Fields in this window

Company Information window

Customer Number

This field displays the number assigned to you when you registered MYOB AccountEdge. This number is your company’s unique identifier with MYOB US, and can’t be changed.

Workstation License Number

This field displays your workstation license number, which determines the total number of workstations that can access this data file at the same time. (The total number of workstations that can access this data file is displayed in the Total Workstations Licensed field.)

If you wish to increase the number of workstations that can access this data file, you can purchase a new workstation license number. For more information, visit the MYOB website ( www.myob.com/us ). From the Help menu, choose Visit MYOB Home Page.

You can then enter the new license number in this field.

Total Workstations Licensed

This field displays the number of workstations that are currently able to access this data file.

If you wish to increase the number of workstations that can access this data file, you can purchase a new workstation license number. For more information, visit the MYOB website ( www.myob.com/us ). From the Help menu, choose Visit MYOB Home Page.

Company Name

Enter or change your company’s name, using up to 40 characters.

The name that’s entered in this field is displayed in all command center windows, and, if you wish, on your MYOB AccountEdge reports.

Address

Enter your company’s address.

The address you enter here will be displayed on MYOB AccountEdge sales and purchases forms.

Phone Number

Enter your company’s telephone number. Add hyphens and an extension, if you wish.

Federal Tax ID

Enter or change your company’s federal tax ID number. If this is the first time you’ve opened the Company Information window and an entry already appears in this field, this number was entered in the MYOB AccountEdge New Data File Assistant.

State Sales Tax ID

Enter or change your company’s sales tax ID number. (This is the number assigned to your business by your state government’s taxation authority.) If this is the first time you’ve opened the Company Information window and an entry already appears in this field, this number was entered in the MYOB AccountEdge New Data File Assistant.

Current Fiscal Year

This field displays the name of your current fiscal year. This entry was made when you created your company’s data file using the MYOB AccountEdge New Data File Assistant, and can’t be changed.

Last Month in Fiscal Year

This field displays the last month of your current fiscal year. This entry was made when you created your company’s data file using the MYOB AccountEdge New Data File Assistant, and can’t be changed.

Conversion Month

This field displays the month in which you started using MYOB AccountEdge to track your business. This entry was made when you created your company’s data file using the MYOB AccountEdge New Data File Assistant, and can’t be changed.

Accounting Periods per Year

This field displays the number of accounting periods you have in your current fiscal year. This entry was made when you created your company’s data file using the MYOB AccountEdge New Data File Assistant. You may be able to change the number of accounting periods per year during the Start a New Fiscal Year process. (If you have 12 accounting periods, you can change to 13 accounting periods when you start a new fiscal year. If you have 13 accounting periods, you may change to 12 only if no transactions were recorded in the 13th period of the fiscal year just completed.)

OK button

Click this button to accept the entries you’ve made in this window.

Fields in the Company Information window