Entering transactions in a bank or petty cash account
If you do not wish to import your bank statement, you can manually enter transactions in your bank account using Manual Journals.
To enter a deposit of 100 into your bank account, petty cash account, or credit card account:
- Create a journal with the date of the deposit
- In the Lines, create two lines:
- First line:
- Enter a description for the deposit
- Choose the account where you want to deposit the money
- In the Debit column, enter 100
- Second line:
- Enter the same description for the deposit
- As the Account choose “Opening Balance Offset”
- In the Credit column, enter 100
- Click Save to save the journal.
- First line:
You can verify the balance on your bank account by going to your balance sheet and selecting the date when you’d like to view the balance.