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Accounts

The books post themselves as you trade. This page covers what an accountant does on top: parties, receipts and payments, vouchers, the books, and closing a period.

Three things to know

Parties

Accounts → Parties. Customers, suppliers and weaver societies (or a party that is both) — each with its own ledger, GSTIN and state, a credit limit and credit days. A party's page shows their statement, open bills, and the forms to record money in or out.

Receiving money

  1. On the customer's page, record a receipt: amount, how it came (cash, UPI, card or bank) and, for a bank receipt, the bank ledger it went into.
  2. The amount fills their open bills oldest first; change any line before posting. What is not set against a bill stays on account as an advance.
  3. For a government buyer, enter the GST TDS they kept back. The receipt settles what reached the bank plus the TDS — see GST TDS.

Credit notes and advances can be applied to a customer's later bills from the same page.

Paying suppliers

On the supplier's page, record a payment against their bills, from cash or a bank ledger. Paying money out is its own authority — the head office accountant's by default.

Vouchers

Accounts → Vouchers: receipt, payment, contra and journal vouchers keyed by hand, each numbered in its branch's series, checked to balance, and refused in a closed period. Reverse a voucher from its page.

The books

BookWhat it shows
Day bookEvery voucher for a day or range
LedgersAny account's entries and running balance
Trial balanceEvery account's balance — debits always equal credits
Profit & lossIncome and expense for a period
Balance sheetAssets, liabilities and funds on a date
Cash & bank bookCash and each bank ledger

Every book can be filtered by branch and exported.

Closing a period

Accounts → Period close locks the books up to a date: nothing can be posted into a locked period by any screen. Unlocking is a separate permission that the default roles do not give the administrator, so the person who manages users cannot quietly reopen a closed month.

Bank ledgers

Only ledgers marked as bank accounts in Settings → Master data appear where a bank is chosen. A bank ledger can be restricted to one branch.