Close years in the French version
When a fiscal year is over, you must close the periods that it comprises.
Close a year
- Choose the
icon, enter Accounting Periods, and then choose the relevant link. Choose the Close Year action.
If more than one fiscal year is open, the earliest one should be closed. A message appears to identify the year that should be closed and explains the consequences of closing it.
To close the year, choose the Yes button.
When the fiscal year is closed, the Closed and Date Locked fields are selected for all the periods in the year. At this point the fiscal year can't be opened again, and you can't clear the Closed or Date Locked fields.
Warnung
You can't close a fiscal year before you create a new one. When a fiscal year is closed, you can't change the starting date of the following fiscal year.
Even though a fiscal year is closed, you can still post general ledger entries to it until you fiscally close the fiscal year. When you do this, the entries are marked as posted to a closed fiscal year, and the Prior-Year Entry field is selected. Learn more in Fiscally Close Years.
After a fiscal year is closed, you must close the income statement accounts and transfer the year's results to an account in the balance sheet. You can repeat this each time you post to the closed fiscal year.
After a fiscal year is fiscally closed, it can't be opened again, and general ledger entries can't be posted.