Sitka’s Acquisitions Year End Procedure

Note

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  1. Prepare for year end using the Year End Checklist.

  2. Confirm that the Library Setting Allow funds to be rolled over without bringing the money along is set to True.

  3. Implement an acquisitions year end freeze.

    1. An acquisitions freeze helps ensure that all debits and encumbrances are assigned to the correct fiscal year.
  4. Run report Fund Report by Year for old fiscal year.

    1. Template found in Sitka_templates → Acquisitions → Funds
  5. Complete a Dry Run to check that all necessary funds will be propagated for the new fiscal year.

  6. Perform the Fiscal Year Close-out Operation.

  7. Run report Fund Report by Year for old and new fiscal year.

    1. Template found in Sitka_templates → Acquisitions → Funds
  8. Use the fund reports to confirm that the encumbrances and spent totals for the funds in the old and new fiscal years are correct.

    1. Libraries that do not carry unspent money forward should see balances of zero in their old fiscal year and negative balances in their new fiscal year.
  9. Create new funding source(s) and allocates credit to the funding source(s).

  10. Allocate money from the new funding source(s) into the new funds.

  11. Lift acquisitions year end freeze.

    1. New orders can be created.

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