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Year End Check Lists

Check Lists for Year End Processing 
in the following CSS Applications:

 

GENERAL LEDGER YEAR END CHECK LIST

Description Menu Option Date  Initials

*Optional*
IF planning to take advantage of the GL0715 procedure to post adjusting entries after the year has been closed; the following step is required.

GL0710-Copy G/L files to Last Year file set.
Type the 3-character file set name of your existing files for the “from” prefix and a new 3-character prefix for the “to” prefix.  IE: current file set is HAH, new is H03.  Select any prefix not currently in use.
If on Single company system, must use the code of “P” followed by the year to be closed.  P03 for close of year 2004.   
Must be done BEFORE closing the final period of the year.

 

 


GL0710

 




      
Double Check the GL Date
Ensure set to the last day of the Fiscal calendar year.
GL5 02       
Save G/L Files    
CRITICAL STEP!!! Must save before the Period End.  Keep this backup set at least until end of the 1st quarter of the new year.         
GL5  12       
Perform End of  Period Process for the Last Period of the Year. GL5 01        
Verify Date is Set at Year end  GL5  02      
Verify the Retained Earnings Account(s) are correctly specified on G/L Control file.
Key is GLcccddd (substitute the 6 digit company/division number(s) for the cccddd). There is one record for each Co/div combination.  Key the correct Retained Earnings GL account number which will receive the profit/loss amount during Year End.
GL9  07       

Print YTD General Ledger Print as many copies as needed.  After the end of year, additional copies of this can only be printed if optional procedure GL0710 was executed.

GL2  06       

*Optional*
Print Auditors Lead Schedule

GL2 08       
Verify FIXED ASSETS End of Year has completed   
Only required if using the Fixed Assets system.  Close the final period, then the year for Fixed Assets.
           

Save G/L Files
CRITICAL STEP!!!  This is a 2nd file save, in addition to the save before the Period End.  *** Use a new set of backup media and keep this backup set  for your PERMANENT Year-end records.

GL5 12       
Perform End of Year Process
This process moves the CurrYr figures to LastYr, zeros CurrYr, balance forwards Balance Sheet accounts, totals Income & Expense accounts & posts the total to the Retained Earnings account.  The G/L & S/L files will both be closed.

*** If any problems occur, call Support Immediately.  DO NOT RERUN THIS OPTION!!!  
GL5  04        

Verify a few G/L account numbers have closed properly.  Check the following:

Balance Sheet Accounts.....

>Current Year Beginning
  Balance equal to Last Year
  ending balance
>Current Year Periods are all
  zero
>Current Year $ amounts
  transferred to the Last Year
  column.

P&L Accounts ....................

>Current Year Beginning
  Balance equals zero
>
Current Year Periods are all
  zero
>Current Year $ amounts
  transferred to the Last Year
  column.

GL9  01       

Verify a few S/L account numbers have closed properly.  Check the following:

>Current Year Periods are all
  zero

>Current Year stats amounts
  transferred to the Last Year
  column.

SL9  01       

Maintain G/L Date Record   Set to end of first period of the new year.  The new Fiscal Calendar should have already been established; if not do so in BOMGL5, opt#5.

GL5 02       

Transfer Next Budget to GLM 
Copies the “Next Budget” file to the G/L Master file for use on financial reports.

GL1  10       
Transfer Next Budget to SLM 
Copies the “Next Budget” file to the S/L Master file for use on financial reports.
SL1  08      

--END OF GENERAL LEDGER YEAR END CHECKLIST--



ACCOUNTS PAYABLE YEAR END CHECKLIST

Accounts Payable does not have a Year End "closing" procedure; only the PERFORM END OF PERIOD for the final period of the year.  After the final period has been closed, you can at any time prepare for and print the 1099-MISC or INT forms.

Description Menu Option Date  Initials
Print  1099 List       
Review for vendors needing 1099 forms. Specify Jan-1 to Dec-31 of the closing year. Leave CODE field blank.  Enter the minimum dollar amount paid to vendors to be included (ie: $600.00 key as 60000).
AP2 13     
Maintain Vendor File   
Update the 1099 field on applicable vendors.  Enter code "7" for Miscellaneous, "1" for Rents or "I" for interest, PLUS the Tax ID of the vendor.
AP3 01    
Reprint the 1099 List  
Review again to verify changes made to Vendor accounts.  Can use just “7” for Misc  or  “1” for rent or ‘I” for interest in code to include only vendors with those codes.  Only those vendors marked will have 1099 forms printed.  Repeat this listing  as needed to get a complete list of vendors to receive forms.
AP2  13    
Print 1099’S  
Prompts same as 1099 list: Specify Jan-1 to Dec-31 of the closing year, enter 1099 code (7, 1, I), and enter the minimum dollar amount of vendors to be included (ie: $600.00 key as 60000).  After a moment another screen will appear for entry of the company name & address information.  Enter the Payer’s telephone number on “ADDRESS LINE-3”. Also required is your company Federal ID and a “transmittal control code” which comes from the IRS.
AP2 15     
IF REPORTING ON MAGNETIC MEDIA        
Generate 1099 Diskette 
The 1099 file will be copied onto the disk.  When complete (after the menu returns), use MY COMPUTER to view the contents of the disk.  It should contain a file called “IRSTAX.001”.
AP2 16    

*Optional*  
Print Vendor History-Summary
  
Print the vendor history before purging it from the system.

AP2 20    

*Optional*
Drop History Records by Date
 
Purge AP history as desired.  Recommend you keep at least 2 years.  If you have plenty of disk space, you can save more.  Enter date to purge history through.

AP3 05    

*Optional*
Print Vendor Labels 
   
If desired for file labels on new year’s vendor files.

AP2 21    

--END OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE YEAR END CHECKLIST--



 


PAYROLL YEAR END CHECKLIST

** NOTE **  DO NOT PERFORM QUARTER END FOR 4th QUARTER.

Description Menu Option Date  Initials
Verify Last Payroll Paid in this year is Finalized.        

Enter any Unrecorded Hand or Void  Checks 
If any have been missed,  then run complete P/R (including Printing checks) through the Finalize again.

PR1 5-6    
Save All Payroll Files  
This is the final backup of the year’s payroll.  Keep this backup for permanent  records.  This step is CRITICAL!
PR3 22    

Perform Year End Routine  
**   Run from a PC which you are able to successfully perform a Save All Payroll Files from.

    The old “last year” P/R files will be saved to disk, then deleted, during this process.  Prompts will instruct you to insert disks as needed.

    Current year files are copied into the “last year” file set.  These new “last year” files will be used to print 4th Quarter reports, print W-2 forms & create the W-2 disk.

On the new year files, earnings & taxes will be reset for active employees. Terminated employee records are purged.

If any problems are encountered, call support immediately.

*** DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RERUN THIS STEP!!! ***

PR4 01    

Maintain P/R Control File for new  tax information
Check the Federal and State Tax Id’s.
Change tax rates as needed (per regulations). See P/R Manual for details.

Sys-
Utilities 22
7-1     
Payroll files are now ready for use in the new year.        

--END OF PAYROLL YEAR END CHECKLIST--
                                     

FOR COMPLETION OF PAYROLL YEAR-END ACTIVITIES, GO TO THE 2006 END OF YEAR PROCESSING – 1099 and W-2 REPORTING MEMO.

 

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