Managing your trust account ledgers is made easy with Eagle Software.
Please note that for auditing and reconciliation purposes, the accuracy of the details added into your trust account are very important.
Add a ledger account
Select Trust Accounting down the left-hand menu when you are in the CRM section of Eagle Software
Select Ledgers for the trust account you wish to add your ledgers into. On this screen you will be presented with your current list of ledger accounts
To create a new ledger account select the + Add a New Ledger Account button and complete the details on the page presented.
Once you have entered the ledger account details select Save Ledger Account.
On the Ledgers page, select the ledger account that you wish to work on. You will be presented with 3 options:
Add Payment - Record a payment of funds going OUT of the account
Add Receipt - Record a receipt of funds coming INTO the account
Add Transfer - Transfer funds between ledger accounts
Add Payment
To make a payment OUT of the ledger account there must be available funds.
Select Trust Accounting down the lefthand menu when you are in the CRM section of Eagle Software
Select Ledgers for the trust account you wish to add your opening balance ledgers into
Select the name of the ledger account you wish to make payments from
Select Add Payment
Fill in details of payment
- Date will default to todays date, but can be backdated
- Ledger Account is the account selected to make the payment from
- Method is how the payment was made (Cheque or Bank Transfer)
(if cheque is selected you will need to enter the cheque number)
(if bank transfer is selected you will need to enter the recipients bank details)
- Pay To is the contact the payment out is going to in Eagle Software
- Concerning Properties is the property the payment out is for (not required)
- Reason is the description of what the payment out is for e.g Refund of deposit
- Amount is how much funds are being paid out of the account for this transactionSelect Save
Add Receipt
Select Trust Accounting down the lefthand menu when you are in the CRM section of Eagle Software
Select Ledgers for the trust account you wish to add your opening balance ledgers into
Select the name of the ledger account you wish to make payments from
Select Add Receipt
Fill in details of the receipted funds
- Date will default to todays date, but can be backdated
- Ledger Account is the account selected to add the receipted funds to
- Method is how the funds were received (Cash, Cheque or Bank Transfer)
(if cheque is selected you will need to enter the cheque number)
(if bank transfer is selected you will need to enter the recipients bank details)
- Received From is the contact the receipted funds came from in Eagle Software
- Concerning Properties is the property the funds were received for (not required)
- Reason is the description of what the receipted funds are for e.g Deposit
- Amount is how much funds are being receipted into the accountSelect Save
Add Transfer
Select Trust Accounting down the lefthand menu when you are in the CRM section of Eagle Software
Select Ledgers for the trust account you wish to add your opening balance ledgers into
Select the name of the ledger account you wish to make payments from
Select Add Transfer
Fill in details of the receipted funds
- Date will default to todays date, but can be backdated
- From Ledger Account is the account the funds are being transferred FROM
- To Ledger Account is the account the funds are being transferred INTO
- Type is what the transfer is for
- Reason is the description of the type for e.g Balance of deposit for purchase
- Amount is how much funds are being transferredSelect Save
For any further assistance with this please contact our Eagle Support Team;
P: (03) 9016 0444 E: [email protected]