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Join nowOur company's CPA firm has asked me to make AJE for last year, a debit to RE and credit to A/P. It seems that the ending 2018 figure that they used for A/P and the beginning 2019 A/P balance were not the same. I began as an accountant with this company in April of last year, so I am not sure what happened prior to me. I can't find any entries that seem to be made that affects their numbers, but they are different and I need to make my numbers match their numbers. It is not a material amount, just over $1,500. We have many entities that are interrelated, and I have searched entries that might make up the difference, with no luck.
Any suggestions how to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated. I just want to begin 2020 with clean accounts that I can defend going forward.
Thanks!
Hello there, 7150.
Allow me to share some insights with you.
QuickBooks automatically transfers your annual profits, as calculated in the Profit and Loss, to the Retained Earnings Account at the end of each reporting period, where they add to the previous year’s ending balance.
You can run a Quick Report on the Accounts Payable and filter on paid status to find the entry that caused the difference.
Here's how:
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Thank you for the response to my question.
Am I understanding correctly, I do not need to make an adjusting entry at Year End to roll the retained earnings in QuickBooks? When I followed your instructions for looking at the QuickReport, there are no Journal Entries to Accounts Payable, only Bills.
Hello there, 7150,
Let me clear things out for you. Yes, you don't need to make a journal entry to adjust your income and expenses at year-end. QuickBooks Desktop does this for you in preparation for the coming year.
You'll want to pull up the Retained Earnings account to see all the transactions. These adjustments are tagged as Closing Entry which is not a real transaction in QuickBooks.
I'm glad to show you how to open the report:
Check out the Close your books in QuickBooks Desktop for more details and instructions about year-end adjustments.
Stay in touch if there's anything else I can help you with. Just tag my name and I'll get back to you.
Thank you and stay safe!
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