Edit a journal entry using Accounting Behind the Screens
Learn more about standard debit and credit entries in journal transactions
Display or hide G/L account fields in various task windows
When you select the Journal button in the Purchases window, Sage 50 displays the Accounting Behind the Screens window. You will see the corresponding journal entries for the purchase invoice that will post to the General Ledger. You can modify the transaction by changing the account IDs of journal distributions listed.
Two tabs appear depending on the type of information entered on the purchase invoice.
For assistance with debits and credits, see Journal Entry Distributions—Purchases.
To return to the Purchases window. Then, select Save to record the invoice in the Purchases Journal and the Cash Disbursements Journal (if a direct payment is entered).