Understanding Financial Reporting Dates

After you close the accounting period for AP, AR, and GL and run all financial reports for an accounting period, the last step in closing an accounting period is to change the financial reporting period. You change the financial reporting period to the next period on the Company Setup form to specify the new default reporting period for financial reports. The financial reporting date is used by all financial reports and is stored in the company record in the Constants table (F0010).

To generate reports for prior periods, you can reopen a financial reporting period on the Company Setup form by decreasing the reporting period. For example, if a company is currently operating in period 6, you can change the period to 5 for reporting purposes. Alternatively, you can use processing options to override the financial reporting date in the F0010 table when you run a report.

The financial reporting date for company 00000 should be the same current period and year that is used for all companies. These financial reports use the reporting period and year for company 00000, unless the first data sequence is company or business unit:

• Simple Income Statement (R10211B)

• Simple Balance Sheet (R10111B)