# Sub accounts in chart of accounts

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/sub-accounts-in-chart-of-accounts/17168>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 2, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/sub-accounts-in-chart-of-accounts/17168 "2018-08-02T13:32:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/sub-accounts-in-chart-of-accounts/17168/8 "2018-08-02T16:01:31Z")

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> [@ObeOne](#):
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> The starting balances were set up using the forum guide which Tut signposted to me.

No, they were not. The discussion about _Starting balance equity_ in [the other topic](https://forum.manager.io/t/equity-starting-balance-query/17059) was never resolved. And now, the figures you are showing on your balance sheet are entirely different from the last ones shown in the other thread.

> [@ObeOne](#):
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> I had previously entered a retained earnings balance and was advised that was incorrect.

Again, not correct. You were advised that the way you had entered things was incorrect, not that a _Retained earnings_ starting balance itself was incorrect. In fact, if you are migrating from another system, it is usually essential. Now, your revisions are incorrect.

> [@ObeOne](#):
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> I am content to run with what we have even if its not perfect.

This, of course, is your decision. But by following along your current path, your records are going to give you more and more trouble. If you are not willing or able to use a double-entry system correctly, you really will be better off to fall back to a spreadsheet. Otherwise, both you and your other owners are likely to looking at incorrect information.

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