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title: "Reopen Accounting Period"
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updated: 2025-11-06T17:13:30Z
published: 2025-11-06T17:13:30Z
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# Close or Reopen Accounting Period

#### Close or Reopen Accounting Period in Company Branch Information

Go to Comapny Branch Info→Modify →Misc. Tab→ Click Set

Add your new date to close the accounting period.

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Reopen a closed accounting period by back dating to when you need the period opened.

The monthly closing will update with a back date.

The Fiscal Year End will ask you a few questions to verify you want to reopen/change the date.

Click Confirm

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Click I’m Really Sure

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Click Close Fiscal Year

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Click OK

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#### Close or Reopen Accounting Period if using CP Books

Close or Reopen and accounting period by going to CP Books→ Close Accounting Period

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#### Close an accounting period

Use the calendar icon to choose a fiscal year end closing date and click ‘Close’.

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You will receive a prompt asking you if you want to proceed, click ‘Confirm’.

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You will receive another prompt to move the Net Income to retained earnings, if this is correct click ‘Close Fiscal Year’

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#### Reopen an accounting period

Click the ellipsis next for last fiscal year and then click ‘View’.

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The Journal Entry for the Closing Entry should open. Click on the Ellipsis and Click ‘Delete’.

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Click ‘Delete’ and close the Journal Entry

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Click ‘Cancel’ on the Close Accounting Period window, it needs to be closed down and reopend to update the date.

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Reopen the close account period window from the menu.

There should now be no date in the year end close

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In this example now that the year end has been deleted I need to make a Journal Entry for November 5, 2023, set a new close date on the monthly closing before the date you need.

Use the calendar icon to set the date and click ‘Close’

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You will receive a prompt double checking if this is what you really want to do?

Click ‘Change Closing/Open Period’.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2120353-eb2a-47e7-80e2-597dd258dbbe/Images/Documentation/image-85A76ICX.png)

Now you can go back and make changes to a previously closed period.

Once you are done, close the accounting period again.