How to Alert Users Who Try to Post Transactions to Retained Earnings in QuickBooks

by Laura Madeira | November 10, 2011 11:00 am

Did you know that you can set a preference to warn users if they try to record a transaction to the Retained Earnings account?

Click Edit > Preferences and select the Accounting preference on the left. Click the Company Preference tab (if you are logged in as the Admin or External Accountant user) and place a check mark in the Warn When Posting a Transaction to Retained Earnings check box. Users then receive the message shown below.

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The warning enabled in preferences to alert users that they are posting to Retained Earnings.

From Laura Madeira’s QuickBooks 2010 Solutions Guide[2]

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  2. QuickBooks 2010 Solutions Guide: http://www.quick-training.com/book/

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