Overview                                                  
What you need to know
System requirements 
Upgrades
Version history

Getting started
Introduction
Setting up a new client
Creating your first accounts - step by step        
Final accounts production checklist
Console toolbar

Using First Choice Final Accounts    
Chart of accounts
Accounts description file
Special account codes
Posting file data entry
Transferring opening balances
Importing trial balances
Using the client data screens
Printing the final accounts
Using Quick View/print
Dealing with fixed assets
Creating/filing accounts for Companies House

Other Topics
Periods of accounts and comparatives
Final accounts creation options
Cashflow statements for limited companies
Final accounts validation
HMRC Live validation
The trial balance import wizard
How the software handles iXBRL
The iXBRL viewer
Submitting accounts to HMRC and Companies House
Exporting self assessment data to tax packages
The Clients directory screen
Installing import conversion files
Final accounts formatting options               
Limited Company abbreviated accounts                                                                     
                                                                         

The Accounts description file on the Console screen is a numbered listing of all the Nominal Ledger accounts in the Chart of Accounts. The number of the account is an account code and is used to reference the account during data entry or trial balance importation and final accounts creation. The description or narrative helps to describe what the account is for. The description for most Profit & Loss accounts is used as a line narrative in the accounts. This also applies to some Balance Sheet accounts such as debtors/creditors and a few others.  Attached (but hidden) to each account are other data such as the linked iXBRL tag or the TSN tag. 

Client customisation 
When a new client is first created, an Account description file or template is customised for that client, depending on whether the client is a Sole trader, Partnership or Limited company. The template can be further customised by copying it from another client's template or a special matching template which is used with pre-created import conversion files. (see Setting up a new client) and Installing import conversion files.

 Moreover, Individual changes to the template can also be made at any time.( See the relevant section in the How the software handles iXBRL topic)

So it is important to remember that the accounts description template you see 'belongs' to the current client and any changes you make apply only to the current client  The changes have no affect on other client's account descriptions or tags.