# Creating a Sales Accrual

<p class="callout danger">You must have permissions to Manual Journals to make Sales Accruals</p>

#### 1. From the Accounting Menu &gt; Manual Journals

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#### 2. Select New Journal  


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#### 3. The Narration is so you can quickly see the content of the journal, think of it like the invoice number

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##### 3.1 For Sales Invoices the Narration should be the Invoice Number and Customer you are accruing for

e.g. QUO:927668 J Thomson Colour Printers Limited

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#### 4. Enter the lines of the Manual Journal

<p class="callout info">If you are accruing for Sales Invoices, you should also accrue for the Stock and Supplier Costs as Bill Accruals</p>

For Sales Invoices there should be two lines, one Credit to Nominal Code 4102 - Unconfirmed Sales and one Debit to Nominal Code 2109. **The credit amount should be the total amount of the invoice.**

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#### 5. Select the Date

You should select the date you want the accrual to appear in. e.g. If you are accruing an May Invoice in April it would be 30/04/2022

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#### 6. Select the Automatic Reversing Date

For sales invoices you should always set the Auto Reversing Date as the following month, this allows you to track when a Sales Invoice has been properly invoiced and reversed.

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