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To access the Opening Balances Entering documents, go to Accounting > See Also > Opening Balances Entering.

Entering initial balances is an important task when you migrate your accounting data to another application or when you start using an application for the first time (switching from manual recording).

Using an Opening Balances Entering document, you can enter opening balances for various accounts. The documents should contain information on GL account balances on the date which is the year end date or the end date of the period that precedes the period in which you start to enter current  transactions in the application.


The Opening Balances Entering document

The list of documents may include for each entity multiple documents, with one document per available option (listed in the Accounting Section field) which defines specific initial balances.

The following options are available:

  • Inventory
  • Cash Assets
  • Settlements with Suppliers and Customers
  • Employee Business Expenses: This option is available if the HR and Payroll module is enabled on the Administration > Settings > HR and Payroll form.
  • Fixed Assets: This option is available if the Fixed Assets Management option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form.
  • Salary: This option is available if the HR and Payroll module is enabled on the Administration > Settings > HR and Payroll form.
  • Employee Vacations: This option is available if the HR and Payroll module is enabled on the Administration > Settings > HR and Payroll form.
  • Loans to Employees: This option is available if the HR and Payroll module is enabled on the Administration > Settings > HR and Payroll form and the Enable Loans to Employees option is selected on the same form.
  • End-of-Service Provision: This option is available if the HR and Payroll module is enabled on the Administration > Settings > HR and Payroll form and the Enable End-of-Service Benefit Calculation option is selected on the same form.
  • Employee Benefit Provisions: This option is available if the HR and Payroll module is enabled on the Administration > Settings > HR and Payroll form.
  • Taxes: This option is available if the VAT Accounting option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form. 
  • Loans Received and Issued: This option is available if the Enable Long-Term Credits and Loans option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form.
  • Deferred Expenses: This option is available if the Enable Deferred Expenses option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form.
  • Deferred Revenues: This option is available if the Enable Deferred Revenues option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form.
  • PDCs (Post-Dated Cheques): This option is available if the Cheque Accounting option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Money form.
  • Other section

You can filter the list by entity and accounting section. If you don't see a specific document, rearrange the list by date or number. You can change the list display settings to suit your particular needs. To learn more about the list display settings, see Working with the item list.

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You can create the Opening Balances Entering documents based on the Inventory Reconciliation, if you enter the inventory balances after the physical inventory counting was performed.
To view the journal entries generated for the document, click the Document's Transactions Details button ( ).


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