GL Control Accounts

Overview

Control accounts are accounts that only the system can post to - this ensures that the balance of these accounts have not been adjusted by manually posting journals. Note: a secure feature exists for posting to GL Control Accounts.

These are the default accounts to use for transactions in the system.

Set all the defaults to be used in the system for GL codes for particular transactions

Trade Debtors, Creditors - for invoices
GST Paid and collected - for GST
Dftl Income and Expense is Default Income and Expense Accounts
Undeposited Funds - for funds received but not yet deposited (eg cash in a till)
Cash Discrepancy - for when counting cash floats
Invoice Rounding on sales invoices when cash sales are made
Delivery Charges on sales orders
Goods Received not Inv is goods received not invoiced
Default Stock Asset - Inventory stock on hand
Cost of Sales - COGS
Cost of Sales Assembly - is cost of Sales Assemblies that are assembled only when sold and not stocked.
Warranty costs for parts and labour
Stock write off - example returns to scrap
FC Position Foreign Currency
GST Rate
Asset Depreciation - for depreciation expense
FX Control - to track foreign exchange adjustments
Unrealised FX - gains and losses
EPA is deposits on drink bottles
Withholding tax is for creditors that do not provide an ABN - The system will warn users on creation of Creditor Invoice. You may add a line to the invoice or instead create a creditors credit note for the withholding amount. The withheld amounts will show on the GST Explorer
Deposits and Progress Payments - where an invoice may have been raised but with no GST as the funds have not been earnt yet
Deposit % - where a standard deposit is required
Restocking Fee - where a standard cancellation charge applies

COD customer orders can be defaulted to 100% payment required either (1) before authorisation or (2) before picking or (3) not defaulted. The % is held per debtor and so can be adjusted for each debtor.