General Ledger Table of Contents

Accounts Overview
General Journal Entries Overview

Jobs Overview

Analyzing your job activity
To analyze your job activity

Assigning transactions to jobs
Tip #1: Look for the Job column in transaction entry windows

Tip #2: Don’t forget to assign all line items in a transaction to the appropriate jobs

Tip #3: Remember the jobs for which you’re tracking reimbursables

Billing a customer for reimbursable job expenses
To bill the customer for job expenses

Changing account levels
To change an account’s level

Changing basic account information
To change an account’s basic information

Changing General Journal entries
To change a General Journal entry

To change a recurring General Journal template’s name or frequency

To change a recurring General Journal template’s line items and other information

Changing job levels
To change a job’s level

Changing the reimbursement status of expenses
To change the reimbursement status of an expense

Creating accounts
Step 1: Choose the type of account you want
Step 2: Enter basic information about the account
Step 3: Choose a currency for the account (if you’re using Multicurrency)
Step 4: Enter budgets for the account (optional; detail accounts only)
Step 5: Link the account to a transaction type (optional; detail accounts only)
Step 6: Enter your detail accounts’ opening balances
Step 7: Enter your detail accounts’ historical balances (optional)

Creating General Journal entries
Step 1: Identify the purpose for the transaction
Step 2: Enter the debits and credits for the transaction
Step 3: Choose what you want to do with the transaction

Creating jobs
Step 1: Choose the type of job you want
Step 2: Indicate whether you’ll track reimbursements for the job (detail jobs only)
Step 3: Assign a number to the job
Step 4: Link a customer to the job (optional)
Step 5: Enter details of the job
Step 6: Enter opening balances for the job (detail jobs only; optional)
Step 7: Enter your detail accounts’ historical balances (optional)

Creating recurring General Journal templates
To create a recurring General Journal template


Finding General Journal entries

To find a General Journal entry

To find a recurring General Journal template

Finding jobs
To find a job

Getting reimbursed for job expenses
Tip #1: Become familiar with how various sales types affect reimbursements

Tip #2: Use a “placeholder item” to track reimbursements on item sales

Tip #3: Use a special account to track reimbursements on other types of sales

Inactivating accounts
To inactivate (or reactivate) an account

Inactivating jobs
To inactivate (or reactivate) a job

Printing lists of your jobs
To print lists that contain job-related information

Recording depreciation
To record depreciation


Recording recurring General Journal entries

To record a recurring General Journal entry


Removing accounts

To remove an account

Removing General Journal entries
To remove a General Journal entry

To remove a recurring General Journal template

Removing jobs
To remove a job

Removing reimbursable expenses
To remove a reimbursable expense transaction

Reversing General Journal entries
To reverse a General Journal entry

General Journal Table of Contents