# Opening balance

> The opening balance is what an account held on the first day you begin recording, covering cash, debts and stock.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a cashier and accounting program for shops, hotels and rentals: the cashier keeps selling without internet, it keeps track of who owes you and sends a reminder on WhatsApp in one tap, works in several currencies at once (dinar, dollar and more), keeps the books for you, and has a free plan. In Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) and English, with an assistant called Dash that answers from your own numbers.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/glossary/opening-balance

The opening balance is what an account held on the first day you begin recording, covering cash, debts and stock.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

## What it means for a shop owner

When you move from a notebook or another program you enter the starting balances once so the records begin from reality. A mistake there carries into every later report, so count the cash, the stock and the debt list before entering them.

## A worked example

You start recording with cash of 300, stock costing 2000 and customers owing 450. Those three figures are your opening balance.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/glossary/opening-balance
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/glossary/opening-balance

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