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Use the year-end checklist for QuickBooks Online Accountant

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Image Alt Text Updated 8/5/2026 04:35

Help your team and clients complete their last-minute year-end tasks. Use the QuickBooks Online Accountant year-end checklist as your guide.

Use your accountant tools

Use the special tools for accountants in QuickBooks Online. These can help improve your bookkeeping and make your work easier. These tools help you review clients’ accounts, reclassify transactions, and file tax returns.

Use Prep for taxes in QuickBooks Online Accountant. This tool lets you review a client’s accounts from a single dashboard. After your review, the tool exports accounts to the proper lines on tax forms.

Use this tool to reclassify transactions when your client's transactions sit in the wrong accounts or categories. Change or move multiple transactions at the same time to keep their records accurate.

Use Write Off Invoices when your clients have uncollectible accounts from invoices for the year. This tool updates your client's bad debts account. It can also include uncollectible accounts from previous years.

Write off bad debts to keep your client's accounts receivable and net income accurate. 
Note: You can also write off bad debts in QuickBooks Desktop.

Help your clients complete their year-end reconciliations. You can:

Set a default date range for your clients' financial reports. QuickBooks uses this range when you pull data and reports. This simplifies year-end reviews and reconciliations.

Close payroll for the year

Use these payroll checklists to help your clients close their payroll at year-end. You can also use these to prepare for the next year:

Adjust account balances

Review your clients’ accounts and make small balance adjustments. This helps keep debits and credits equal. Use the adjusted trial balance report to make these corrections.

Close your client’s books

After you finish your review, close your client's books for the year. This prevents unwanted changes before tax filing.

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