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Big Red Book Accounts v5
Running Year End Routine
The
Year End Routine
option is in the
Utilities Menu
.
Before running the routine we recommend you carry out the steps described below as part of the Year-End
process. Carrying out each step will help you make a seamless transition to the new Financial Year and will
ensure that you have adequate backups of the data for the Financial Year just ended, and have ready
access to the data for previous years even after you have started the new Financial Year.
Step 1
Satisfy yourself that you are finished entering data for the old Financial Year
As part of this process you should ensure that:
All transactions for the Financial Year you are about to close have been entered correctly
All Bank Accounts have been reconciled to their final statement balance for the old Financial Year
Individual Debtors' balances in the Sales Ledger are correct
The individual Creditors' balances in the Purchase Ledger agree with the Statements issued by your
Suppliers
If relevant, your Accountant has entered Nominal Journals for Accruals, Prepayments, Depreciation etc.
All Transaction Reports have been printed.
Step 2
Copy the information for the Financial Year you are just finishing to another company “slot”
on your computer.
To do this you should highlight your Company on the
Company Selection Menu
and click on
Copy
.
A list of free Company Slots are displayed. Choose the one to wish to copy to.
Click the '
All Data'
button and confirm by clicking on
Yes
.
You will now have a copy of the Financial Year’s information which you can refer to after you have run the
Year End Routine in your current year company slot.
Step 3
Make two backups of the Company whose Financial Year you are just finishing.
This should be done when you have finished entering information for the last month of the Financial Year
and before running the Year-End Routine. These backups should be kept securely.
Step 4
Run the Year-End Routine
If there is a large amount of data to process, particularly if Allocations is On and transactions from an
number of years are maintained then the Year End Routine can take a considerable time. Time taken also
depends on the PC it is being run on, available memory and disc space. For these reasons it is
recommended that you close any other programs on you system and run the Year End Routine at a time
when you can leave the PC to process the Year End.
From the
Utilities Menu
select
'Year End Routine'
A warning message is displayed. Click
Yes
to continue, click
Cancel
if you are not ready to proceed.
A screen similar to the one below is displayed, you must type in the word
YES
to proceed with the Year End
Routine.
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