What Control Accounts can I use in Equipment Cost?
Description

Note:

To see Account Tables on the Setup menu in Equipment Cost, mark the Use Account Table check boxes in Equipment Cost settings: File, Company Settings, EQ Settings,GL Entry Settings.

Cause

You can specify Control Account Types in General Ledger as follows:

  1. Select File, Company Settings, GL Settings.
  2. Click Processing Options, mark the Use Control Account Types check box.
  3. Click OK.
  4. Select Setup, Accounts.
  5. Choose an account, and then mark the Control account check box.
  6. In the Control Account Settings area, specify the Control Account Type and the warning message setting.

For more information about Control Accounts, refer to the various Control Account Help topics in General Ledger.

Resolution

If you specified Control Account Types for your General Ledger accounts, then you are limited in the accounts you can use in Equipment Cost as follows:

Entry Settings Control Accounts (File, Company Settings, EQ Settings,Entry Settings):

  • Intercompany payable: Use an Other Control Acct or a non-control account.
  • Intercompany receivable: Use an Other Control Acct or a non-control account.

GL Entry Settings Control Accounts (File,Company Settings, EQ Settings,GL Entry Settings):

  • Revenue Credit Account: Use a Revenue Control Acct.
  • Revenue Debit Account: Use an AR Control Acct or a JC Cost Control Acct.
  • Cost Credit Account: Use a non-control account.
  • Cost Debit Account: Use a JC Cost Control Acct or a non-control account.

Enter Costs control accounts (Tasks, Enter Costs,Miscellaneous or Standard):

  • Debit Account: Use a non-control account.
  • Credit Account: Use a non-control account.

Enter Revenues control accounts (Tasks, Enter Revenue, External or Internal):

  • Debit Account: Use an AR Control Acct.
  • Credit Account: Use a Revenue Control Acct.

Account Tables Control Accounts (Setup,Account Tables):

  • Revenue Credit Account: Use a Revenue Control Acct.
  • Revenue Debit Account: Use an AR Control Acct or a JC Cost Control Acct.
  • Cost Credit Account: Use a non-control account.
  • Cost Debit Account: Use a JC Cost Control Acct or a non-control account.
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