In BrightBooks, certain nominal codes are assigned automatically to ensure your ledgers remain accurate and consistent. These are system defaults and cannot be changed.
- Supplier Payments – Nominal Code 812 (Purchase Ledger Control Account)
- All payments made to suppliers are automatically posted to nominal code 812 – Purchase Ledger Control Account.
- This applies to every supplier payment created in the system.
- You will not be able to choose or change the nominal code for supplier payments, as this is controlled by the system to keep the purchase ledger in balance.
- Customer Receipts – Nominal Code 711 (Sales Ledger Control Account)
- All receipts from customers are automatically posted to nominal code 711 – Sales Ledger Control Account.
- This applies to every customer receipt recorded in the system.
- As with supplier payments, the nominal code for customer receipts is fixed and cannot be edited, ensuring the sales ledger remains accurate.
- Non-Customer Receipts and Non-Supplier Payments
- Only non-customer receipts (money received that is not from a customer account) and non-supplier payments (money paid out that is not to a supplier account) allow you to select a nominal code.
- For these transactions, you can choose the most appropriate nominal code to reflect the nature of the income or expense.
This structure ensures that all customer and supplier activity is correctly reflected in the control accounts, while still giving flexibility for other types of receipts and payments.