End of Month Closing - FIN7300

Finance > Utilities > End of Month Closing

This utility controls the processes that close the current accounting period and opens the next accounting period for accounting purposes. The following processes are included:

  • Deferring unpaid checks.
  • Closing the accounting period.
  • Adding a process date to the current closing account period transaction.
  • Updating balances in general ledger records.
  • Resetting the current accounting period to the next accounting period in the fiscal year.

When the end-of-month closing is complete, the following occurs:

  • The contra offset records are recreated.
  • Transactions are updated with a processed date.
  • Ending balances for the period are brought forward.
    • The current ending balance is moved to the current beginning balance.
    • The posting balance is moved to the current ending balance.
  • The accounting period is incremented by one. For example, if the current accounting period was 05, and you ran the end-of-month process, the new current accounting period changes to 06 automatically.

Note: Prior to using the End of Month Closing utility, ensure that you have followed the end-of-month closing checklist.

TSDS Extract Notes:

Prior to running the EOM Closing process for the October accounting period, the following message is displayed: “If you continue this process and close accounting period 10, then the TSDS budget and payroll extract will not be extracted until the Fiscal Year Close process is completed for the current year.”

The budget and payroll data extracts are run nightly along with the other TSDS extracts until accounting period 10 (October) is closed in Finance.

  • After period 10 (October) closes, the budget and payroll data extracts are paused for the current school year.
  • After period 10 (October) closes and the nightly extract is run, the Fall Finance TSDS Data tab in District Administration is enabled allowing users to begin making corrections to budget and payroll data.

The Extract TSDS status is updated when the following processes are run:

  • Finance > Utilities > Move Current to New File ID
  • Finance > Utilities > End of Month Closing - A message is displayed indicating that accounting period 10 has been closed and the TSDS Budget and Payroll extracts will be paused until the Fiscal Year Close process is complete.
  • Finance > Utilities > Fiscal Year Close

Perform end-of-month closing:

Field Description
Year of Accounting Period Being ClosedType the year in the YYYY format. The year is used by the detail general ledger to sort transactions by calendar year. It does not affect any other areas of the system.

Note: If the current accounting period is less than or equal to the Starting Accounting Period on the Tables > District Finance Options > Finance Options tab, the field defaults to the from School Year.

The Month of Accounting Period Being Closed and Last End of Month Run Date fields are display only.

❏ Click Execute to execute the process. A message is displayed indicating that you are about to change data permanently confirming that you want to continue.

  • Click Yes to continue.
  • Click No to return to the EOM Closing page.