# Journal entries

> Academium SMS Help › School Accounting
> For: School Owner, School Admin, Accountant
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-journal-entries
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

**Journal entries** record adjustments between accounts that are not simple income or expenses, such as correcting a posting, or moving money between accounts. Open **School Accounting → Journals → Journal Entries**.

## Creating a journal entry

1. Enter the **date**, a **reference** and a **description**.
2. Add the **debit** and **credit** lines.
3. Attach a supporting document if you have one.
4. Tick **adjusting entry** if it is a period-end adjustment.
5. Tick **auto reversing** and choose a date, if the entry should reverse itself later.

**Save** stays switched off until the entry **balances**: total debits must equal total credits.

## Drafts and posting

- Save an entry as a **draft** to finish later. Drafts can be edited or deleted.
- **Post** it when it is final. Posted entries cannot be edited; to undo one, **reverse** it.

## Templates

Save entries you make often as **templates**, so next time you only change the amounts.

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