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Part 3:  Company Maintenance 

21–10    Simply Accounting 

 

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GIFICHRT.CSV, which contains a list of your accounts, GIFI 
codes, and account balances. Simply Accounting uses this second 
file to create the GIFI file. 

You only need the GIFInnnn.GFI file, which contains the 
information required by your corporation income tax return 
software. 

1.  In the Home window, from the File menu, choose 

Import/Export, and then Export GIFI. 

2.  Select the year for which you want to export, and click OK. 

3.  Save the GIFI file to any location. You can then copy that file 

to a floppy disk so that you can send it to the Canada 
Customs and Revenue Agency. You should also keep a copy 
of the file for your records. 

You should print and store the year-end reports for your records. 
These reports will provide an audit trail for your accountant. 

See “Printing Audit Trail Reports,” at the end of this chapter, for 
a list of reports that you should print. 

There are two reasons why you might need to enter transactions 
in the previous year. First, you may find an error in an old 
transaction that must be fixed. Second, your accountant may 
send you a set of “adjusting entries” that will allow you to more 
accurately report your financial position. You might receive 
these entries well into the new year. 

For more information on period-end adjustments, see Chapter 11 
in the Accounting Manual. 

Any transactions that you must enter as adjustments occur in the 
previous year. Because you cannot start Simply Accounting with 
a session date in the previous year, you must ensure that Simply