Why does my chart of accounts look different?

Surgical Partners Accounting Codes, Names and uses explained.

It is essential that when your Surgical Partners Account entries are set up, they are NEVER renamed or changed in Xero, otherwise the integration will break.

Acct Code

Account Name

Type

Tax Code

Description

GENERAL

AR

Accounts Receivable

Current Asset

BAS Excluded

A mirror image of your Practice Management Systems debtors/arrears

DIPAY

Doctor Distribution Payable

Current Liability

BAS Excluded

Holds the consolidated disbursements owing to the Doctor for the pay period.

SERVFEE

Service Fee Account

Revenue

GST on Income

One service fee account per clinic or per practitioner

PAO

Practice Billings Account

Revenue

GST Free Income

Billings from the non-practitioner account e.g Vaccines

PRO

Practice Revenue Override

Revenue

GST Free Income

Practice Billing item codes accidentally billed under practitioner's name. e.g. Vaccines

ROU

Rounding Account

Current Liability

BAS Excluded

For rounding of Doctor disbursement calculations

WRITEOFF

Write-off Account

Expense

GST on Expenses

For invoices written-off

CONTRACTOR

DR#

Name # Billings Account

Current Liability

BAS Excluded

One account per contractor. # = sequential numbering i.e. 01, 02, 03 etc.

CL-DR#

Name # Disb Clearing Account

Current Liability

BAS Excluded

One account per contractor. # = sequential numbering i.e. 01, 02, 03 etc.

EMPLOYEE

DR#

Name # Billings Account

Revenue

GST Free Income

One account per employee. # = sequential numbering i.e. 01, 02, 03 etc.

Our accounting entries are designed to reflect the relationship between the medical practice and the individual contractor. Service fees are the revenue the medical practice generates from their dealings with a contractor doctor.


This article assumes you already have the following knowledge:

  • Xero user knowledge including chart of accounts, reconciling, bank statements

If you do not already have these skills, please refer to: