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  • Product: Engagement Manager
  • Subject: Journal entries

Add a journal entry

Use the
Journal entries
 tab to add a journal entry to an engagement. If you are working in a parent consolidated engagement, you can add journal entries directly to child engagements without leaving the parent.
You'll need a user account that has been granted permission to
Add Journal Entries
. Before you can add a journal entry, there will also need to be a Client, an Engagement, and some amounts in the Trial Balance.
  1. On the Engagement dashboard, select the engagement to view it.
    note
    If the engagement is not on your
    Engagement dashboard
    , use
    Open engagements
     to add it.
  2. Select the
    Journal entries
     tab.
  3. Select the
    Add entry
     link.
  4. If you are working in a parent consolidated engagement, select the child engagement you want to add the journal entry to from the
    Engagement
     dropdown.
    note
    The
    Engagement
     dropdown only appears in parent consolidated engagements. The account list updates to display only the accounts that belong to the selected child engagement. If you are working in a divisional engagement, select the division you want to add the journal entry to from the
    Division
     dropdown. The account list updates to display only the accounts that belong to the selected division.
  5. Enter a reference number in the
    Reference
     field, then choose a
    Type
     for your journal entry.
    • Non-consolidated engagements: Adjusting, Reclassifying, Federal Tax, State Tax, Other, Other 2, Other 3 and Proposed.
    • Consolidated engagements: Eliminating, Reclassifying, Federal Tax, State Tax, Other, Other 2, Other 3 and Proposed.
    • Exclude
    • Include
    • Reverse
    • Zero balances
  7. You can add a workpaper reference by using the
    Workpaper reference
     field or look up the workpaper by using the
    Search
     button. Select
    X
     to remove the reference. If you choose to enter a workpaper reference, you can also select
    Attachment
     to add a reference used by another existing workpaper.
  8. Enter the
    Account
    ,
    Description
    ,
    Debit
    , and
    Credit
    .
    • Select
      Select Account
       to open the
      Select Account
       screen, where you can search for accounts by the account number or description and select one or multiple accounts, then select
      Add to journal entry
       to add it to the grid.
    • Optional: Select
      Add new account
       if you want to add new accounts while you're on this screen.
    • Optional: Select
      Columns
       to customize the columns you want to display on this screen.
  9. You can select the
    Trial balance
     link to open the trial balance in another window.
  10. Engagement Manager saves the journal entry automatically, but you can select the
    Done
     button to go back to the list of journal entries.
The Journal Entries grid on the
Journal entries
 tab and the Adjusting JE column of the Trial Balance tab are updated with your saved entries.
note
You can enter journal entries that are out of balance. If a journal entry is out of balance, this is indicated on the
Status
 column.

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