Three steps to set this cashbook's starting point. Nothing is posted until the last step.
Pick the first day you began recording this business in Cashbook. You will then enter what each account was worth on the day before.
Defaults to the start of this financial year. The start of a GST period is the tidiest choice.
They stay in the cashbook but sit before your starting point, so your reports will not match the balances you are about to enter.
This start date is inside a locked period.
The opening entry would be dated , and the books are locked up to . Move the lock date, or choose a later start date.
Copy each figure straight from your old system's trial balance, including any minus sign. Balance sheet accounts only. Leave an account blank if it was nil.
11 of 12 rows matched an account in this cashbook.
Accounts your file does not mention are left blank. One row could not be matched: code 645 Motor Vehicles is not in this cashbook's chart of accounts.
| Code | Account | Balance |
|---|---|---|
| 840 |
Historical Adjustments
Added for you
Whatever is left over goes here, so the entry always balances. |
0.00 |
| Total — balanced | 0.00 | |
These accounts only bring in transactions from the day they were connected, so each one needs its own opening figure on its own date.
Kiwibank Business Saver
Transactions from 14 Jul 2026 · opening entry dated 13 Jul 2026
In Cashbook $0.00 · At the bank $25,410.80
Suggested: 25,410.80 — closes the gap.
Westpac Business Cheque
Transactions from 27 Aug 2026 · opening entry dated 26 Aug 2026
In Cashbook $0.00 · At the bank not available — feed last updated 4 days ago
No suggestion — the bank balance is unavailable.
ASB Visa Business
Transactions from 3 Aug 2026 · already matches the bank at -$1,204.55
Conversion balances posted.
Saving again replaces the current entry — the old one is reversed and both stay in your history.
| 840 | Historical Adjustments added for you | |
| Total — balanced | 0.00 | |
Separate bank opening entries
Lock the books up to ?
Stops anything being dated before your starting point by accident. You can also change this later in Accounting settings.