Inactive clients
When a client closes their business or you no longer provide services for the client, you can make the client inactive so that they don’t appear in the standard list of active clients or on firm-level reports. Do the following to change the status of a client to Inactive and work with inactive client records.
Change a client's status to inactive
- In theClientsscreen, select the client, then selectEdit.
- Select theMaintab and in theInactive datefield, enter the date the client closed their business or the date you ceased providing services for the client.
- In theInactive reasonfield, select eitherBusiness closed,Business sold, orCanceled service.
- (Optional) You can also choose to enter more detailed notes in theExplanationfield.
- SelectEnter. The client will now be removed from the active client list.
Display inactive clients in the Clients screen
Clients
screenTo make changes to inactive clients, you'll need to first display them in the
Clients
screen.In the
Clients
screen, mark the Include inactive
checkbox. The IDs and names of inactive clients display in italics in the client list.Exclude inactive clients from reports
By default, inactive clients are included on firm reports. Use the following steps to filter out any inactive clients and display information only for clients with an Active status.
- SelectFile,Print Reports, then select the firm report you want to print.
- In the Filtering and Sorting section, select theClienttab (if present).
- In theFilter byfield, selectStatus.
- In theMethodfield, selectis.
- In theSelecteddropdown menu, selectActive.
Make inactive clients active
To designate an inactive client as active again (if the business re-opens or you reinstate services for the client, for example), follow these steps.
- SelectSetup, thenClientsand mark theInclude inactivecheckbox, if it's not already marked, to display the client record in the list.
- Select theMaintab, then selectEdit.
- Remove the date in theInactive datefield in theMaintab of theClientsscreen.
- SelectEnterto save the changes. The client will now display in the active client list.