Accounts

ASM contains a full double entry accounting package. The options here are:

• Current accounting period starts: If you wish to use accounting periods, put the start date in here. By enabling the show account totals for current period option, the totals shown on the account screen will only include transactions from this date or later.
• Donation destination account: When ASM creates a matching donation transaction, it will use the donation type to find the income account to use. The destination account here denotes where the money will be moved to. If you do not set one, ASM will use the first bank account on file.
• Donation/Account mappings: In addition to the default donation destination account, you can specify optional mappings, so that when ASM receives a donation of a particular type, it uses the specified destination account for it when creating the matching accounting transaction.
• Disable Accounts Functionality: Ticking this box will cause ASM to remove all accounts related menu entries/buttons so that users do not see it, and you will not be using ASM to manage your accounts.
• Creating donations and donation types creates matching accounts and transactions: When you create a new donation type, or log a new donation against an owner/animal, ASM will automatically create a matching account in the accounts system if one does not exist, and a matching transaction. It is suggested that you leave this option on, even if you have disabled accounts functionality in case you wish to use it in future.
• Only show account totals for the current period: If this option is set, when you view the main accounts screen, totals will be calculated for the current accounting period (other wise, totals are for all transactions in the accounts for all time).