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How can I switch between financial years in the software?
In BUSY, to split financial year from company, Follow the steps given below:
Step 1 : Open BUSY Step 2 : Press Enter on Split Financial Year Step 3 : Select the Company
Step 4 : Select the First or Last Financial Year Step 5 : Click on Split option Step 6 : Go to Open Company and check the Financial Year is splited from the company
How do I carry forward a balance in BUSY
To carry forward a balance in BUSY, you can follow these steps:
1. Open the company in BUSY.
2. Go to the "Administrationmenu and select "Change Finacial Year"
3. Select the financial year for which you want to carry forward the balance.
4. Click on the "Carry Forwardbutton.
5. A confirmation message will appear. Click "Yesto proceed.
6. The balances from the previous year will be carried forward to the new financial year.
How can I view previous year bills in company?
If your previous year is combined with the current year then you need to go previous year for checking previous year bills. To know how to go previous follow the below steps:
Step 1: Go to administration menu and select last option change financial year.
Step 2: Select the last year to change and press yes to move in previous year after that you can check previous year bills.
What is the process to opening Stock Update
To update the opening balanceSee the Follwing Steps
Step 1: Take a backup of your current backup.
Step 2: Log in to BUSY and go to Last Year.
Step 3: Now go to administration. Click on Change Financial Year.
Step 4: Now click on the financial year from next year.
Sep5: Clock on Yes, then click on All Master
Step 6: Once the process is completed, the check balance issue will be resolved.
If I have some stock in the last year and have bought some stock in the current year, but the name of the stock has changed, what should I do to change the name of the stock in last years records?
If you want to change the item name in last or previous finanical year, you need to follow these steps :
Step 1: Go to administration then change financial year and switch to last or previous financial year.
Step 2: Select administration then masters click on account select modify mode
Step 3: Change then item name and click on save buttton.
Step 4: Now can you switch to current financial year.
Why is the financial year of 2023-24 not visible in my BUSY Accounting Software and how can I get the data of that year?
To check the 2023-24 year data in BUSY, please follow below steps :
Step 1: Go to Administration menu.
Step 2: Select Change financial year
Step 3 : Select particular year which you want to view.
Step 4 : click on the okay and view the data.
Note : In the BUSY if you have a single Fy then only you can view the last year data .
Why is the previous years balance shown as nil even though there was a balance in the opening of the current year?
If previous year balance of a party shown as nil but in current year opening showing the balance, then might be changes made in last year after creating the current financial year.
To resolve this issue you need to run Update Master Balances from the housekeeping menu in last year then change financial year again from the Administration menu.
Note: Take backup of your data before running this process.
I want to view historical data over a specific date range. How can I select a custom start and end date?
If you want to view the historical data for specific date range, Then you can view it by switching the multiple financial year in a single company.If have seperate company for each financial year then you need to open the desired company and check the data.Additionally, can check the ledger by entering the previous financial year date but work with having multiple financial year in single company.
I want to split/segregate my company data from previous years. What is the process to do this in BUSY?
In BUSY, to split financial year from company, Follow the steps given below:
Step 1 : Open BUSY Step 2 : Press Enter on Split Financial Year Step 3 : Select the Company
Step 4 : Select the First or Last Financial Year Step 5 : Click on Split option Step 6 : Go to Open Company and check the Financial Year is splited from the company
How can i carry forward the balances of only newly updated master during change financial year process?
To carry forward the new and change master balances during change financial year process, follow these steps:
Step 1: Take the latest backup of your data.
Step 2: Go to administration section then click on change financial year option.
Step 3: Select the current financial year then select yes for carry forward the balances.
Step 4: Next, select new and change master then Click on start tab and complete the process.