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Join nowHi @tim84,
In QuickBooks for a nonprofit account, you can change the names in your Chart of Accounts without affecting the financial data. Note: Do not change the Category Type and the Detail Type of the account. Let me show you how to do it.
Also, I suggest consulting an accounting professional if you wanted to change the category and detail type to have your books more accurate.
For additional insight into editing accounts, I recommend the following article: Edit Your Chart of Accounts.
I'd be glad to provide further assistance should you need it. Best regards.
I want to do this as well- but the account does not show up when I go to edit the COA. It's the only account I find so far that does not appear, and so is not available for me to edit.
Hello there, JRundberg.
I understand that you need to change the terminology within QuickBooks Online. Since you're unable to change it, you may consider pulling up a report, exporting it to Excel, and changing it from there. Here's how:
Need data that isn’t found in basic reports? You can create custom reports to get the data that matters to you most.
Drop your comment below if you have other account management concerns. I'll be right here to help you.
Thanks. Yeah, know how to do that. I was hoping it could be done so I didn't have to do adjustments outside of QB. Oh well. On to other annoying things.
Good evening, @JRundberg.
Thanks for reaching back out to the Community.
I'll definitely send feedback to our Product Developers so they can consider this in the near future.
You can check out or Blog site to keep up with what's new in the product.
Feel free to come back if you have any other concerns. I'm only a post away. Have a wonderful weekend!
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