Default accounts are used in the event that you haven’t configured a specific account. For example, if you haven’t configured a specific asset account for your bottled goods, it will fall into the Asset account that you’ve set up as your default.

Refer to our Configuring vintrace as a Sub-Ledger to Xero article to learn more about setting up and linking your account to an accounting package.

You can set up default accounts from the Winery Setup window (Setup Options > Accounts > Account):

1. Click  Set Up in the sidebar.
2. Click Accounts.
3. From the Accounts tile, click Configure.
4. Click Defaults.

5. From the Configure Default Ledger Accounts window, select the account that you want to use as the default for each category. You can create a new account by clicking the  beside the category.

The default accounts that you can configure are described below.

6. Click OK.