Hi!!
 
Our company needs to change our current fiscal start-end period.  we are currently using the period of 01/01/05-12/31/05, and our present need is to change it to the period of 10/01/05-09/30/06.
 
So my question is, can such a change be possible with DBA classic (currently running version 2004.1) and if so, what needs to be done and what are the consequences of such a change.
 
Thank you in advance for your precious suggestions.
 
Daniel

Thank you for the how-to.  We are now prepare to do the change, but we have a small question before proceeding:
 
Since we decided to change our fiscal year from Jan to Sept (versus Jan to Dec), when doing UT-K-D, will this affect our GL Accounts of past years  i.e. will "2004" still be from Jan to Dec 2004 and "2003" still be from Jan 2003 to Dec 2003 or will it recalculate my GL from Jan 2004 to Sept 2004?  
 
[AM-B  Fiscal Year End Routine] tells me that if we decide to change our fiscal year, this will affect our previous years.
 
Once we change our fiscal start-end dates, we want to proceed with the AM-B module, will it be safe for us to do so?
 
Thank you again in advance,
 
Daniel

Well, we have finally done the change and most of it all went fine, thank you very much for the big help.  
 
What is different from before is the following:
 
When printing a Trial Balance (TB) for the new period (from 01/01/05 to 09/30/05), without the Year-End (YE) entry, the beginning balance for the Revenues & Expenses, which should all be at zero, shows amounts from the ending balance of the last fiscal year.
 
How can this be corrected?  
 
Take note all beginning balance for G/L accounts related to the Balance Sheet are okay.
 
Again, thank you in advance,
 
Daniel

Try UT-A, GLEREDO again and be careful with the dates.  Then make sure you go to GL-O and post all the YE entries that are created.

Are you saying Y or N to include the YE entries when running GL-E?

You must have entered the wrong dates in UT-K-D.  Does GL-A  show some empty months in 1 year past confirming the short year?

    Oups!  Little error in my dates on my last text, we should read:
 
The dates entered in the UT-K-D last week were as follow: (The Accounting Manager was with me to make sure I entered the right dates)  
 
Current:      10/01/05  
Last year:    01/01/05  
2 years ago: 01/01/04  
 
As suggested, I verified GL-A, and the "view Chart of Accounts" confirms the dates above as it should be.  
 
Out of curiosity, I went back to UT-K-D to see what the dates were and to my surprise, they were as follow:  
 
Current:      10/01/05  
Last year:    10/01/04  
2 years ago: 10/01/03  
 
I then created a test company and have done an other UT-K-D with the right start dates.  I still have a problem the same problem with my DTB.  I then, after, verified if the dates were as input (in UT-K-D), and they were not.  It was back to:  
 
Current:      10/01/05  
Last year:    10/01/04  
2 years ago: 10/01/03  
 
Is it possible that DBA does not accept an initial short year?  
 
Thank you again for your help.  
 
Daniel

Hello Lynn,
 
Is a solution feasible to our problem?  Or is it something that will require a technical call either to DBA or IsTech to fix it?
 
An answer would be greatly appreciated.
 
 
 
Thank you,