How To V6 Guide

Fiscal Year End Closing

This document is designed to be an overview of the Year End Closing function. The Preliminary Setup samples
are just a few of the system setup configurations that are needed specifically for running the year end function.
The majority of the configuration(s) would have been setup at the time of implementation.
The Fiscal Year End function FIYEND (Financials > Period Processing > Fiscal Year End) closes a
Companys fiscal year and generates the corresponding accounting entries with the document type of NEW. The
fiscal year end processing is done on a single screen. Specify the company for which the fiscal year will be closed,
the document type and the journal on which the new journal/document/invoices must be generated. The start date
for the new fiscal year is automatically displayed. After the process is launched, a log file will trace all processed
operations.

Important Note: The Year End Simulation function should be run for the new year prior to closing a fiscal
year for the current year. The Year End Simulation (SIMULFINEX - Financials > Utilities > Year End
Simulation) can be run to simulate what the Fiscal Year end function will do. It can be used for cases where the
previous fiscal year must remain open for a period of time into the current year. There are no journals created nor
is the fiscal year closed but it will roll the balances forward for any asset or liability accounts. Performing a yearend
simulation allows you to run a trial balance for the new year without formally closing the current year.

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A few Preliminary Setups

1. Verify that NEWPR Document Type is created.

2. Verify that NEWPR Journal Code is created.

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3.

Sequence Numbers

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4. Account classes must be setup correctly and subsequently each gl account be classified correctly. This is
important in determining whether or not to carry forward opening balances into a new year.

Items that must be performed prior to closing a year:

1. Set SUP General Parameter ENDDAT to 12/31/xx, where xx is a couple of years in the future.
2. The next fiscal year must be opened prior to closing the current fiscal year.
3. Execute the Dimension Balance Recovery function if necessary. This function need only be run if the
dimension views have changed or new dimension views have been added.
4. All invoices must be validated.
5. All receipts and payments must be validated (Batch Posting).
6. All recurring journal entries must be generated and posted.
7. Final Validation must be performed on all journals prior to closing. This is a batch function within G/L
Accounting. This will turn all Temporary journals to Final. Also note that if the company is using Simulation
journals, there may be other functions to execute prior to Final Validation such as changing the status of
Simulated journals to Actual journals.
8. Price updates for the next year must be entered.
9. Cost transfers/cost calculations must be entered/updated for the next fiscal year.
10. Close all periods for Current Fiscal Year (see Monthly Closing document for items to be performed for monthly
closes).
11. All users must be out of Sage ERP X3.
Note: There is a Pre-Closing verification report named CLOPER that should be run before the year-end close is
attempted. This report will list out any open items that need to be addressed before a successful year-end close
can be performed.

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Year End Process

The Year End Process will shut down the Journal Status Monitor. Therefore, when executing Year End, the log
displays 2 journals with NEWNP document types. The first entry closes out the current fiscal year (Rolls forward
Balance Sheet account balances and posts the Net Income/Loss to the New Period Suspense account
ANOUVO). The second entry clears out the New Period Suspense account and DR/CR the Retained Earnings
account. In order to view the closing journals, the Journal Status Monitor must be restarted.
Note: The Closing Document field should be blank (this feature is not typically used in the US).

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The two sample closing journals are referenced below:

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See Also - Year End Simulation How To Guide if applicable.

For cases where the previous fiscal year must remain open for at least a month into the current year, the Year End
Simulation function can be run. This function will roll forward the ending balances for the Balance Sheet accounts
without creating the closing journal entries or permanently closing the Fiscal Year. By simulating the close, the
monthly statements will include the correct opening balances until the previous Fiscal Year is ready to be closed
and retained earnings calculated.

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