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Hello Mahmoud, Just wanted to ask a similar question but this time about Accounts where "Allow Account Entry" is unmarked (this is for version GP10). If the account is a P&L account, will that still close out to the Retained Earnings? What happens is that we have P&L accounts that cannot be marked inactive because they don't meet all the requirements and we want to make sure they're no longer used in transactions. So we thought about using the "Allow Account Entry" option.
And if it's a balance sheet account with meets those requirements you mentioned for inactivating the account, will the balance roll over to the next year?
Thanks!
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I agree with Mahmoud. The inactive accounts still need to be handled the same as any other account with a balance.
You could journal the balance elsewhere before doing your year end close (the offset account will be for your accountant to determine) or allow the year end close to roll the balance into the retained earnings account.
You can also use PSTL to combine these accounts to active account so that all the transactions transferred to the new account. And after doing this you can run the reconcile the financials.
I still believe that you're supposed to record their gains/losses in year end closing. Otherwise, you may consider a manual journal entry to clear these inactive P&L accounts accordingly.
A dept that is no longer in use as of mid-year. Since it was mid-year, there are balances in some of their p&l exp accounts.
Regardless of the technical methodology which can be taken in order to exclude inactive profit and loss accounts from year end closing, is it correct from an accounting point of view !
What is the case in which you need to exclude profit and loss accounts with a current balance from the end year closing ?
So how to best handle inactive p&l accounts? Clear them out via a JE? Which offset account?
Yes, inactive accounts with current balances are included in the year end closing, and rolled into RE. Furthermore, one thing to consider that Inactive accounts which meet the following criteria will be deleted;
Although, in GP 2013, you do have a choice to maintain inactive accounts.
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