Transaction Examples – Ledger

  • Ledger transactions refer to accounting transactions that are not part of production processes.
  • Fields (columns) with no data are hidden in the screenshots.

Bank Payments – General

  • Use Bank Payments to record operating expenses, the purchase of assets, loan repayments and other bank payments.
  • A ledger account is debited, and either bank or cash is credited.
  • The Accounting report shows which accounts are debited and credited and is accessed by clicking Menu (button) > View Accounting.
Bank Payment for insurance, with the Insurance account debited, the bank account credited, and the amount, VAT and totals
Bank Payments Edit View

Bank Receipts – General

  • Use Bank Receipts to record income that is not part of a customer transaction (for example, interest earned and proceeds from the sale of assets).
Bank Receipt for interest received, with the bank account debited and the Interest Received account credited
Bank Receipts Edit View

General Journal

  • Use the General Journal to record transactions in a ledger that have no underlying source documents (e.g. depreciation, accruals) or occasional entries such as capturing loan agreements.
  • Instead of using the General Journal, you can create a specific journal for each type of entry.
  • See Ledger Transaction Tutorials for examples of specific transactions.
General Journal of opening balances, with each line debiting or crediting a ledger account and a total of 7 000 000.00
General Journal Edit View

Payroll Journal

  • Use the Payroll Journal to record salaries, wages and related expenses.
  • See Ledger Transaction Tutorials for an example of a payroll journal.
Payroll Journal for August, with salaries and UIF lines debited to staff accounts and credited to Payroll Accruals
Payroll Journal Edit View

Periodic Journal

  • Use the Periodic Journal to create month-end journals (e.g. to transfer stock on hand to cost of sales).
  • See Ledger Transaction Tutorials for an example of a periodic journal.
Month-end Periodic Journal posting goods received, issued and returned between Stock on Hand, COS Purchases and accruals
Periodic Journal Edit View

Supplier Payments

Customer Receipts

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