• How do I Delete complete vendor, purchases and payments to start over.

    How do I Delete complete vendor, purchases and payments to start over. I added a new vendor Jan 1, 2024 and added purchases (pay later) and then payments. For some reason it is not working out and I want to delete the whole thing and restart. Can this…
  • Payroll Tax Remittance

    My starting balance is incorrect in my remittance summary. I tried to adjust the payments part so it would zero it out but it didn't clear it out. How can I get it removed or adjusted?
  • Adjusting journal entries for previous years

    Help! I just noticed that on my review from the accounting firm they have indicated that I need to make journal entries for previous years to resolve the note on the year end adjusting journal entries sheet to address the comment "To record PY AJE not…
  • How to remove an account the is our of order?

    I have removed/reversed the transactions in the account. But I still can't delete it. The number of the account fall directly inbetween another 2 accounts that are in use. so I can't create a new header account to delete this one. It is stuck our in no…
  • Year end adjustments to account payables

    I know there was few topics on similar issue but it seems I didin't find the answer. I received following year end adjustments Account payables Cr 20 000 consulting services Db 20 000 Since I cannot do adjustments to accounts payables without…
  • reversing bank charges from bank reconciliation

    I have posted bank charges in expenses tab in account reconciliation as of Oct 31. After year-end adjustments, my accountant asked me to move it for next year. For some reason this transaction was not showing up to him. How can I move it to November so…
  • Should negative purchase invoices be entered?

    Hi Everyone, I have a few invoices in payables that were entered as negatives because we got a credit. What do I do with them now since they keep a negative balance for that vendor? I have paid invoices to them since so these ones will just forever…
  • varying pay periods

    Our normal pay period is bimonthly (24 pay days) One person's payroll does not make sense because some periods, his pay stub is correct (march1-15, then 16-30) but some months, the pay stub is incorrect (april1-15, then 25-31). The bi-monthly salary…
  • US bank balance does not match Canadian amount in Balance Sheet

    Hello everyone. I am stumped. I have taken over the books for a client and there is 90.88 in the US account which balances with the bank statement, however it shows -646.39 Canadian on the balance sheet. Can someone help guide me with the general journal…
  • credit to a vendor

    Hello need some help please! I accidently paid a vendor bill twice and im trying to do month end on my books but i need to add the credit so it shows on my bank statement. Not sure how to get that credit to show up. Thanks
  • Vacances annuelles

    Bonjour. J'ai un solde débiteur pour le compte "Vacances à payer" créditeur et je voudrais le remettre à "0" car les vacances 2020 ont toutes été payées. Une employée a reçu un trop payé de vacances il y a plusieurs années et nous ne tenons pas à…
  • The closing balance of a GL one year does not match the opening of the next. What's up?

    I use different bookkeeping programs, but Sage is not my comfort zone. It does quirky things that I don't understand. Today's quirk I came across while trying to figure out the history of a ledger account. To view the transactions in a ledger account…
  • Payment adjustment accounts in the pay remittance - Are they correct?

    I am trying to pay remittance... Are the payment adjustment accounts right as shown above? CPP - is listed in payment adjustment account 5430 - CPP Expense EI - is listed in payment adjustment account 5420 EI Expense and TAX - is listed in the…
  • Prior Year Adjusting entry

    I need some insight on how to make adjusting entries for expense accounts from 2018 to 2019 that were not claimed for 2018 Taxes. I need to carry forward the amounts I made from receipts and Invoices that were charged and paid for in 2018. For example…
  • Deposit Personal Cheque as investment

    We want to deposit a personal cheque as a deposit to our main bank account in the beginning of our work season to help cover various startup costs. How do I process a deposit to account of personal funds? Should I make a new bank account or should I just…
  • Need Help Please...Inventory costing nightmare

    Our year end is March 31 ......and we use average costing of inventory allowing for negative values. I cannot figure out how to fix this, and it's completely messing with my inventory and financial statements. What is creating this variance line? How…
  • paycheck issued in January for wrong amount and needs to be corrected along with CRA amounts

    I work with Sage 50 Canadian Edition 2019.2 I have two paychecks that were posted in January with the wrong amounts. CRA remittance was paid based on these wrong figures. I need to correct in order to reconcile the account and do not know how to post…
  • Inventory General Journal Entry

    Good day, I was wondering if someone could please help me with my predicament . I was asked to record inventory but i've never done it before in Sage. I understand beg + purchase - Ending = inventory. I have debited the beginning inventory and I recorded…
  • How do I make prior year adjustments to the immediately preceding year that's already closed?

    Hello, I use Sage 50 Canadian edition. I am in the 2018/19 fiscal year. My 2017/18 fiscal year is closed. Now I need to make a couple of adjustments in the 2017/18 fiscal year. I was not able to find the way to do it and may be overlooking something…
  • Sales tax section in General Journal entry

    My question is - I think I may have entered incorrectly I'm working with GST remittances (Refunds or Returns) I'm doing it as a GJ entry - 3 accounts consisting of GST Collected, Paid and Cleared Once I enter my numbers in appropriate accounts then…
  • Can't process sales invoice due to cost of inventory items change

    Hi, all: While I modified a sales invoice, this is error message: "The cost of one or more items has changed since you started processing this transaction. If you recently printed this transaction's Detail report, reprint the report to see the effect…
  • Can't post Y/E adjustment - account doesn't appear in drop down menu

    I can't post a year end adjustment to one of my accounts from the GJ window. It is my vacation payable account. I assume it is because it is linked to other payroll accounts but I am not sure how to now reverse it. The amount in the account is from various…
  • How do I correct an opening balance error in bank account?

    When the system was setup, the person who did the setup, opened the bank account with 50K CR instead of 50K DR. When I took over in January, I wanted to correct the opening bank balance. I went through the account setup and changed the opening balance…
  • Inventory and item cost problem

    Hi We have a problem with my inventory. We do house and buidling wiring. We sold and install different type of cable and sometime it's sold foot by foot or in a package and I have an ''service'' item for that purpose. Also since we are in canada…
  • LOC set up wrong

    The bookkeeper before me has the line of credit account set up as a cash account. So I am unable to record payments on it and account for it correctly. Sage will not let me simply change the account type to a liability. It is only giving me asset options…