INTRODUCTION
Agility is an account package and therefore various
functions need to be applied for your financial records like Profit & Loss,
Balance Sheet & Trial Balance. There is also the need to close of
your periods (month end) and then your Year End. This document is in
relation to the closing of the month and year end and then opening new
financial periods of required. Please note that if you use Agility for
your financial records then ONLY close down your month ends when all your Purchase
Invoices etc. have been recorded in the system as once these are closed you
CANNOT enter. It is imperative that month ends are closed and agility will
warn you if month ends are not closed.
“Warning, in (x) days you will have no open periods.
Please correct immediately or you will not be able to log in.”
MONTH END
To do a month end you need to go to Nominal > Financial
Periods > Month & Year End
The following information boxes will appear read and answer
appropriately.
Select OK
You will be informed what month is being closed and which is
being opened.
Select OK
You will be asked to revalue Sales Ledger, Purchases Ledger
and Cash Book the default is NO to these
Say Yes
Once finished select OK
If you have got the above mentioned message then proceed to
do this for all your last year open periods.
YEAR END
Once all the periods have been closed the last month is your
year end.
The following message boxes will appear:
Select OK
Select YES
You will be asked to revalue Sales Ledger, Purchases Ledger
and Cash Book the default is NO to these
Select OK
Once the Year End is done the Financial Periods Screen opens
for you to enter the next number of periods in the next year, this is normally
12
On the right of the form the new periods will appear showing
the dates if these are correct Select OK.
Select NO
Yes would only ever be used if the number of periods for the
next financial year has changed.