Accounts to move when setting up a new company

Discover which accounts you need to transfer when starting a new company within ScaleXP

Written By ScaleXP Customer Success (Super Administrator)

Updated at July 18th, 2025

Some common accounts which require moving on the P&L and BS Configure pages include the following:

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    • Balance Sheet:
      • Credit Card liabilities to Current Liabilities
      • Accounts Receivable to Accounts Receivable
      • Accounts Payable to Accounts Payable
      • Retained Earnings to Retained Earnings
      • Current year earnings to Retained Earnings
      • Loans etc. into Debt
      • Inter-company assets and liabilities into their respective Inter-company accounts, where relevant (this is super important for getting useful consolidation reporting)
    • Profit & Loss:
      • Marketing costs into Marketing Costs
      • Staff costs into Staff Costs
      • Depreciation and amortisation into Depreciation and Amortisation
      • Inter-company costs and revenue into their respective Inter-company accounts, where relevant (very important for consolidation reporting)
      • Create any accounts groups which you which to see in Reports or Dashboards, such as types of revenue, types of cost, etc.

Hint:  For consolidated companies, move accounts at the consolidated level first, then cascade to other entities. See this article Cascade from parent:  How to move, group and rename financials across entities in a consolidated organisation and transfer settings 

Hint: to quickly find an uploaded account (or set of accounts) by name, use the "Find" command on your computer (Control+F on a PC or Command+F on a Mac). You can then select multiple accounts at a time and move them all at once.