Occasionally you will need to make adjustments to your accounts using transactions where no money changes hands. A good example is depreciation - when you buy a car it usually falls in value over time, or depreciates. No money changes hands, but you still need to enter this change in value. To do this, you create what’s known as a Journal entry (often called a General Journal).

Another example is when you have made a mistake when entering data in a previous tax reporting period and you need to make an adjustment to your accounts to fix the problem (in most cases you shouldn’t go back and change a transaction for a previous reporting period after you have reported to your tax authority. Speak to your advisors for more information).

This screen shows a list of all of the general entries you have entered into your file.

	Add a Journal icon at the top of the list.
	Edit an existing Journal entry in the list.
	Add Another Journal transaction like this one.
	Delete an existing Journal entry in the list. You can select multiple transactions to delete by ticking multiple check boxes before clicking the Delete Icon.

List options

At the top of the screen there are some options that can help you to limit which Journal entries appear in the list.

Account - You can use this option to show only those transactions that have been entered using a specific Bank Account or Account. For example, to show only transactions made with the bank account labelled Loan: Credit Card then choose it from the list and click the Show button.

Date Range - The date range option allows you to limit the transactions listed to those that fall within the dates specified. For example, if you wanted to see only transactions that were dated between July 1 2008 and July 31 2008 you would enter ‘01/07/08′ into the first date field, and ‘31/07/08′ into the second field, and then press the Show button.

If you find that the transaction you are looking for is not in the list, or you get more transactions than you were expecting, be sure that the dates are correct.

Try and keep the date range fairly small to reduce the time it takes to load this screen.

Tag - You can use this option to show only those transactions that have been stored in a specific Report Tag. e.g. to show only transactions made with the Tag called Consulting choose it from the list and click the Show button.