How do you set up a balance sheet account / nominal account?

Hello Melanieclohosy@p, 

Welcome to the Community page, 

If you go to accounting> chart of accounts< click new> then choose the account type and detail type, name the account > then save and close. If you want nominal codes on, you will need to turn it on in the options, so main cog wheel> Account and settings> advanced>chart of accounts> enable account numbers> save and done