chart of accounts

[JohnDMeyers]

After you go through the wizard and enter your beginning balances, etc., a basic chart of accounts is provided.

The default chart of accounts should meet common needs.

[Eden Whitehead]

After you go through the wizard and enter your beginning balances, etc., a basic chart of accounts is provided.

The default chart of accounts should meet common needs.

In our case (a very small church) there was a lot in the provided chart of accounts that we simply did not need (e.g., the entire Payroll module). If that is your situation, tabylee, one solution is to simply go in and mark those items as Inactive (in V11: Accounting > Fund Accounting > Setup > Maintain Chart of Accounts, then click on Details button - about the middle of the window, where the list of funds appears). Another solution is to delete the items you don't need (so you can use those account numbers, if you want) but you need to be aware of dependencies between accounts. The Account Dependencies Report will guide you.

Hope this helps,
Eden

[fpmanchester]

Hi, I have a question/problem with my chart of accounts and the budget set up. I was told by another treasurer to put every account created in General Fund as well as in other funds. For instance: VBS Expense is in the C.E. Chart of Accounts as well as the General Fund Chart of Accounts. I was told to delete those listed in both now from the General Fund Account as they only need to be in C.E. However, all the budget numbers, etc. are shown in the details of General Fund and all are zeros in the C.E. Fund. How can this be fixed. I would like to just have C.E. listed as the Chart of Accounts for VBS.

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[NeilZ]

Hi, I have a question/problem with my chart of accounts and the budget set up. I was told by another treasurer to put every account created in General Fund as well as in other funds. For instance: VBS Expense is in the C.E. Chart of Accounts as well as the General Fund Chart of Accounts. I was told to delete those listed in both now from the General Fund Account as they only need to be in C.E. However, all the budget numbers, etc. are shown in the details of General Fund and all are zeros in the C.E. Fund. How can this be fixed. I would like to just have C.E. listed as the Chart of Accounts for VBS.

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It looks like when someone added the budget numbers, they put it in the General fund instead of the CE fund. The only way to fix this is to print a report showing those budget numbers, delete that data from the general fund, make those accounts inactive (if they can't be deleted), and reenter the numbers in the CE accounts.

Quick question: why is Christian Education setup as a separate fund not under the General Fund. Do they have a separate funding stream outside of normal contributions ??