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The Nominal Ledger window

You can use the Nominal Ledger window to customise Sage Accounts to make management reports and transactions more relevant to your company, so even though the software is designed to suit a wide audience, you can tailor it specifically for your business needs. It's also a great place to see information about the transactions affecting specific nominal codes.

To access the Nominal Ledger window, browse to Company > Nominal Ledger.

Within the Nominal Ledger window you can access the Chart of Accounts, amend nominal codes and post journals.

Options within the Nominal Ledger window

New Nominal	Use to create a new nominal record using the New Nominal wizard.
Nominal Record	Opens a blank nominal record, where you can: Create a nominal account record. Open an existing nominal account record to view or edit. To do this, from the N/C drop-down list > choose the required nominal record.
Activity	You can use this to view the transaction history on a nominal record.
Journal Entry	Move balances between nominal records. Find out more
Journal Reversal	You can use this to correct journals that have been made in error. Find out more
Prepayments	Set up transactions that will adjust your accounts for payments or invoices that you have paid in advance. Find out more
Accruals	Set up transactions that will adjust your accounts for any payments or invoices which you pay in arrears.Find out more
Chart of Accounts - menu option	Opens the Chart of Accounts window.
Reports	Opens the report browser for the nominal ledger.
Chart of Accounts - drop-down list	The Chart of Accounts structure currently applied to the Nominal Ledger window.
Display	The time period you want to view your nominal activity over.
Cumulative/Month only	This option is only active if you select any of the months 1 to 12 in the Display box. Cumulative - The total for the nominal account up to the selected month. Month only - Displays the balance of transactions for the selected month.
Variance	Compare the displayed financial activities to: Your previous financial year. Budgets set on your nominal accounts.
Layout	Controls how your nominal accounts appear. Analyser - The nominal account activity in the structure of a financial statement. List - A simple list without any grouping or filters applied. The debit and credit columns display cumulative totals for the current financial year, including any brought forward values. Graph - A pie chart. To view more information in the chart, either hover your cursor over areas on the chart or double-click a section.

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