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Year-end accounts

Trial balances, mapping, FRS 105 and FRS 102 accounts, revisions and filing. 11 articles.

Importing a trial balanceYear-end accounts start from the client's trial balance.Mapping a trial balance to the accountsMapping decides where each account in the trial balance goes in the accounts.Preparing FRS 105 and FRS 102 Section 1A company accountsOnce the mapping is built, the set of accounts opens on the Year end tab with its checks, key figures, details and a preview of each copy.Sole trader and partnership accountsSole traders and partnerships get their own accounts, laid out for the tax return.LLP and company limited by guarantee accountsLLPs and companies limited by guarantee have FRS 102 Section 1A accounts in Accountin, prepared the same way as a small company's.Dormant company accountsA company limited by shares with no significant transactions in the period can have dormant accounts, prepared under FRS 105 and marked dormant.Adding the accountants' reportThe accountants' report goes on the members' copy of the accounts only.Starting next year's accountsStarting next year carries a set of accounts forward: this year's figures become the comparatives and the details carry over, apart from events after the year end.Preparing accounts from the booksWhen the client's books are kept in Accountin, the accounts can be built from the ledger without a trial balance file.Filing accounts at Companies HouseApproved company and LLP accounts are filed in iXBRL from the "Filing with Companies House" panel on the set of accounts.Preparing revised accountsIf accounts filed through Accountin turn out to be defective, revised accounts replace them under the Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.