Closing a month or year in QuickBooks Online

One of the things I take pride in is keeping accurate accounting records and reporting anything that’s out of the ordinary. Something that undermines this is when I accidentally post something to a past period that I’ve already reported on. Unexplained transactions posted in the past makes you look like you’re playing fast and loose with the books.

I don’t know if this is a change in accounting philosophy, but it seems like newer accounting systems assume that closing the books is optional. For QuickBooks Online, you need to dig around in the Account Settings…which I’ll show you in the video. I’ll also show you how to void a check in a closed period…which is needlessly complicated.

Check out the video below:

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Useful Links

• From QuickBooks Support: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/reports-and-accounting/how-do-i-close-the-prior-years-books-to-send-to-the-accountant/00/182283