diff --git a/server/src/http/controllers/Accounting.js b/server/src/http/controllers/Accounting.js
index 8925028ef..dc7165a69 100644
--- a/server/src/http/controllers/Accounting.js
+++ b/server/src/http/controllers/Accounting.js
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ export default {
       this.makeJournalEntries.validation,
       asyncMiddleware(this.makeJournalEntries.handler));
 
+    router.post('/manual-journals/:id/publish',
+      this.publishManualJournal.validation,
+      asyncMiddleware(this.publishManualJournal.handler));
+
     router.post('/manual-journals/:id',
       this.editManualJournal.validation,
       asyncMiddleware(this.editManualJournal.handler));
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ export default {
       check('transaction_type').optional({ nullable: true }).trim().escape(),
       check('reference').optional({ nullable: true }),
       check('description').optional().trim().escape(),
+      check('status').optional().isBoolean().toBoolean(),
       check('entries').isArray({ min: 2 }),
       check('entries.*.credit').optional({ nullable: true }).isNumeric().toInt(),
       check('entries.*.debit').optional({ nullable: true }).isNumeric().toInt(),
@@ -163,7 +168,6 @@ export default {
         reference: '',
         ...req.body,
       };
-
       let totalCredit = 0;
       let totalDebit = 0;
 
@@ -180,7 +184,6 @@ export default {
           totalDebit += entry.debit;
         }
       });
-
       if (totalCredit <= 0 || totalDebit <= 0) {
         errorReasons.push({
           type: 'CREDIT.DEBIT.SUMATION.SHOULD.NOT.EQUAL.ZERO',
@@ -209,7 +212,6 @@ export default {
       if (errorReasons.length > 0) {
         return res.status(400).send({ errors: errorReasons });
       }
-
       // Save manual journal transaction.
       const manualJournal = await ManualJournal.query().insert({
         reference: form.reference,
@@ -218,13 +220,13 @@ export default {
         amount: totalCredit,
         date: formattedDate,
         description: form.description,
+        status: form.status,
         user_id: user.id,
       });
       const journalPoster = new JournalPoster();
 
       entries.forEach((entry) => {
         const account = accounts.find((a) => a.id === entry.account_id);
-
         const jouranlEntry = new JournalEntry({
           debit: entry.debit,
           credit: entry.credit,
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@ export default {
           note: entry.note,
           date: formattedDate,
           userId: user.id,
+          draft: !form.status,
         });
         if (entry.debit) {
           journalPoster.debit(jouranlEntry);
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@ export default {
       // Saves the journal entries and accounts balance changes.
       await Promise.all([
         journalPoster.saveEntries(),
-        journalPoster.saveBalance(),
+        (form.status) && journalPoster.saveBalance(),
       ]);
       return res.status(200).send({ id: manualJournal.id });
     },
@@ -409,6 +412,53 @@ export default {
     },
   },
 
+  publishManualJournal: {
+    validation: [
+      param('id').exists().isNumeric().toInt(),
+    ],
+    async handler(req, res) {
+      const validationErrors = validationResult(req);
+
+      if (!validationErrors.isEmpty()) {
+        return res.boom.badData(null, {
+          code: 'validation_error', ...validationErrors,
+        });
+      }
+      const { id } = req.params;
+      const manualJournal = await ManualJournal.query()
+        .where('id', id).first();
+
+      if (!manualJournal) {
+        return res.status(404).send({
+          errors: [{ type: 'MANUAL.JOURNAL.NOT.FOUND', code: 100 }],
+        });
+      }
+      if (!manualJournal.status) {
+        return res.status(400).send({
+          errors: [{ type: 'MANUAL.JOURNAL.PUBLISHED.ALREADY', code: 200 }],
+        });
+      }
+      const transactions = await AccountTransaction.query()
+        .whereIn('reference_type', ['Journal', 'ManualJournal'])
+        .where('reference_id', manualJournal.id)
+        .withGraphFetched('account.type');
+
+      const journal = new JournalPoster();
+      journal.loadEntries(transactions);
+      journal.calculateEntriesBalanceChange();
+
+      const updateAccountsTransactionsOper = AccountTransaction.query()
+        .whereIn('id', transactions.map((t) => t.id))
+        .update({ draft: 0 });
+
+      await Promise.all([
+        updateAccountsTransactionsOper,
+        journal.saveBalance(),
+      ]);
+      return res.status(200).send({ id });
+    },
+  },
+
   getManualJournal: {
     validation: [
       param('id').exists().isNumeric().toInt(),
diff --git a/server/src/services/Accounting/JournalPoster.js b/server/src/services/Accounting/JournalPoster.js
index 07a53affc..b74086408 100644
--- a/server/src/services/Accounting/JournalPoster.js
+++ b/server/src/services/Accounting/JournalPoster.js
@@ -255,6 +255,17 @@ export default class JournalPoster {
     });
   }
 
+  calculateEntriesBalanceChange() {
+    this.entries.forEach((entry) => {
+      if (entry.credit) {
+        this.setAccountBalanceChange(entry, 'credit');
+      }
+      if (entry.debit) {
+        this.setAccountBalanceChange(entry, 'debit');
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   static loadAccounts() {
 
   }
diff --git a/server/tests/routes/accounting.test.js b/server/tests/routes/accounting.test.js
index abb47b890..43c8d3b53 100644
--- a/server/tests/routes/accounting.test.js
+++ b/server/tests/routes/accounting.test.js
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ describe('routes: `/accounting`', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe.only('route: GET `accounting/manual-journals/:id`', () => {
+  describe('route: GET `accounting/manual-journals/:id`', () => {
     it('Should response not found in case manual transaction id was not exists.', async () => {
       const res = await request()
         .delete('/api/accounting/manual-journals/100')
@@ -608,6 +608,64 @@ describe('routes: `/accounting`', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe.only('route: POST `accounting/manual-journals/:id/publish`', () => {
+
+    it('Should response not found in case the manual journal id was not exists.', async () => {
+      const manualJournal = await create('manual_journal');
+
+      const res = await request()
+        .post('/api/accounting/manual-journals/123/publish')
+        .set('x-access-token', loginRes.body.token)
+        .send();
+
+      expect(res.status).equals(404);
+      expect(res.body.errors).include.something.that.deep.equals({
+        type: 'MANUAL.JOURNAL.NOT.FOUND', code: 100,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('Should response published ready.', async () => {
+      const manualJournal = await create('manual_journal', { status: 0 });
+      const res = await request()
+        .post(`/api/accounting/manual-journals/${manualJournal.id}/publish`)
+        .set('x-access-token', loginRes.body.token)
+        .send();
+
+      expect(res.status).equals(400);
+      expect(res.body.errors).include.something.that.deep.equals({
+        type: 'MANUAL.JOURNAL.PUBLISHED.ALREADY', code: 200,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('Should update all accounts transactions to not draft.', async () => {
+      const manualJournal = await create('manual_journal');
+      const transaction = await create('account_transaction', {
+        reference_type: 'Journal',
+        reference_id: manualJournal.id,
+        draft: 1,
+      });
+      const transaction2 = await create('account_transaction', {
+        reference_type: 'Journal',
+        reference_id: manualJournal.id,
+        draft: 1,
+      });
+      const res = await request()
+        .post(`/api/accounting/manual-journals/${manualJournal.id}/publish`)
+        .set('x-access-token', loginRes.body.token)
+        .send();
+
+      const foundTransactions = await AccountTransaction.query()
+        .whereIn('id', [transaction.id, transaction2.id]);
+
+      expect(foundTransactions[0].draft).equals(0);
+      expect(foundTransactions[1].draft).equals(0);
+    });
+
+    it('Should increment/decrement accounts balance.', () => {
+
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('route: `/accounting/quick-journal-entries`', async () => {
     it('Shoud `credit_account_id` be required', () => {