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About Locked Fiscal Periods

In Sage 300, fiscal periods are locked separately for each transaction-oriented Sage 300 program.

The system checks the status of a fiscal period for Accounts Receivable when you enter certain dates in Accounts Receivable transactions. It also checks the status of the fiscal period for Bank Services when you add a receipt or print a refund check.

If the period is locked for Accounts Receivable, you receive a warning, an error message, or no message, depending on the setting for the Locked Fiscal Period option on the Options tab of the Company Profile screen, as follows: