Accounting  Journal entries

Accounting entries

Recording collections and payments for third parties 

You can quickly an easily record collections or payments for third parties without having to search through journal entries or invoices. You can simply look up the required third party and record the collection or payment directly from this screen. This process creates the required journal entry and performs the necessary matching based on your


Recording prepayments 

Recording payments that happen before the creation of the invoice they are related to, is possible in several ways in Sage Active, depending on the legislation. Each legislation uses a prepayment ledger account. However, they differ in which amount is recorded on this account. This is either the taxable amount or the amount including taxes.


Practical example recording prepayments: German legislation 

Sage Active allows you to easily record all journal entries related to advanced payments that took place before the creation of the invoice they are related to. These prepayments can be recorded for collections from your customers as well as for payments owed to your suppliers. In this article you will find a practical example


Practical example recording prepayments: French legislation 

Sage Active allows you to easily record all journal entries related to advanced payments that took place before the creation of the invoice they are related to. These prepayments can be recorded for collections from your customers as well as for payments owed to your suppliers. In this article you will find a practical example


Practical example recording prepayments: Spanish legislation 

Sage Active allows you to easily record all journal entries related to advanced payments that took place before the creation of the invoice they are related to. These prepayments can be recorded for collections from your customers as well as for payments owed to your suppliers. In this article you will find a practical example


Creating an accounting session 

You can create an accounting session to add an extra level of categorisation to a journal entry. For example, you can add a session to identify that an entry is part of the year-end closing process or to identify that it is created by a specific user. To create a session: Enter the Sessions list.



Rapidly modifying an entry 

When an entry is erroneous, you have the possibility of modifying it quickly without having to delete it completely. Access the accounting entry, select the entry to modify, possibly delete an erroneous line and balance the entry proposed by the application. Accounting > Accounting entries…



Copying a journal entry 

If you have mistakenly recorded an entry in the wrong journal or in an incorrect period, correct the error by transferring the entry. The transfer can be done through Accounting > Accounting entries…



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