General journal entries

If you want to correct your any wrong entry of the past, or pass any adjusting entry related to the any previous entry, then you can use the window of General journal entry.

In order to know that how to record an adjusting entry in Peachtree accounting software, click on the Tasks, and then select General Journal Entry. As we can see below

Then the following screen will appear

This is the screen of general journal entry. In this screen, we have to write the

·        Date of previous invoice in the Date

·        Invoice number in the Reference

And now you can do the adjustment. For that; select that GL Account in which you want to make the adjustment. Give the description of that account, its debit or the credit balance.

For saving the adjusting entry you have just passed, press the Save button in the header or press Alt+s

NOTE:

We can also view the journal entries we had passed.

For seeing your previous general journal entries, press the Open button in the header. The following screen will appear;

From the drop down button of Show, select the time period of which you want to view the general journal entry. As you can see below

Then from the selected time period, select that entry which you want to view.

By clicking double on your desired entry, the software will open that entry. As you can see below:

This is the whole procedure to make general journal entries.