User Guide

Adapting the Chart of Accounts
18 Simply Accounting
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On the Budget tab
Budget This Account.
This box appears only if you have
checked the Budget Revenue And Expense Accounts box on the
General tab of the Settings dialog box, and only for a Revenue or
Expense account. Check this box to set up a budget for a revenue
or expense account. When you check this box, budget period
fields appear, based on the Budget Period Frequency option
selected on the General tab of the Settings window. The total
budgeted amount also appears. Click the Allocate button to
distribute the total amount evenly among the budget periods, or
enter the budget amounts for each period.
Exercise 5: Modifying Existing Accounts
Accounts
1. In the Home window, open the Accounts window (choose
the Accounts icon).
2. In the Accounts icon window, scroll to account 1520
Category A, and double-click it to open the account record.
3. In the Account description field, type Computer Supplies.
The screen should look like this:
You can type a new account
description in this box.
Scroll through the chart
of accounts using these
buttons.
4. Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the list of accounts.
Select the following accounts and make these changes (after