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- Period-End Processing
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- ÀáWhen to Perform Period-End ProcessingÀá
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- Unlike most other accounting programs, M.Y.O.B. does not require you to close a
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- month before starting a new month. You can make entries in any month (even in
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- the next fiscal year).
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- As a good accounting practice, we recommend the following steps after completing
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- your entries for a period. (Remember, you usually haven’t completed a period
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- until a month or so later.)
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- ÀáNote:Àá These steps are recommended. They are not required. M.Y.O.B. does not
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- purge any accounting entries when you perform the following period-end
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- processing.
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- After you’re fairly certain that all entries for a month have been made:
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- 1. If you’ve received your bank statement, reconcile your checkbook.
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- 2. Print a Trial Balance summary report for the month. Check the activity
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- in the trial balance to make sure you’ve entered everything. (Look for zero
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- activity in accounts that usually have activity, Verify the balance of your
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- checkbook at the end of the month, etc.) If something doesn’t look right, print a
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- trial balance detail report.
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- 3. Once everything looks okay, print a Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss
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- Statement. and any supporting schedules (journals, aged receivables, aged
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- payables, etc.) you would like to have on file.
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- 4. Make a backup copy of your data (see Backing Up Your M.Y.O.B. Data).
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- 5. Choose Customize M.Y.O.B. from the Administration command center and
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- change the 'accidental posting' month to the month just completed.
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- If, down the road, you must make an adjustment in this month, you’ll have to
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- change the 'accidental posting' month and make the entry. Afterward, you
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- should do these five steps again.
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