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title: "Journal Entry Type"
slug: "journal-entry-type"
description: "R365 journal entry types — Standard, Amortization, Adjustment, Beginning Balance, and Payroll — and where each type appears in list views."
updated: 2025-10-08T20:38:15Z
published: 2025-10-08T20:38:15Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/journal-entry-type"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Journal Entry Type

Each manually entered or imported [journal entry](/doc/docs/journal-entry-overview) in R365 is assigned a Journal Entry Type. This designation helps users quickly identify entries in the Journal Entries, All Transactions, and Transaction Details list views.

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## Journal Entry Types

Journal Entries that are [manually-created](/doc/docs/new-journal-entry) in R365 or imported via csv can be assigned one of the following types:

- **Standard**: The default type used for recording daily transactions.

> This is also the default type for imported journal entries unless otherwise specified.
- **Amortization:** Used to allocate the expense of an intangible item over a service period.

> This type serves as an identifier only and does not connect to the [spreading](/doc/docs/transaction-spreading) function.
- **Adjustment**: Used to correct a standard journal entry entered in the current or a prior period.
- **Beginning Balance:** Used to record remaining balances from a legacy system during implementation. Invoices received or payments made after the initial beginning balance entry can also use this type, but must be dated prior to the organization’s Go-Live date. This type is available only through import or the ‘administration’ menu.
- **Payroll:** Used to enter payroll data or true-up labor accrual entries generated from daily POS imports. Learn more about [payroll journal entries.](/doc/docs/payroll-journal-entries)

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## List Views

Users can view Journal Entry Types from the Journal Entries, All Transactions, and Transaction Details list views.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-JSJR352O.png)