Change from fiscal to calendar year end
A client may change from a fiscal to a calendar year end. In most situations, they’ll close out the final fiscal year end, complete a short year to the calendar end, then complete a full calendar year.
Follow these instructions to close the fiscal year end, set up the 1st initial short year, and complete the 1st full calendar year.
note
In these instructions, the client is changing to a March Fiscal Year End.
- Open the client and go to the last fiscal year end period (3/31/17).
- SelectFile, thenPeriod to Process.
- SelectClose To Next Year.
- When in your next fiscal year end (3/31/18), selectFile,thenClient Properties.
- ChangeCurrent Fiscal Year Endto 12/31/17.
- On theShort Yearstab, enter3/31/17inMost Recent.noteMost Recentincludes the year end of the period before the short year.
- SelectOKto create a 4/1/17 to 12/31/17 short year.
When you've completed the 4/1/17 to 12/31/17 initial short year and the client is closed to the next year, Fixed Assets will create a 1/1/18 to 12/31/18 processing period.
While in this processing period (1/1/18 to 12/31/18) you can remove the date from the
Most Recent
field. To do this, go to File
, Client Properties
, then the Short Years
tab.