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Chart of Accounts Maintenance - General tab

Use the General tab to maintain the description, tax code and classification codes for the selected chart of accounts code.

Opening the General tab

Chart of Accounts Maintenance - General tab key fields and buttons

Fields

Field

Description

Description

Description of the chart of accounts code.

Active

If selected, this Chart of Accounts is active.

Note: This field is not editable. To make a Chart of Accounts active or inactive, use the Mark as Active button and Mark As NOT Active button buttons.

Profit Loss

Select if this is a profit and loss account.

If not selected, this is a balance sheet account.

Tax Code

Tax code that applies to this chart of accounts code.

This field is optional.

Classification Code

The classification code, such as income, expense or asset that applies to this chart of accounts code.

This field is optional.

Heading Level

The position within a list of headings that this COA would normally be reported on.

Automatically create G/L Codes using this COA Code

Select if you want this COA code to be used to create new general ledger accounts, whenever a new cost centre code is added. See Creating new general ledger cost centres.

Buttons

Button

Description

Mark As NOT Active button

Mark as Active button

Make a Chart of Accounts active or inactive.

Note: Only one of these buttons is displayed at a time, depending on whether the select Chart of Accounts is active or inactive.

Generate G/L Descriptions button

Update all the general ledger descriptions for all general ledger records that have this chart of accounts code.

Only required if the description of the COA is changed. Will automatically change general ledger accounts containing old descriptions so that they have this new description.

Last modified: 4/10/2012 12:06:59 PM

See Also

Maintaining the general ledger chart of accounts

Searching for GL chart of accounts codes

Creating new GL chart of accounts codes

Chart of Accounts Maintenance - General Ledger tab

Chart of Accounts Maintenance - Journals tab

Chart of Accounts Maintenance - Budget/Actual tab

Chart of Accounts Maintenance - User Forms tab

Chart of Accounts Maintenance - Maint tab

© 2013 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 15 October 2013.

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