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It is July 2024 and you want to amend the AP (Accounting Period) record of a company for the periods from 01/04/2019 to 31/12/2024. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp existing record and the actual and expected APs are as follows:

Recorded APs	Actual and Expected APs
01/04/2019 to 31/03/2020	01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019
01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021	01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020
01/04/2021 to 31/03/2022	01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021
01/04/2022 to 31/03/2023	01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024	01/01/2023 to 31/12/2023
Ìý	01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024

Function MAPD (Maintain AP Dates) will not let you make the changes in one operation because it:

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý will not let you enter more than five new APs at a time

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý demands that the end date of the last AP you enter either:

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý coincides with that of a currently recorded AP shown on the screen

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý is later than that of any currently recorded AP

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In these circumstances, you have to use the function twice. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp first time you could amend the AP record to

01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019

01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020

01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021

01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022

01/01/2023 to 31/03/2023

Please note that the last AP is a ‘dummy� AP terminating on the same date as an existing AP shown on the screen.

You then use Function MAPD again to change the ‘dummy� AP and add the final AP to the record as follows:

01/01/2023 to 31/12/2023

01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024

Remember that if the accounting period ends in February you should end the period on 29/02.