Overview

Setting up your company file > Overview

When you create a company file, you record basic information about your business, such as the business name and your contact details. You must also specify the month and fiscal year in which you want to start recording transactions.

Depending on the features you want to use, there are some tasks that you should complete. This section guides you through the essential ones.

Essential tasks

The tasks you need to do depend on whether your accountant has created and set up a company file for you, the information you currently have and when your business started.

Once you have completed the essential tasks, you can start recording transactions. However, if you need to use the advanced features of this software, (such as the sales or inventory features) you will need to do further setup tasks. These tasks are covered in Chapter 3, ’Advanced setup,’ starting on page 33Advanced setup.

Task	See	See
1	Create a company file	‘Create a company file’
2	Easy setup assistant	Easy setup assistant
3	Set up preferences	‘Set up preferences’
4	Set a password for the Administrator user ID	‘Set a password for the Administrator user ID’
5	Set up accounts	‘Set up accounts’
6	Enter account opening balances	‘Enter account opening balances’

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