Best Practice Guidelines: Accounting Management
2. Financial Configuration
2.1. Ledgers configuration
Ledgers configuration
7.8 Ledger manager
Configuring the ledger account structure is the big work, in the future will only be adding one or two. The ledgers will grow as the business grow.
Talk to the auditors and bookkeepers, that the practice ledgers is set up correctly. Ask them to supply you with a Trail balance and Income statement to help assist in setup the ledgers on GoodX Software, also confirm that the practice is registered for VAT before you start setting up the ledgers.
You will also see what ledgers you need as you import your bank statement and have to allocate the expenses and income
You can refer back to Pastel software if the auditors are using the other system as GoodX
VAT setup is important on each Ledger account correctly.
INC - Income Ledger account - All the Income accounts
Normal Setup will be INC1 - Professional fees
IINC2 - Material Income
INC3 - Medicine Income
INC4 - Creditors Discount
INC5 - Debtors Interest
INC6 - Other income
EXP - Expenses Ledger accounts - All the paying accounts
GoodX supply a standard Ledger structure, the company can adjust the ledgers as their needs
No-slip must be allocated to Personal drawings
The Doctor or owner must indicate what money he/she is using and for what. No VAT because this is for personal use.
There are Headers and sub-accounts, you can have as many levels as you want or need