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Where an account is a posting account, the Posting Account box us ticked and is disabled and the link to the Parent Account is displayed.

Field	Description
Account Number	Ledger account structure is determined by the General Ledger Configuration form
Description	Details of the account
Details	Additional optional information about the account
Short Cut	Not used in the current system
Category	Reporting categories that are set-up in the Categories form
Sign	Expected sign of the account
Classification	Select from: Normal - used for all accounts other than Retained Earnings and Bank account Retained Earnings - only one account can be set as the Retained Earnings account. When the Yearly Roll Over is run, any undistributed profits or losses are posted to this account Bank - ledger accounts for bank accounts. This accounts only are displayed when paying creditors or receiving money from debtors
Segments	This section details the different segments of the account set-up by the Setup form. Description for each segment are set-up and editable in that Setup form
Posting Account	Indicates if the account is a posting account
Parent Ledger	Displays the relevant account where applicable and you can drill to that account