Setup Guide: Entering Opening Balances for Customer Sales Invoices

When you set up Sage Simply Accounting, you need to enter unpaid customer sales invoices into the system. You can do this before or after you enter opening balances for your accounts.

To enter unpaid customer sales invoices:

1. From the Setup menu, select Setup Guide, and then select Customers.
2. Enter the name and contact information for a customer, if you haven't done so.
3. In the Balance Owing column for that customer, click $0.00. The customer's record will be displayed.
4. On the Historical Transactions tab, click Invoices, enter information about the invoice such as the invoice number and amount, and then click Record.
5. Click Save and Close, and then click Close again.

Note:The grand total of all unpaid invoices must be the same as your Accounts Receivable opening account balance. If the amounts are different, and you try to exit this window, Sage Simply Accounting asks you how you want to proceed. You can either:

• Return to the Customers window so that you can double-check each customer's balance owing
• Leave everything as is because you will be entering more invoices later
• Confirm that the total balance owing for unpaid invoices is correct. If you select this option, Sage Simply Accounting will automatically update your Accounts Receivable balance so that it matches the total balance owing for unpaid invoices.