Fiscal Years

Fiscal Years

Define financial years for accounting periods.

Operations

  • Create - Define a new fiscal year with start/end dates
  • Close - Close a completed fiscal year (posts year-end journals)

Important

  • A fiscal year must be created before transactions can be posted for that period
  • Closing a fiscal year transfers the net profit/loss to retained earnings
  • Closed years cannot receive new postings

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