On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:59 PM, James Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've looked around, even in the manual and don't see any reference on > how to establish beginning balances (My Bank/checking account) > > I would think to go to GL and add a transaction however, I don't want to > put another account in the negative. Should I create a temporary account > in the Chart of accounts and debit it to add my balance to the Bank > account? Then delete the temporary account from the Chart of accounts ?
Enter all beginning balances via a GL transaction. If you still have a balance, put it in an equity account. Books should be balanced (and the sum of all amounts in the books 0) at all times. Bet Wishes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
