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Post a General Ledger journal entry

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Summary

Sage BusinessWorks allows you to record General Ledger entries up to 12 months in the future and 24 months in the past. You can use different entry types to manage standard, reversing, and corrective transactions.

Resolution

Post a journal entry

  1. Select GL, Entries, Post to journals.
  2. Select the journal, either a standard journal or a special journal.
  3. Select the type of entry.
  4. Enter the transaction date, reference number, and description.
  5. Enter account numbers and debit or credit amounts.
  6. Click Post.

Understand entry types

  • Standard: Records a regular entry with at least one debit and credit.
  • Reversing: Creates an opposite entry in the next month during close.
  • Recurring: Posts predefined entries from Maintain recurring entries.
  • Correcting: Posts an exact opposite entry to fix a previous entry.
  • Void: Posts an offset entry and allows exclusion from reports.
  • Edit: Updates descriptions for current or future entries.

Understand posting limits

  • You can post entries up to 12 months in the future.
  • You can post entries up to 24 months in the past.
  • Support is unable to determine what account numbers to use when posting a journal entry.

Verify balanced entries

Only balanced journals post. Total debits must equal total credits.

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