Step 3 - Entering comparative year postings - Pension tutorial

 

Select Posting | Post IRISPTP will ask you to select a chart, select the PEN# chart and click OK.

 

A panel asks you to complete details regarding the posting file entry.

 

Fill the Description field as Trial Balance for 31 March 2001.

 

Click on the Period: End Date field to display the Accounting Periods panel.

 

Enter the period end date 31 March 2001 and click OK.

 

Click OK to select this date. Finally, select OK to go into the postings option.

 

Accounts Production asks you to specify a posting batch.

 

 Session identifier, this could be the initials of the user making the postings. Completion of this field is optional.

 Document Type 11 / JNL Journals.

 Double Entry Account, leave this field blank.

 The default displayed values can be accepted for all the other fields.

 

When this screen is complete select OK to display the postings screen.

 

Now input the following trial balance.

 

 

Account

Description

Debit

Credit

 

 

 

 

2

Normal

 

630,000.00

3

Special

 

325,000.00

8

AVC's

 

44,000.00

17

Claims on term insurance policies

 

87,360.00

22

Pensions

813,000.00

 

25

Lump sum death benefit

212,000.00

 

32

Refunds to members leaving

12,000.00

 

35

Group transfers other schemes

344,000.00

 

52

Administration and processing

42,677.00

 

53

Actuarial fee

1,458.00

 

54

Audit fee

2,712.00

 

71

Income from fixed interest securities

 

554,000.00

76

Interest on cash deposits

 

13,000.00

81

Change in market value

 

88,000.00

87

Admin, management and custody

57,000.00

 

89

Other advisory fees

8,000.00

 

500

Op value - fixed int securities

 

 

500/1

Op value - fix int - UK publ quoted

776,000.00

 

500/2

Op value - fix int - UK quoted

324,500.00

 

501

Purchases - Fixed int securities

 

 

501/1

Purch - fix int - UK publ quoted

351,000.00

 

501/2

Purch - fix int - UK quoted

377,000.00

 

502

Sales - Fixed int securities

 

 

502/1

Sales - fix int UK publ quoted

 

113,000.00

502/2

Sales - fix int - UK quoted

 

97,000.00

503

Change in MV - Fixed int securities

 

 

503/2

MV +, - fix int - UK quoted

88,000.00

 

537

Purchases - cash deps, in hand

 

 

537/1

Purch - cash etc - sterling

48,000.00

 

537/2

Purch - cash etc - foreign currency

13,000.00

 

650

Cash balances

282,556.00

 

668

Unpaid benefits

 

36,000.00

680

Fund account

 

1,765,543.00

 

 

 

 

 

Totals

3,752,903.00

3,752,903.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once the trial balance has been input select Close to exit from the posting option.

 

If you find you have made a mistake you can either: