Entering a journal entry for a prior date

Based on your security settings, you can create a new journal entry for the previous fiscal year without changing the Don't allow entries prior to date. For example, you receive year-end adjustments from your accountant in March that you need to enter for a previous fiscal year.

1. From the Manage menu, click Journal Entries.
2. Multi-company only. Select a company.

3. In the Accounting Date field, enter the date for the journal entry you want to add.
4. Enter the journal entry as you would for any other journal entry.

See also

Closing a prior fiscal year