How to complete a financial year end

To check you're ready prepare for year end first. Once done, you're ready to run your year end.

Run the year end

TIP: We recommend you run this routine on the computer that holds your accounts data.

CAUTION: Have errors? Before you continue, follow the steps in our guide to fix them.

NOTE: The year end procedure may take some time. If the Software freezes when running year end , don't close it, as the year end procedure may still be running.

After running year end

We recommend three simple checks to ensure your data is all set for your new financial year:

1. On the menu bar, click Settings and click Financial Year.
2. Check the date is correct. If it's not, you must Reverse the Year End to correct it before continuing.

The year end process clears your profit and loss nominal codes, 4000 to 9999 by default, and moves the balance to your retained profit balance sheet code, 3200 by default .

1. Click Nominal codes then click Trial Balance.
2. Click Preview, Run and on the Period drop-down list click Brought forward.
3. Click OK and check that there are no balances on your profit and loss nominal codes.

If any of the profit and loss codes have balances restore your pre year end backup, check your chart of accounts (COA) and run the year end again.

1. On the menu bar click File, click Maintenance then click Check Data.
2. If there are no problems a message appears informing you of this, click OK.
3. If you now have errors in your data, the Year End process has failed. Restore to the backup taken before running the year end and re-run it.
   

Congratulations. You’ve completed your year end and are ready to start working in your new financial year.

Next steps

It's a good time to tidy up your data after year end. For example, remove old records and items you no longer need.

These tasks aren't essential, however are beneficial.

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