Transfer Preliminary Balances

Explanation

Use this activity to transfer the closing balance of a selected ledger from one accounting year to the opening balance for the next accounting year. A preliminary opening balance can be transferred to the next accounting year an unlimited number of times. When a balance amount is 0, it is not transferred to the new balance.

No vouchers are created with this activity. 

You can enable Preview/Print to print the report to verify the transfer. The report can also be found in Report Archive.

Prerequisites

N/A

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the preliminary transfer updates period 0 with opening balances for the new accounting year for the selected ledger.