Lock a month
Once a month is checked and declared, lock it so nothing in it can change.
On the computer, 4 steps
Guide 7 of 14 in Accounting
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Open periods
In Accounting › Periods & closing, Locked through shows the last locked day.

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Pick the day
In Lock through, pick the last day of the month that is done.

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Lock
Click Lock.

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Locked
Locked through moves to that day. Nothing up to it can change any more.

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- 1Invite your accountantName and e-mail, and they get their sign-in details.
- 2Move your books inYour old journal, account by account, checked.
- 3Open your booksCheck the opening, then open the books.
- 4Add an accountA new account under the right parent.
- 5Classify a movementGive an untyped expense its account.
- 6Record a journal entryType the lines, check the balances, send.
- 9Check the VAT you oweThe figures for your monthly VAT return.
- 10Read your profit and lossIncome, expenses and profit, down to each line.
- 11Read your balance sheetAssets, liabilities and equity on one page.
- 12Check your trial balanceDebits equal credits, account by account.
- 13See an account’s historyOne account, line by line, back to the sale or expense.
- 14See who owes youCustomers and suppliers, sorted by age.
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