I have some options on how you can record these year-end adjustments, AnnaMaria.
Closing your books ensures everything stays the way you want it to. It also prevents any accidental changes that could affect your financial reports. You'll want to record the transactions or adjustments after your books' closed date or reconciliation so it won't affect the figures on your report. If you haven't closed your books yet, follow the steps outlined below:
To review your accounts:
- Sign in to QuickBooks Online as a primary or company admin.
- Review your accounts and make sure everything looks good.
- Enter any outstanding invoices, expenses, and payments.
- Reconcile your accounts up to your closing date.
- Review your inventory quantities.
To close your books:
- Go to Settings ⚙ and then select Accounts and settings.
- Select the Advanced tab.
- Select Edit ✎ in the Accounting section.
- Turn on the Close the books switch.
- Enter a closing date. Give yourself a comfortable deadline. You shouldn't need to edit any transactions before this date. Your new bookkeeping work will start after this point.
- Select the Allow changes after viewing a warning and entering a password option from the dropdown menu if you want to require a password before editing your closed books.
- Click Save and then Done.
To give you more details about the process, check out this article for your guide: Close Your Books In QuickBooks Online.
However, we always suggest that transactions recorded in QuickBooks should match the monthly income in your real-life account. You may also want to reach out to your accountant for more options on recording them.
Additionally, QuickBooks provides different reports that can help you cater to your business needs. You'll only have to customize them to ensure you get the information you need. Go through this article for more details: Customise Reports In QuickBooks Online.
If there's anything that you need help with year-end adjustment, let us know so we can help you out. Have a nice day!
