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If you do not see the status bar, turn on the option by selecting View Status 
Bar from the Options menu.

Bellwether Garden Supply is set up with 12 accounting periods per fiscal year. 
The current accounting period is Period 3—3/1/03 to 3/31/03. If the current 
accounting period was February 2004, then the status bar would read Period 
14—2/1/04 to 2/28/04.

The date to the left of the current accounting period is the system date. 
Normally this represents today’s date or the current date of your computer’s 
clock. However, in our sample company, we have set this date to always be 
3/15/03 for tutorial purposes.

At the end of each accounting period you should change to the next 
accounting period. Peachtree Accounting does not actually close accounting 
periods. You change accounting periods at will, moving back and forth 
through the fiscal year. When you post a transaction, Peachtree Accounting 
selects the correct period based on the transaction date. 

This brings up an interesting point. 

previous accounting period. This feature ensures that a new entry will not be 
inadvertently posted to a period for which financial statements have been 
reported. However, you can post future transactions while remaining in the 
current accounting period.

For example, the current accounting period in our sample company is Period 
3—3/1/03-3/31/03. You can post new transactions dated 3/2/03 or 5/4/03. 
However, you cannot post a new transaction dated 2/6/03 because it’s in the 
past. The only way you can add this old transaction is to change accounting 
periods back to Period 2—2/1/03-2/29/03—then enter it.

Entering future transactions is a powerful feature and can save you time. This 
is especially true if you are approaching the end of a current accounting 
period and are not quite ready to change. It also allows you to post recurring 
transactions.

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