Open your books
Turn the books on once your old books are in. From then on, every sale and expense is posted.
On the computer, 5 steps
Guide 3 of 14 in Accounting
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Start here
In Accounting › Overview, click Open the books.

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The opening balance
It is worked out from Cashflow, on the day before the books start.

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Other balances
Land, a loan, anything Cashflow does not know? Click Add a line.

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Before opening
Each check should be green. An orange one needs a fix, or I accept.

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Open
Click Open the books. It is done once and cannot be undone.

Next step
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- 1Invite your accountantName and e-mail, and they get their sign-in details.
- 2Move your books inYour old journal, account by account, checked.
- 5Classify a movementGive an untyped expense its account.
- 6Record a journal entryType the lines, check the balances, send.
- 7Lock a monthClose a finished month to any change.
- 8Reopen a monthAsk to reopen a locked month, then approve it.
- 9Check the VAT you oweThe figures for your monthly VAT return.
- 10Read your profit and lossIncome, expenses and profit, down to each line.
- 11Read your balance sheetAssets, liabilities and equity on one page.
- 12Check your trial balanceDebits equal credits, account by account.
- 13See an account’s historyOne account, line by line, back to the sale or expense.
- 14See who owes youCustomers and suppliers, sorted by age.
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