{"id":9418,"date":"2024-05-02T13:24:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&p=9418"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:40:42","password":"","slug":"19-how-to-delete-an-accounting-year","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/master-data-finance\/19-how-to-delete-an-accounting-year\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete an accounting year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To delete an existing accounting year, you must first remove all the data it contains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Delete donation receipts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have already created donation receipts for the accounting year, it is important that you delete them first in order to avoid errors later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do this, navigate via Finances<\/strong><\/em> (1) to Donor<\/strong><\/em> (2) and delete<\/strong><\/em> (4) all donation receipts that have already been generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Delete transactions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Next you have to delete all entered transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do this, navigate via Finance<\/strong><\/em> (1) > Master data<\/strong><\/em> (2) to the Accounting years<\/strong><\/em> (3), open the menu<\/strong><\/em> (4) of the accounting year you want to delete and delete all entries it contains (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Delete accounts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you have deleted all donation receipts and transactions of the accounting year, you can delete all existing accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n