V16 Training · Course 11 of 15

Month-End Close

Reconcile the bank and customer payments, chase overdue customers, set up sales tax, lock a closed period, and run the month-end checklist.

For Accounts6 lessonsAbout 16 minutes

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Lessons

  1. 01

    Bank accounts and bank reconciliation

    This lesson shows how to set up a bank account in Parsimony and reconcile it with the bank statement.

    2:45 film · written guide · quick check

  2. 02

    Payment reconciliation

    This lesson shows how to match a customer's payment to its invoice in Payment Reconciliation, and what the Difference Account is for.

    2:36 film · written guide · quick check

  3. 03

    Chase overdue customers

    This lesson shows how to chase late customers with a Dunning: find who is late in the Accounts Receivable report, set up Dunning Types, create a Dunning, review it, and follow up in the Dunning list. The screens are example data from a demo company.

    2:46 film · written guide · quick check

  4. 04

    Sales tax

    This lesson shows how Parsimony works out sales tax: a template for each rate, item tax templates for items taxed differently, and a tax category with a tax rule for a buyer who is exempt. It ends with where the tax lands on an invoice and in the Sales Register.

    2:30 film · written guide · quick check

  5. 05

    Close the period

    This lesson shows you how to lock a finished month so nobody can post into it, and how the year-end close works.

    2:46 film · written guide · quick check

  6. 06

    The month-end checklist

    This lesson walks the order of a month-end, from the first check to locking the month.

    2:48 film · written guide · quick check

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