the following steps again for each account that you plan to set up:The Account Opening Balances window should be displayed.
If your conversion month is not the first month of your fiscal year, enter the opening balances of all your accounts.
You should almost always enter opening balances as positive numbers. Donít, for example, enter your liability accountsí balances as negative numbers. AccountEdge knows whether your accounts usually have positive or negative balances. Enter negative amounts only if accounts have negative balances.
Creating accounts - Step 6