general ledger business software
 Integrated General Ledger for CAPITAL Accounting Software  
       

General Ledger

The general ledger summarizes all financial transactions entered in the system and provides management with a Trial Balance, Profit and Loss, and Balance Sheet financial statements. Many other reports can also be constructed and printed.

CAPITAL's General Ledger also comes equipped with an extremely flexible financial report writing tool.

 
       
 Features  Description  
       
End Period Wizard
Automatically updates general ledger period or automatically reverses and re-runs period. Balances GST and stock accounts without the need to post extra standing journals.  
       
 
All Periods Open
Enter transactions for any period for the current year, be it past, present or future.  
       
 
Reopen Ledger Year
Enter transactions for previous financial years.  
       
  Multi-currency ledger Supports postings to the general ledger in an unlimited number of currencies. All postings in original currency are tracked at the same time as the values automatically converted to your standard currency. Journals can also be entered in local or foreign currencies with automatic conversion to local currency.  
       
  Fast Journal Entry Fast, powerful and easy to use journal entry screen that supports QuickCodes. E.g., codes such as "rent", "car", "clothing" can be linked to general ledger codes for easy to remember data input.  
       
 
Reprinting
Print reports for prior periods and (in most cases) years.  
       
 
Chart of Accounts
Includes standard chart of accounts or transfer expense portion of chart from CAPITAL.  
       
 
Customise Chart
Add, edit, remove or completely reorganise chart codes as required.  
       
Flexible Opening
Any period can be selected for year start and end (e.g. June 30th for Australia, 31st December for USA and 31st March for UK).  
       
 
Customise Periods
User defined accounting periods, such as 12, 13, etc., up to 365 per year.  
       
 
Multi-Company Consolidates
Ability to consolidate subsidiary companies and/or ledgers to a main ledger.  
       
 
Copy Company
Copy the existing chart of accounts to subsidiary companies within the group.  
       
 
Immediate Accrual Posting
Accrual amounts can be set in the current period and reversed in the next period at the same time. No need to remember to reverse accruals or set-up an automated reversal procedure.  
       
 
Multi-Company
Up to 4000 companies per system.  
       
 
Start New Year Anytime
No need to close general ledger financial year in order to continue work in new year in CAPITAL.  
       
 
Batch Entry
Enter journals in batches for controlled posting.  
       
On-Line Entry
Enter journals immediately into general ledger through on-line entry procedure.  
       
 
Flexible Report Editor
Report editing tool provided for producing customised financial statements.  
       
 
Quick Report Writer
Does the ground work of creating basic financial statements automatically.  
       
 
Change Codes
Chart of account codes can be changed at any time or locked to prevent further posting.  
       
 
Standing Journals
Support for entry and posting of standing journals. Can copy general and system journals to and from standing journals.  
       
 
Matched Journals
Auto-balancing batch entry mode. Offsets difference against specified account such as bank, suspense, etc.  
       
 
Full Reversals
Reverse any posted batch or reverse whole period.  
       
 
DataShield
Master file corruption protected by "auto roll back" capability in case of interrupted postings.  
       
Journal Narration
Narrations may be of unlimited length for any journal of your business software.  
       
 
Financial Formulas
Specify calculated code groupings for on-screen inspection or inclusion in financial statements.  
       
 
Long Account Codes
Account codes up to 14 characters/numbers.  
       
 
Budgets
Powerful budget planning toolbox for calculating income and expense targets.  
       
 
Global Chart Modification
Tool
Add, edit or delete sections of a chart of accounts. Allows quick construction of complex multi-departmental charts.  
       
 
Reopen Years
Closed years in your accounting software can be reopened.  
       
 
Security
Create user profiles for access to only specified operating sections.  
       
 
Integrity Checking
Intelligent master file diagnostic and repair utility can automatically balance a corrupted chart and post error to suspense account.  
       
Standard Reports
  • Trial Balance (for period or year-to-date)
  • Budgets & Variations
  • Batch Listings
  • Chart List
  • General Ledger Sets
  • Audit Trail History
  • Transaction History
  • Journal Errors
  • Financial Formulas
 
       
  Configurable Reports Create new reports quickly using the Report Designer or use the existing reports such as:
  • Profit & Loss/Balance Sheet for Year
  • Profit & Loss/Balance Sheet Month/Year
  • Profit & Loss/Balance Sheet Year/Last Year
 
       
  Powerful Reporting
Functions
Financial reports can report on period, year, half year and quarterly balances, in standard/local currency or in foreign currencies or in any combination of the above.  

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