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END-OF-MONTH – Simple Accounting Procedures that You Should be Doing!

Monday, March 8th, 2010

By Lynelle Hills

“How can I be assured that the financial data in simPRO matches our accounts program?”

This is one of the most common questions I get from concerned bookkeepers and Accountants regarding the use of simPRO. One of the most important things to do here is to ensure that the security profiles of your users are adjusted to ensure that transactions cannot be created, deleted or edited by a staff member who does not understand the accounting implications of doing so.

If a financial transaction in simPRO has been posted to your accounts program and that transaction is to be altered or deleted, the user who has rights to do this will receive a warning message in red. The alteration will need to be manually adjusted in the accounting program as well.

The list below contains a step by step procedure that should really be followed at the end of month to ensure that your simPRO and accounts package reconcile.   It could also be followed for the whole financial year when the accounts are being closed off. (more…)