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Closing the Books

The Year-End Close

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Cleaning up messy books
Closing the Books, Part 1: General concepts
Closing the Books: Part 2: Tasks to complete early
Closing the Books: Part 3: More tasks to complete early
Closing the Books: Part 4: Centralizing accounting
Closing the Books, Part 5: Streamline the financials
Closing the Books: Part 6: Journal entry improvements
Closing the Books: Part 7: Payables improvements
Closing the Books, Part 8: Inventory record accuracy
Closing the Books, Part 9: Payroll improvements
Closing the Books, Part 10: Billing improvements
Fast close for a public company
Financial statement controls
Intercompany eliminations
Predecessor and successor financial statements
Presenting the financial statements
Shipment cutoff best practices
The soft close
The year-end book

Basic Closing Issues

Accounts that are closed at year end
Closing entries
Closing entries | closing procedure
How to prepare a balance sheet
How to prepare a cash flow statement
The difference between adjusting entries and closing entries
The difference between adjusting entries and correcting entries
Year-end adjustments

Advanced Closing Topics

Automate the cutoff
Fast close metrics
Intercompany accounting
Intercompany eliminations
Standardize the chart of accounts
The public company close
The soft close
The virtual close

Related Definitions

Cutoff date
Fiscal quarter
Fiscal year

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