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title: "Creating and Editing Reconciliation Accounts"
source_url: https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/master-data/create-and-edit-reconciliation-accounts
language: en
last_updated: 2026-10-09
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# Creating and Editing Reconciliation Accounts in Lucanet VAT
## Overview
In the **Reconciliation accounts** workspace in Lucanet VAT (Value Added Tax), you assign the G/L accounts from the ERP system to the account types that VAT needs for the account-based reconciliations, for example for the completeness checks and the zero balance validation. The account type controls which reconciliations an account is included in. You specify which reconciliations VAT performs in the [Reconciliations](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/master-data/create-and-edit-reconciliations.md) workspace.
You maintain the reconciliation accounts per company code and create them for a single company or for an ERP group.
## Navigation to the 'Reconciliation accounts' Workspace in VAT
The **Reconciliation accounts** workspace can be found under **VAT | Master data | Reconciliation accounts** and is displayed as follows, for example:
'Reconciliation accounts' workspace
## Creating a Reconciliation Account in VAT
To create a reconciliation account in VAT, proceed as follows:
1. In the breadcrumb navigation, choose the period, the company, and the company code for which you want to create the reconciliation account.
2. In the **Reconciliation accounts** workspace, click **Add**. The page for creating a reconciliation account is displayed:
Page for creating a reconciliation account
3. Fill in the fields. For a description of the fields, see the following table.
4. Click **Save**.
The following fields are available when you create a reconciliation account:
| Field | Description |
|---------|---------|
| Scope | Specifies whether the account applies to a single company or to an ERP group. |
| Create account range | Creates several accounts with consecutive account numbers and the same account type as a range in one step. You define the range via the first and the last account number. A range comprises a maximum of 100 accounts. |
| Account number | Specifies the account number from the ERP system. The account number consists of up to 10 digits; VAT pads the account number with leading zeros to 10 digits. The field is mandatory. |
| Description | Describes the account. VAT displays the description in the result of reconciliations 4 to 6. |
| Account type | Specifies the type of the account and thus which reconciliations the account is included in:
- **Asset account** and **Liability account**: Reconciliation 6.
- **Expense account**: Reconciliations 5, 7, and 8.
- **Revenue account**: Reconciliations 4, 7, and 8.
- **Tax payable account**: Reconciliation 2, in which VAT compares the posted VAT payable with the calculated VAT payable. You only create one tax payable account per company. |
| Zero balance G/L account | Marks an account whose balance must be zero. If the balance differs, reconciliation 14 reports an error. |
## Editing a Reconciliation Account in VAT
For an existing reconciliation account in VAT, you can only edit the description and the **Zero balance G/L account** field. To do so, click the account in the **Reconciliation accounts** workspace, adjust the fields, and click **Save**.
## Further Functions of the 'Reconciliation accounts' Workspace in VAT
In addition to the [general functions](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/user-interface-general-functions.md), the following functions are available via the three-dot menu (â‹®) in the top right corner of the **Reconciliation accounts** workspace in VAT:
| Function | Description |
|---------|---------|
| Delete reconciliation accounts | Deletes the chosen reconciliation accounts. |
| Import from CSV-file | Imports reconciliation accounts from a CSV file. |
| Export of reconciliation accounts | Exports the reconciliation accounts to a file. |