Month-End Close: Before you close
Before you close a month, its checklist grades the month's data and tells you what still needs attention. Closing a month signs it off and saves its report pack, but it doesn't freeze the month: only your hard close date does that.
To open a month, go to Accounting → Close and click the month's tile on the Year board. Its drawer opens on the right, with the Close checklist, the Report pack and the Sync status section.
Start with how the checklist works, what actually stops a close, and which months you can close. Then work the month: fix failing checks, read the reports, capture your provider's trial balance and account for anything that hasn't synced.
| To… | Go to… |
|---|---|
| learn how the checklist is grouped, what Re-check does, and what a closed month's checklist shows | How the close checklist works |
| tell the checks that block a close from the warnings you acknowledge, and which ones you can go over with a reason | What stops a close, and what only needs a tick |
| see which month is up next, close a month for the record, or close a month while an earlier one waits for re-sign-off | Which months you can close, and in what order |
| fix a failing check and get it back to green | Fix a failing check |
| read the month's reports, switch between sign-off revisions, and see what moved since sign-off | Read the month's reports |
| fetch Xero or QuickBooks' trial balance so SKU.io can compare it with yours | Capture your provider's trial balance |
| account for entries that haven't reached your provider | See why entries haven't reached your provider |
A later month can close while an earlier one waits for a re-sign-off. The Earlier months re-signed check asks you to acknowledge it: see which months you can close and re-sign-off a restated month.