GLManager (Desktop-based)

GL Desktop is a user-friendly desktop application which can be used to perform the Accounting related activities.

Application can be installed on any machine which can access the central database server installed at a different Location.

Some of features provided by the GL application are:

  • Location/Employee Management
  • Accounting Periods Setup
  • Chart of Accounts Setup
  • Chart of Accounts Beginning Balances and Budgets
  • Voucher and Transaction Types
  • Making Voucher / Journal Entries
  • Account Reconciliation (Bank Reconciliation)
  • Accounting (and General Ledger) Year End Procedures
  • Accounting and General Ledger Reports



Location/Employee Management

  • Organization Structure
    • Locations
    • Departments
    • Designations

  • Setting Employees
    • Users
    • Rights and Privileges

Accounting Periods Setup

  • Changing current period
  • Opening the immediately available next period


Chart of Accounts Setup
The chart of account hierarchy contains 5 level charts of accounts.

  • Account Category (Level 1)

    The account category consists of the main category to which all the account belongs.

  • Account Type (Level 2)

    The Account types define how the account will be grouped in reports and financial statements.

  • Account (Level 3)

    All the account(s) in the Level 3 will be shown in the all the ledger and financial reports.

  • Account (Level 4)

    All the account(s) in the Level 4 may or may not be shown (depending upon specifying for an account as reported account or not in the setup) in the all the ledger and financial reports.

  • Account with Location wise Balances (Level 5)

    All the account(s) in the Level 5 will have balances recorded against all the Locations where the account(s) will be used.



Chart of Accounts Beginning Balances and Budgets

The beginning balances are added only once while setting up the system and cannot be edited. The adjustment entries can however be made for any adjustments in an accounting period.


Voucher and Transaction Types

Voucher Type - The voucher types against which the accounting transactions are recorded are fixed and are as follows:

  • Sales Invoice
  • Bank Payment Voucher
  • Bank Receive Voucher
  • Cash Payment Voucher
  • Cash Receive Voucher
  • Journal Voucher

Transaction Type - The alternate accounting transaction entering method provided in the system is Transaction based accounting. Each accounting transaction entered is recorded against a Transaction Type.


Making Voucher / Journal Entries

  • Making Voucher/Journal entries
  • Voucher / Transaction search
    • All
    • Range
    • Today
    • This Period
    • This Year…etc

Account / Bank Reconciliation

The System allows Bank Reconciliation of the selected G/L account against your monthly bank statement. Typically, you would reconcile bank accounts, cash accounts (such as petty cash), and credit card accounts. The user should systematically reconcile accounts each period so that one can quickly detect bank errors, match real-world data with the application data, and identify possible fraudulent activity.



Accounting (and General Ledger) Year End Procedures

  • Period Change
    • Period wise Balance Maintenance
    • System generated Fixed Asset Depreciations Transactions (If applicable)
    • Previous Period Entries

  • Fiscal Year Close
    • All Periods wise Balance Maintenance
    • Closing of Revenue and Expense accounts
    • System generated Fixed Asset Depreciations Transactions

Accounting and General Ledger Reports

  • Chart of Accounts Report
  • General Journal Report
  • General Ledger Report
  • General Ledger Trial Balance Report
  • Balance Sheet Report
  • Profit and Loss Statement Report

Development Technology

The solution has been developed using Microsoft.Net Framework, having a three-tier Application Architecture keeping Presentation Tier on Windows Forms with VB.NET, Business Tier on VB.NET and Data Tier on SQL SERVER 2000. Crystal reports have been used for the reporting purposes.



 


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