Title: Create Journal Entries


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Use the 'Create a new journal entry' function to create manual journal entries.


## Create a new journal entry  ##

Clicking on this icon will open the Make a Journal Entry window as shown below.

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Journal Entry Types  |Description
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Check  |This transaction type allows you to create a manual check.  The payee list is limited to vendors only for this option.  
Cash Receipt  |To manually record a cash receipt, use this transaction type. 
General Journal  |General Journal may be used for most manual journal entries.
Payroll  |To create a transaction that reflects payroll information you can use this transaction type.
Adjustment  |To record an adjustment journal entry, use this type.
Memo Cost  |To record a Memo Cost entry, use this type.  You will be prompted for the associated proposal number for the memo cost to be logged against to the adjustment will be logged against the proposal.
Vendor Credit  |To create a vendor credit journal entry, use this transaction type. 
Closing  |If you are creating manual year end closing journal entries, use this transaction type.
Finance Charge  |If you are entering a finance charge journal entry, use this transaction type.
Customer Credit  |If you are creating a customer credit journal entry, use this transaction type.


## Manual Journal Check ##

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If you need to manually create a check entry to a vendor, you can use the Check transaction type to create the journal entry and to generate the check entry in your Check Register, with this transaction type.  

Check Transaction type input fields |Description
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Checking Acct  |Select the cash account that you want to generate the payment from.
Check No  |Enter the check number that you wish to use to 
Payee  |Enter the first few characters of the payee name and any matches in your vendor database will be displayed, select the appropriate entry from the list.
Remit To  |This information will be pulled from the Remittance Address information in the vendor database.  You can edit this data here if necessary.

Select the appropriate expense distribution accounts in the Account distribution section.  Your debits and credits must balance, you cannot enter an out of balance journal transaction.