In what order should I do the following?   (I know I am late!)
         AM-A
         AM-B
         AM-N
         AD-D
 
I declare...  I don't remember doing AM-N and AD-D.   But I suppose I did?
 
Note: our fiscal year  is  now the same as our fiscal year since we changed from C-corp to S Corp in mid 2008.
 
Thanks

Sorry, I meant AD-D
Okay for future reference running AM-B automatically advance both AM-N and  AD-D
 
But I had already changed AM-A before I ran AM-B so I am not sure what running AM-B would have done to AM-A
 
 
#2 Question.... Why can I not get numbers to stay in the "Open Period End Date" fields.    Every time I comeback there is nothing but zeros.
#3 Question...   What purpose does " Accounting Open Period Start Day" do?       Mine is set to April 1998  
 
Thanks
Laura

I have to think about this every year and it gets harder the older i get.  I am posting this for future reference to help me at the beginning of each year.  
 
Current physical year……. 01/01/2021
start date  
 
Today’s date………………… 01/11/2021
 
Open period start date….  12/01/2020
                                                     Tuesday                       (this allows me to go back and work in 2020)
 
Open Period end date ……..12/31/2020
                                               Friday
 
accounting open period…..12/01/2020                        I have no idea what purpose this serves?  
                                              Tuesday  
 

 
 There are 2 open period  Start Date values. The Open Period Start Date controls all activity unless defaults settings are enabled for GL-B Enter/Post General Journal Trxns, AP-B Enter Vouchers and AR-C
Record Payments to use the Accounting Open Period Start Date which allows Accounting to continue posting to the prior period keeping it closed to all other transactions.
 
AD-A Accounting Open Period Start Date
This is the first day of the current open period that postings to GL-B Enter/Post General Journal Trxns, AP-B Enter Vouchers and AR-C Record Payments will be allowed based on individual default settings for each program. Should you need to make a backdated entry to a period prior to this date, simply change the date here, post the entry and then change the date back.
Use Open Period Start Date in GL-B
Enter Y if you want GL-B Enter/Post General Journal Trxns to use the Accounting Open
Period Start date rather than the overall Open Period Start Date.
Use Open Period Start Date in AR-C
Enter Y if you want AR-C Record Payments to use the Accounting Open Period Start date
rather than the overall Open Period Start Date.

Thanks,
Laura