If a non-zero amount remains in the "Amount left to be allocated" field
Accounts Easy Setup Assistant > Enter your opening balances > If a non-zero amount remains in the "Amount left to be allocated" field

Your list of accounts is out of balance if a non-zero amount appears in the "Amount left to be allocated" field at the bottom of the Enter your opening balances window. There are several reasons why your accounts may be out of balance:

    Enter your account balances as positive numbers. (Don't, for example, enter asset amounts as positive numbers and liability amounts as negative numbers.) Accounting Plus knows whether each account should have a debit or credit balance. Enter a negative amount only if an account has a negative balance.

  • If you plan to use Accounting Plus's stock features and didn't enter an opening balance for the account you intend to use to track the value of your company's stock items, your accounts will be out of balance by the stock value amount; the value of your company's stock will appear in the "Amount left to be allocated" field.

    A non-zero amount is this instance is OK. This amount will be assigned to the Historical Balancing account. When you enter this account's opening balance while you're setting up your items in MYOB Accounting Plus, the amount in the Historical Balancing account will return to zero.

  • The "Amount left to be allocated" field still doesn't display £0.00 after you've rechecked your opening balances.

    Click the Next button.If you leave a non-zero amount in the"Amount left to be allocated" field, the amount will be assigned to the Historical Balancing account. In traditional accounting terms, assets should always equal liabilities and capital; Accounting Plus doesn't allow unbalanced transactions (transactions whose debit and credit amounts aren't equal) to be recorded, but this account allows you to continue to use Accounting Plus if your beginning balances aren't balanced. If you balance the accounts later, the amount in the Historical Balancing account will return to zero.