Set up accounts
Accounts provide a means for grouping similar transactions. For example, if your business pays rent for the use of its premises, you would create a rent account and then allocate all rent payments to that account. The accounts you use for your business are grouped in an accounts list.
NOTE: Do you need to complete this task? If your accountant or MYOB Certified Consultant has provided you with a company file, this task may have been completed for you. In this case, go to ‘Enter account opening balances’ on page34.
When you created your company file, you selected a default accounts list to start with. This list may already have the accounts you need. If not, you can change the list to suit your needs. If you are unsure, ask your accountant which accounts you should create, edit or delete. If you chose to import a list of accounts, you should import this list now.
NOTE: Invite your accountant or bookkeeper to help you If your company file is shared online with AccountRight Live and you want your accountant or bookkeeper to help you with this task, invite them to work online.
Account numbers Each account is identified by a unique five‐digit number. The first digit indicates the account’s classification (for example, accounts starting with 1 are asset accounts). The remaining four digits determine its location within the classification. The lower the number, the higher up in the list it appears. For example, account 1‐1100 appears above 1‐1200.
Account classifications and types The accounts list groups accounts into eight classifications—Asset, Liability, Equity, Income, Cost of Sales, Expense, Other Income and Other Expense. Within each account classification there is at least one account type.
Account classifications and types are described in the following table.
Note that:
- You cannot allocate transactions to a header account.
- The balance of a header account is the sum of the detail accounts indented directly below it.
- You can have up to three header account levels.
- How you group your accounts can affect how totals and subtotals are calculated on reports.
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