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Period End Dates

How to create financial periods and lock the year on AccountsPrep.

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Written by Michael McFarland
Updated over a month ago

By default the system will create the financial period based on the current year when you create the account.

You can edit and manage your financial periods from the Settings tab. You can then switch periods easily from your workspace.


Access

Go to Settings and click the Period End Dates panel.

The Period End dates section is available from the General settings page.


Available features

From the Period End Dates section, you can:

  • Set the current period Start date and End date

  • Delete the current period

  • Start a new period - this will automatically create a new period chronologically after the last period

  • Add Prior period - you can add a period before the existing ones

  • Lock the dates -to stop anyone from editing up to the end of the period selected

The Period End section allows you to add new periods and lock the year.

Make sure to click Save to apply any change.


Switch periods

After you create your financial periods, you can switch the period at any time from the top-right corner in your account.

The period end dates section allows you to see all the periods, add new ones and lock the financial years.

You need to select the correct period before you can add or edit your transactions for that period.

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