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# Discover and use our Bank journal!

# What's a bank journal?

It's a record of financial transactions. It will be necessary when financial teams make reconciliations at the end of the month or year.

Our bank journal displays **accounts payable** and a Payable reference that gives your accounting software the possibility to match the entries of the purchase journal.

# What is included in the bank journal?

In the bank journal we show payables' corresponding payments displayed for a given period. No matter whether the payables are "marked as ready" in **'Bookkeep>Prepare'** or not - the corresponding payments for an exported period in **'Bookkeep>Export'** are going to be shown in the bank journal.

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# Set up and use the new bank journal

## Set up your accounting tab to use the Spendesk bank Journal

If you haven't filled your accounting codes yet, head to this page:

[Accounting](https://app.spendesk.com/app/B1stUp83/company/accounting)

**The setup of expense accounts, VAT accounts, and accounts payable is mandatory to use the Purchase Journal.** In the Prepare tab, accounts payable must be selected if you want to export a line.

**1. Bank accounts**

Fill in your different general accounting codes: Spendesk bank account, Bank fees account, Spendesk-funding bank account...

Great news for your accountant! Bank fees are reflected in the bank journal (previously in the purchase journal).

**2. Expense accounts**

Enter your own expense accounts along with their corresponding codes to replicate your current system.

**3. VAT accounts**

Set up your own VAT accounts by providing a name (account name) along with a corresponding rate (%) and VAT code.

**4. Reverse charge**  
When reverse-charge applies, the following tax accounts will be charged and credited.

Fill in the Reverse charge name, Debit code, Credit code.

Great news for your accountant! You can insert **multiple reverse-charge accounts** in the Accounting settings!

**5. Supplier accounts**

If you'd like to add specific accounts payable against suppliers, head out to this page: '**Settings > Accounts payable'.**

**6. Miscellaneous supplier account**

This generic account payable will be assigned to all purchases where a specific account payable is not saved.

**7. Employee accounts**

Enter your own employee accounts along with their corresponding codes to replicate your current system. You can also use a custom default account for employees without an employee account. This custom default account can be enabled/disabled at any time.

Start typing the name of the employee, then assign them an employee account.

**8. Bookkeeping date**

Choose the start date of your bookkeeping.

All the payables before this date are going to be hidden from the **Prepare** tab. But these payables will be shown in the tab **“Bookkeep>All payables**” with the status “**_Hidden_**”. This action is not irreversible and you will still be able to edit the date afterwards.

# Use the bank journal

The new bank journal and purchase journal are complementary. Our bank journal now **reflects payments of supplier accounts vs the Spendesk bank account.**

Both can be used in their current form in accounting software.

The bank journal of a bank account **registers** **all movements on the bank account** (in 512XXX in France) and **the counterparts on accounts payables** (in France 40XXXX accounts).

Since we cover the **_Accounts Payable,_** accounting teams can check the two journals for reconciliation purposes.

All clear? Now check our out our **Purchase journal** article!

[Purchase journal](http://helpcenter.spendesk.com/en/articles/4858816-discover-and-use-our-new-purchase-journal)