General Ledger Accounting
Accounting Basics
- Accounting
- Debits and Credits
- Effect of Debit or Credit to G/L Account Types
- Control Accounts
- PCLaw Lawyer Types
- Finding the Start of Fiscal Year Date
- Finding the PCLaw Start Date
Entries that Post to the G/L in...
- The Accrual Method of Accounting
- The Cash Method of Accounting
- The Modified Cash Method of Accounting
General Ledger
- Calculating the General Ledger Balances
- Summarized G/L Accounts
- Viewing the G/L Chart of Accounts
- Creating G/L Accounts
- Removing a General Ledger (GL) Account
- Adding a New General Ledger (GL) Account
- G/L Control Accounts
- Identifying G/L Control Accounts in Versions 9.20 and Higher
- Identifying G/L Control Accounts in Versions 9.0 to 9.10
- Chart of Common G/L Control and Reserved Accounts
- Parent and Sub Accounts on General Ledger Statements Overview
- Creating Parent G/L Accounts
- Assigning Sub Accounts to Parent G/L Accounts
- Using and Working with Expense Recovery Accounts
- Changing G/L Allocations on Transactions
- Adding or Changing a G/L Adjustment
- Entering G/L Opening Balances
- Trust Funds Owed (2100) Account
- Calculating the Client Disbursement Recovery Balance
- Showing Both Parent and Sub Accounts on the Income Statement
- Showing Only Parent Accounts on the Income Statement
- Showing Only Sub Accounts and Hiding Parent Accounts on the Income Statement
- Showing Both Parent and Sub Accounts on the Balance Sheet
- Showing Only Parent Accounts on the Balance Sheet
- Showing Only Sub Accounts and Hiding Parent Accounts on the Balance Sheet
- Using and Working with the Client Disbursement Clearing Account (5210)
- Client Disb. Clearing Account
- Changing the Default Client Disbursement Clearing Account
- General Ledger Category
- Send G/L Data to Accountant
- Import G/L Adjustments from Accountant
- Reconciling Unpaid Disbursements
- Reconciling Unpaid Disbursements When You Do Not Separate Hard and Soft Costs
- Reconciling Unpaid Disbursements When You Separate Hard and Soft Costs
- Enabling the Use G/L Accounting Feature
- Tracking Soft Costs in G/L
- Consolidating G/L Statements for Two Sets of Books
- Posting Input Tax Credits (ITC) to the G/L for Sales Tax Paid Out (Quebec)
End of Month
- Closing the Month Overview
- Closing the Month in Accrual Accounting
- Closing the Month in Modified Cash Accounting
- Closing the Month in Cash Accounting
- Finding the Last Month Closed
- Reopening Months
- Exporting Month-End Balances to Third Party Applications
- Balances Do Not Include All Entries for the Month
End of Year
- PCLaw End of Year - Checklist
- Closing the Year
- Year End Adjusting Entries
- End of Year Adjusting Entries Report
- You May Not Close More than 12 Months in a Year
Error Messages and Troubleshooting
- Trust Balances Do Not Reconcile for the Trust Bank Journal, Client Trust Listing, or G/L
- You Are Already Running a General Ledger Function
- The Accounts Receivable Balances Do Not Reconcile from the Billing (Fees) Journal to the Client Ledger or G/L 1200 Account
- Client Disbursement Recovery Balances Do Not Reconcile from the Client Ledger to the G/L 1210 Account for Accrual Accounting
- Client Disbursement Recovery Balances do not Reconcile from the Client Ledger to the G/L 1210 Account for Modified Cash Accounting
- Client Disbursement Clearing Account (5210) Balance is Not Zero
- The GST/HST Journal Balance Does Not Reconcile to the G/L 2400 Account
- You Are Already Running a General Ledger Function
- Someone Else Is in PCLaw
- Unable to Get Balance Information
- GL Account out of Balance with its Corresponding Journal
- The General Bank Journal Balance is Wrong but the G/L Balance is Correct
- Budget Entries are Not Saved and Related Reports Return Zero Values
- Balance Sheet Does Not Balance Because an Expense Account was Changed to an Asset Account
- The Retrieve From Window Does Not Open
- Both the Long and Short Term Sections of the Balance Sheet Contain the Liability Account
- Printing a List of G/L Accounts Crashes PCLaw
- G/L Functions and Financial Statements Truncate Bank Account Names to 20 Characters
- Trial Balance Does not Match the Income Statement
