Balances forward of unused cash advances from previous year

[Anita Graves]

Dear All GC friends,

In the previous financial year, there were some funds advanced to two different persons for two different expense categories that appear in the account tree of that year.  In both of these accounts, there are now expenses to record to use up those cash advances, and I have the same accounts in this year’s account tree.

I do not know how to account for these unusued balances that carry over to this new year and to record the expenses in this new year to zero out the balances of the cash advances.  Are they to be confused with the equity account?  Balances forward???  Are they child accounts to some parent accounts?  

Thanks for your help….

Anita