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Find and right-click the account and select Edit.

In QuickBooks, go to the Company menu and select Chart of Accounts.

Get your bank statement or sign in to your bank's website.

Once you have your bank statement and the pending transactions clear the bank, come back and adjust your opening balance entry. If you have pending transactions for your real-life bank or credit card accounts, don't worry.

When you're done, select Save & Close to record the opening balance.

This method prevents you from counting past transactions twice. In the Ending balance field, enter the balance of your real-life account for that date. Your opening balance summarizes everything before the date you pick. Enter the date you picked in the Ending date field. Pick a date that's older than the oldest transaction you want to track in QuickBooks.

If you want to enter your past transactions in detail: Decide how far back you want to go.

You'll start tracking new transactions going forward. This summarizes all of your past transactions.

If you don't plan to enter older transactions that come before the opening balance date in QuickBooks: Enter the ending balance and ending date from your most recent bank statement.

What you enter as the opening balance depends on how you want to handle your past transactions: Later on, if you need to edit your opening balance, the button will be Change Opening Balance. If you have multiple accounts of the same type or at the same bank, give them unique names so they're easy to tell apart. Select Bank or Credit Card for the account type.Right-click anywhere on your Chart of Accounts and select New.In QuickBooks Desktop, go to the Company menu and then select Chart of Accounts.Get your bank statements or sign in to your bank's website.You can enter an opening balance for a real-life bank account you just created, or one you've had for a while. Step 1: Enter an opening balanceįollow the steps for the type of account the opening balance is for: Bank or credit card accountsīefore you create a new account on your QuickBooks Chart of Accounts, make sure you know what to enter for your opening balance. Here's how to enter an opening balance for accounts you create in QuickBooks.

It summarizes all the past transactions that came before it. This starting point is the account's opening balance. This way, QuickBooks matches your bank records from the start.

You enter the balance of your real-life bank account for the day you pick. When you create a new account in QuickBooks Desktop, pick a day to start tracking all of your transactions. Learn how to enter an opening balance for a bank, credit card, and other types of accounts.