Updating and closing accounting periods

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Accountants Enterprise with Practice Manager only

Once you've added accounting periods, you can make changes if you have incorrect dates. You can close and re-open accounting periods as well as apply a timesheet lock date. Apply lock dates when you want to lock off data part way through a month.

It's best practice to set up the time processing periods on a month to month basis. This stops employees from entering future timesheets. Future dated entries can cause issues when reconciling reports.

This help topic guides you through updating your time processing periods.

AE / AO: To set a timesheet lock date

From the menu bar, select Maintenance > Maintenance Map > Time Setup > Processing Time Setup. The Processing Time Setup page opens.
From the drop-down, select the Accounting Year.
Enter a Timesheet Lock Date for the accounting year. Enter a date in the format dd/mm/yyyy or select it from the drop-down calendar.

This means you can't enter or amend timesheets before the nominated lock date. This enforces employees to complete their timesheets by a specified date.
Click OK to save the changes and close the Processing Time Setup page.

AE / AO: To close an accounting period

From the menu bar, select Maintenance > Maintenance Map > Time Setup > Processing Time Setup. The Processing Time Setup page opens.
From the drop-down, select the Accounting Year.
From the table, select the Accounting Period to be closed.
In the Tax column (AE), select the checkbox if applicable.

Closing the Tax period has consequences: You can't re-open a closed Tax period.
The Tax checkbox should only ticked if you are using the MAS export utility. This will stop changes to your data.
Check all relevant entries have been allocated before closing a tax period. If you've closed your accounting period and run your tax reports, you can close the tax period.
If you're not using this function, you can close the accounting period as per Step 5. If you close the accounting period, you can re-open it.
Select the checkbox in the Closed column to mark the accounting period as closed. Once closed, the entries are locked off.

An exception report will display if there are any unposted entries. See Exception report when closing a period (AE) or Exception report when closing a period (AO).
Click OK to save the changes and close the Processing Time Setup page.

AE / AO: To re-open an accounting period

From the menu bar, select Maintenance > Maintenance Map > Time Setup > Processing Time Setup. The Processing Time Setup page opens.
From the drop-down, select the Accounting Year.
From the table, select the Accounting Period to be re-opened.
In the Closed column, select the checkbox which will remove the tick and re-open the period.

When re-opening periods, do this in reverse order. Open the most recent period back to earliest period required. For example, to unallocate a transaction in July when you're currently in November, open October back to July.
Click OK to save the changes and close the Processing Time Setup page.

AE only: To edit an accounting period

From the menu bar, select Maintenance > Maintenance Map > Time Setup > Processing Time Setup. The Processing Time Setup page opens.
From the drop-down, select the Accounting Year.
Enter the name of the accounting period in the first blank Description field at the top of the table. The description is limited to a maximum of 100 alphanumeric characters. Overtype the existing text to modify the description.
Enter the Start and End Dates for the period. Enter the dates in the format dd/mm/yyyy or select them from the respective drop-down calendars.
Click OK to save the changes and close the Processing Time Setup page.

AE only: To delete an accounting period

From the menu bar, select Maintenance > Maintenance Map > Time Setup > Processing Time Setup. The Processing Time Setup page opens.
From the drop-down, select the Accounting Year.
Click the row containing the accounting period you want to delete.
Click to highlight the entire row.
Press [Delete]. A Confirm Delete message is displayed.
Click Yes. The Accounting Period is deleted.
Click OK to save the changes and close the Processing Time Setup page.