Creating multiple rental properties in AO Classic General Ledger

This support note applies to:

  • AO Classic General Ledger (AU)

Article ID: 28357

In MYOB Accountants Office (AO) Classic - General Ledger (GL), Sub-accounts can be created to provide a more comprehensive account selection. Specific rental statements are designed for use with rental property sub-accounts.

Sub-account codes range from /01 to /99. As the maximum sub-account code is /99, up to 99 rental properties can be recorded. Details on how to add sub-codes to your ledger can be found in Setting up sub-codes in AO General Ledger.

To produce a rental statements for each property, you can run the report 1310 Rental Income Statement and increment the subaccount code for each property. For a consolidated rental statement, you can also print the report 1300 Rental Income Statement.

The standard account ranges for rental property accounts are as follows:

Account Code

Description

216

Property Name/s

217

Rent Received

219

Agent Fees

220

Commission

221

Depreciation

222

Impairment

223

Interest

224

Land Tax

226

Rates

227

Repairs and Maintenance

228

Sundry Expenses

This means that the chart of accounts for Property 1 and Property 2 will look similar to the following example:

Account Code

Descriptions for Property 1

Account Code

Descriptions for Property 2

216/01

<Property 1 Name>

216/02

<Property 2 Name>

217/01

Rent received

217/02

Rent received

219/01

Agent's Fees

219/02

Agent's Fees

220/01

Commission

220/02

Commission

221/01

Depreciation

221/02

Depreciation

222/01

Impairment

222/02

Impairment

223/01

Interest

223/02

Interest

224/01

Land Tax

224/02

Land Tax

226/01

Rates

226/02

Rates

227/01

Repairs & Maintenance

227/02

Repairs & Maintenance

228/01

Sundry Expenses

228/02

Sundry Expenses