Edit or delete an opening balance for ledger accounts
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Edit or delete the opening balance

  1. From Settings, then Business Settings, find the Opening Balances section.
  2. Select Nominal Ledger.
  3. Find the relevant ledger account.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Change the amount in the Debit or Credit column
    • Delete the opening balance using the bin button next to the relevant entry
  5. Select Save.

How your ledger accounts update

The total value of all opening balances must balance to conform to bookkeeping rules.

This means the total amount of all the values in the Debit column must equal the Credit column.

If the Debit and Credit total don't match, we add the difference to the Opening Balances ledger account (9998). We use this ledger for this specific scenario.

In general, your opening balances should balance. If there is a value on your Opening Balance ledger account, check you have entered the correct values.

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