Opening a set of accounts for a retail company (including VAT) 8.27 Processing opening balances of General Ledger,
customers', suppliers' and inventory items General Journal (General Ledger accounts)
General Journal Settings No contra account Processing Tis Year Repeat Description Tax: None Increment Reference: Yes
Select period Enter date (last day of period) Select account Reference: OB01 Description Click on Zoom (right hand side in line for description) Add ‘O’ (abbreviation) Key in ‘Opening Balance’ as description Click on Save Key in ‘O’ in description column, (Opening Balance will appear) Key in the amount on either the debit or credit side