About account ranges

You can set up the ranges for the ledger accounts. The Account Range boxes determine the overall range of accounts for the entire chart of accounts. If you are creating a chart of accounts manually, indicate the lowest and highest account numbers in the range. Then set the individual accounts ranges within the chart of accounts. The range for a chart of accounts usually begins with one (100, 1000, or 10,000) and ends with eight (800, 8000, or 80,000). You can create ledger accounts that use up to ten digits. The range of the largest chart of accounts that you can create is 1,000,000,000 to 9,999,999,999.

When setting up account, you cannot assign an account number that exceeds the range limit. For example, suppose the Current Liabilities range of accounts is from 200 to 249. You cannot create a current liability using an account number below 200 or above 249.

To ensure that you can match job costs with amounts in your general ledger by cost type, select the Require a cost type on expense accounts Then, you need to select a cost type for each direct expense, equipment expense, or shop expense account.