Tabs3 Month-End Procedures

The following procedures must be performed at the end of each month. These procedures need to be run after all final statements for the month have been generated. You may want to print this topic each month and use it as a checklist of steps to perform.

Run the Data File Integrity Check.
Run the Archive Integrity Check.
Back up your data files. You may want to maintain this backup for a period of time in case you need to print reports as of this date or view information from before statements were updated.
Update statements and print the Update Statements Verification List.
Review and send email statements if necessary.
Print Accounts Receivable Reports as needed:
Print an Accounts Receivable by Invoice Report as needed.
Print other productivity/management reports as needed. Use the last day of the month of the billing period for the report date. (Tip: Consider creating a Report Suite for your month-end reports.)
Run the Set Current Reporting Month utility.
Select the Inactive check box for any clients that should be designated as inactive (located on the Address tab of the Client Information window).
Write off clients as required.
Run the Data File Integrity Check utility.
Back up data files.

Note: At the end of the last month in your reporting year, the year-to-date totals are automatically cleared. However, there are some additional Year-End Procedures that you may want to consider performing.