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Free Accounting Lists
Companies List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Sales Tax Code List
Units of Measure List
Customer Classes List
Terms List
Tax Jurisdictions List
Ship Via List
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State/Provinces List
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Companies List
Journal Entries List
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All Contacts
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Payees
States / Provinces
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Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Purchase Orders List
Sales Orders List
Receipts List
Invoices List
Return Receipts List
Debit Memos List
Return Invoices List
Credit Memos List
Bills List
Post Entries
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New Item
New Build Assemblies
Items List
Units of Measure
Build Assemblies List
Physical Adjustment
Inventory Control Journal
Free Accounting Banking
Bank Reconciliation
Check Register
Deposit Funds
Print Checks
Receive Payments
Write Check
Free Accounting Vendors
New Vendor
Vendors List
Purchase Orders List
Receipts List
Return Receipts List
Debit Memos List
Bills List
Write Check
Pay Bill
Payments and Charges History
A/P Aging Summary
Create Purchase Order
Create Receipt
Create Return Receipt
Create Debit Memo
Create Bill
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Customers
New Customer
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoices List
Return Invoices List
Credit Memos List
Receive Payments
Invoice Reconciliation
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return Invoice
Create Credit Memo
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Reports
Reports export to different file formats
Vendors and Payables
Customers and Receivables
Sales
Banking
Payees
Company and Financial
Lists
Accountant and Taxes
Documents
Items
Modify Reports
Memorized Reports
Memorized Report List
Report Finder
Free Accounting Options
Change the interface settings
Turn the banners on / off
Enable split in the 'Receive Payment' window
Set masks
Allow / restrict items zero quantity on documents
Set default Unit of Measure
Select a domain for Amazon search results
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Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
Conception
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 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 Return Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 14. Create Credit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 15. Vendor Return Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 16. Create Debit Memo 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 Support
Free Accounting Glossary
Troubleshooting
Master Transaction Ledger
The Master Transaction Ledger displays all the operations performed in Free Accounting.

Select either Lists / Master Transaction Ledger or Company / Master Transaction Ledger on the Free Accounting main menu or press on the Commands Panel and select Master Transaction Ledger in the Navigation Pane.



Date Range - Select the start and end dates of the period you want to view the transactions for.
View Type: All - Shows both posted and not posted transactions. Posted - Shows the transactions that were posted. Such transactions cannot be deleted or changed. For more information refer to the Post entries page of the help file.

Book:
Simple Multiple Filter - Click this button to apply multiple filter to the entries.
Custom Filter - Click this button to apply custom filter to the entries.
Remove Filter - Click this button to remove all filters applied to the entries.

The General View Tab displays a list of entries that have been made in Free Accounting.



Source - The name of the operation.
Date - The date the entry was made or entered.
Entry - The sequence number of the transaction in the system, which is auto-assigned by the Free Accounting application.
Account - The name of the account affected by the transaction.
Debit - The dollar amount of the entry (has to be equal to the credit amount of that operation or the total sum of split operations).
Credit - The dollar amount of the entry (has to be equal to the debit amount of that operation or the total sum of split operations).
Reference - The number of the document, journal entry, bill etc.
Clr (Cleared) - If selected, shows that Bank Reconciliation was made for this transaction in the Free Accounting system.
Check Number - The number of the checks written or received.
Effective Account - The number of the account affected.
Name - The name of the payee, customer or vendor.
Posted Date - The date when the entry was posted. Once it is posted it cannot be edited or deleted.
Description - Description of the transaction.

If the quantity of items in Inventory is negative besides the usual transaction the correctional transaction is recorded in MTL. (Receipt, Credit Memo List, Invoice, Debit Memo).

At the bottom of the Credit and Debit columns, the total amount of the entries displayed for the selected period is given. The balance of the Debit column has to be equal to the balance of the Credit column.

The Account View Tab displays the entries of a specified account or the entries grouped by vendors, customers, payees etc. The Ledger Grid shows the same information as the General View Tab.



The transactions are colored depending on the type of the account affected by the transaction.

Right-Click functions - Right click on a line of either the general or account view ledger grid to view the options available.



Go to source - Shows the original record of a transaction.
Show Grouped Entries Only - Displays entries grouped by reference number.
Show Adjustments - Shows adjustments to the current transaction if the process of Paying Bills (for vendors) or Invoice Reconciliation (for customers) was made. Otherwise the window will be blank. In Free Accounting the source transaction can be viewed by double clicking on the information in any field of the Adjustments window. Adjustments can have different statuses:

    Active - The process of Paying Bills / Invoice Reconciliation was made for the transaction.
    Unapplied - The process of Unapplying Adjustment for Vendors / Unapplying Adjustment for Customers was made for the transaction.
    Deleted - Transaction was voided. If the transaction was unapplied and then voided, the status of it will be still "unapplied".



Refresh - Renews the information in this window.
Simple Filter - Sets filters for the entries in the Master Transaction Ledger.
Custom Filter - Sets filters for the entries in the Master Transaction Ledger.
Remove Filter - Cancels the current filter.
View Operation Log - Shows the detailed information about the selected entry to the Free Accounting system administrator. It contains the information about the user who entered or deleted the record and procedure that took place in the Free Accounting application.
Reverse Entry - Reverses the transaction.
Void - Deletes a transaction from the system.
Print Preview - Select this menu item to open the Master Transaction Ledger report.
Print - Prints the information.


See also:
Free Accounting Company

Free Accounting Software