How do I close a fiscal year?
A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is a period used for calculating annual ("yearly") financial statements in businesses and other organizations all over the world. In many jurisdictions, regulatory laws regarding accounting and taxation require such reports once per twelve months, but do not require that the period reported on constitutes a calendar year (that is, 1 January to 31 December). Fiscal years vary between businesses and countries. The "fiscal year" may also refer to the year used for income tax reporting.
Some companies choose to end their fiscal year on the same day of the week, such day being the one closest to a particular date (for example, the Friday closest to 31 December). Under such a system, some fiscal years will have 52 weeks and others 53 weeks.
Some reports in the system may be based on your organizations fiscal year. The fiscal year is defined in the accounting section of the application, and can be updated following these steps.
First, navigate to Accounting > Transactions > General Ledger > Close Fiscal Year
You will need permission to Accounting to access this part of the system
Next, Click the "Edit Dates" link
Now, update the Fiscal Year dates
Previous Fiscal Year Start = Enter the date when previous fiscal year started
Current Fiscal Year Start = Enter the start date of the current fiscal year
Current Fiscal Year End = Enter the end date of the current fiscal year
Finally, click the Save link button
This will update the dates in the system. Verify that the dates are correct after clicking save.