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title: "Month End Close - Accounts Receivable"
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The Month End Close must be run once all of the other debtor’s month end functions have been run.  The following checks are performed before you can continue:  If there are any customers with unallocated cash payments. You will not be allowed to continue until these payments have been allocated accordingly. If Statements have not been run a warning message will be displayed requiring confirmation to continue:  Care should be taken to print any required reports before running the Month End Close otherwise these reports will show the new aged balances.   Once the Month End Close program has been run, it is then possible to allocate customer payments for the new period.  Running Month End Close To run Month End Close, perform the following: 1. From the  'Main Menu'  select options -  'Accounts Receivable' - 'Month End Processing' - 'Month End Close' . 2.  All customer payments must be allocated before continuing.  If there are any customers with unallocated cash payments, a warning is displayed.  Press the <Space-Bar> to go back to the menu.  Warning - There are some customers with unallocated cash payments. All cash receipts must be allocated before you can proceed with this program. 3. Complete the  Debtors Close  fields then press <F1>. R efer to the link below for a screenshot and an explanation of these options. 4. A warning message is displayed. Press  Y  to continue. 5. The program then performs the closure procedure. The following message is displayed: 6. When complete, you are returned to the Month End Processing menu.  7. As part of the Month End Close, inactive Customer Accounts are flagged for deletion from the system (That is, casual accounts with a zero balance).