How to edit, or set a default chart of accounts?

Sage Accounting:

Create as many new ledger accounts as you need or change existing ones to suit your business.

For example, you might want to change Product Sales to Gardening Sales if you're running a gardening business.

Please review the following guide on how to modify the Sage Accounting Chart of Accounts: https://help.sbc.sage.com/en-us/accounting/chart-of-accounts/extra-create-nominal-ledger-account.html 

Sage 50 Accounts:

When you first set up your company in Sage 50 Accounts, the nominal accounts and chart of accounts are based on the business type you select in the Active Setup Wizard.

If necessary, you can edit, as well as set a chart of accounts you want to be your default.

Edit a chart of accounts

1. On the navigation bar click Nominal codes then click Chart of accounts.
2. Select the relevant chart of accounts, then click Edit.
3. Click the Profit and Loss or Balance Sheet tab.
4. Select the category you want to amend.
   • If required, you can amend the description of the category. When you run the management reports, this information appears as a heading. It's not possible to add extra categories.
5. Amend the category account range information as follows:
   • To add a category account range - Click on a blank line then enter the name of the category and the low and high nominal code ranges.
   • To insert a line into the category account ranges, place your cursor where you want to insert the line and press F7 and click Yes.. You're advised that all categories move down by one line and you will lose information on the last line of this category. Each category has up to 80 lines.
   • To delete a line from the category account ranges, click the name and press F8.
   • To amend a category account, select the category you want to edit and amend the low or high range to those nominal codes you want to include.
6. Click Save.

Set a default chart of accounts

1. On the navigation bar click Nominal codes then click Chart of accounts.
2. Select the relevant chart of accounts, click Make default then click Close. 

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