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Free Accounting Items
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Build Assemblies List
Physical Adjustment
Inventory Control Journal
Free Accounting Bank and Checks
Bank Reconciliation
Check Register
Deposit Funds
Print Checks
Receive Payments
Write Check
Free Accounting Vendors
New Vendor
Vendors List
Purchase Order List
PO Receipt List
Return PO List
Return PO Receipt List
Bills List
Write Check
Pay Bill
Payments and Charges History
A/P Aging Summary
Create Purchase Order
Create PO Receipt
Create Return PO
Create Return PO Receipt
Create Bill
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Customers
New Customer
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Return SO List
Credit Memo List
Receive Payments
Invoice Reconciliation
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return SO
Create Credit Memo
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Reports
Export from Reports to different file formats
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Sales
Banking
Payees
Company and Financial
Lists
Accountant and Taxes
Documents
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Reports Toolbar
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Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
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Get Started
Lesson 1. Company Information in Free Accounting
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 3. Create an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills in Free Accounting
Lesson 8. Create a Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order in Free Accounting
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge in Free Accounting
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 14. Create Credit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 15. Vendor PO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 16. Create Return PO Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 17. View Reports in Free Accounting
Lesson 18. Bank Reconciliation in Free Accounting
Lesson 19. Trial Balance in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Check Register
You can open the Free Accounting Check Register window using Menu bar Banks and Checks / Check Register or selecting it from the Navigation pane by pressing the button and selecting the appropriate icon Check Register on the working area.

The Check Register displays all the checks made and received to a specific bank/cash account. To choose the account select it from the drop-down list.



You can select what type of checks you want to be displayed. To do so, select the appropriate information from the drop-down list of the Show field.



You can set filters to display the set of the fields that you want. Click on the filter button . It opens a Simple Filter that will sort the checks by the following criteria: effective account, source, name (Customer, Vendor, Payee), etc.
The Remove Filter button removes any sorting that has been performed by the Set Filter.
Check Register example
The Check Register grid displays the following information:

  • Date - The date the check was made.
  • Check No. - The number of the check.
  • Reference No. - The additional number of the check.
  • Name - The Payee's name the check was made by or received from.
  • Cleared - It is marked when the operation is reconciled in the Free Accounting Software.
  • Deposits - The amount of money transferred to the selected account.
  • Payments - The amount of money paid from the selected account.
  • Effective Account - The number of the account the transaction affects.
  • Source - The name of the operation in the Free Accounting program.
  • Posted - It is marked if the entry has been posted. Once it is posted it can not be edited in Free Accounting.
  • Balance -The amount of money left after the operation has been performed.


  • The transactions are colored depending on the account they affect.

    Right click functions:
      Right Click
  • View Check Details - Select a line to go to the source of a check.
  • Edit Check - Edit the check information.
  • Print - Print the check information.
  • Void Check - Delete a specific check from the system.
  • Undeposit - Available only for deposits. Select a payment to be undeposited. (This operation is similar to Reverse entry).

  • Refresh - Refresh the check information.


  • Go to the source of the entry by double clicking on a line.

    See also:
    Free Accounting Bank and Checks

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