Edit your opening balances

This article explains how to edit your opening balances in FreeAgent. It also covers editing opening stock balances and opening balance journal entries.

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Editing opening bank balances

If you would like to edit any of your opening bank balances, navigate to the 'Banking' tab at the top of the screen, select 'Bank Accounts' from the drop-down menu and choose the relevant bank account from the list.

Bank accounts highlighted under Accounts section.

Select 'Edit details' at the top-right.

‘Edit details’ button highlighted at top of bank account page.

Scroll down to the ‘Opening balance’ section, make the relevant changes and select ‘Save changes’ at the bottom of the screen to complete the process.

Opening balance section with a figure input.

Editing opening stock balances

If you would like to edit opening stock balances, select 'Settings' from the drop-down menu in the top-right corner and then select 'Price List & Stock' from the ‘Emails, Invoices & Estimates’ section.

‘Price List and Stock’ highlighted in Emails, Invoices and Estimates section of Settings page.

Select the ‘Stock’ tab.

‘Stock’ tab highlighted at top of Price List and Stock page.

Select ‘Edit’ to the right of the relevant stock item.

‘Edit’ button highlighted next to listed stock item.

Make the relevant changes and select ‘Save Changes’ to complete the process.

‘Edit this Stock Item’ pop up window.

Editing opening balance journal entries

Navigate to the ‘Accounting’ tab at top of the screen and select ‘Journal Entries’ from the drop-down menu.

'Journal Entries' highlighted under Accounting tab on Overview page.

From the 'Journal Entries' screen, choose 'Opening Balances' from the drop-down menu.

‘Opening Balances’ selected on drop down menu.

Select ‘Edit Opening Balances’ in the top-right.

‘Edit Opening Balances’ button highlighted at top of Journal Entries page.

Make any necessary changes and select ‘Save Changes’ at the bottom of the screen to complete the process. Please note that the debit and credit values of the journal entries need to be equal in order for you to be able to save the changes.

Edit Opening Balances page showing codes, additional information and Debit and Credit figures.

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