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[null,"Close Process Checklist"]
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[null,"Note: This checklist should be updated each evening and submitted to the controller."]
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[null,"Close Process Checklist"]
[null,"Activity","Activity Owner","Activity Signoff","Status","Notes"]
[null,"Pre-Close"]
[null,"Post final accounts receivable entries","Kim Ralls","Kim Ralls","Complete","Needed to back out invoice #123456, which should be posted to the current month.",{"$nulls":6},"Not started"]
[null,"Post final accounts payable entries",null,null,"In progress",{"$nulls":7},"In progress"]
[null,"Post final employee expense/payroll entries",null,null,"Not started",{"$nulls":7},"Complete"]
[null,"Post other month-end entries (as required)",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Day 1"]
[null,"Complete depreciation journal entries",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Prepare and post recurring monthly journal entries",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Begin preparing nonstandard journal entries \n(including intercompany, if applicable)",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Day 2"]
[null,"Post nonstandard journal entries",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Close subsidiary ledgers: fixed assets, payroll, A/P, and A/R",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Day 3"]
[null,"Post remaining intercompany transactions \n(if applicable)",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Review to ensure intercompany balances are zeroed out and eliminated",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Draft first version of financials",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Conduct preliminary review of financials (soft close)",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Day 4"]
[null,"Complete bank reconciliations and post final cash",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Post revenue, cost, and tax accruals (as required)",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Draft revised financials",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Draft revised footnotes and disclosures",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Day 5"]
[null,"Conduct comprehensive review of financials",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Create and post final journal entries as required",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Close general ledger and release financials for CFO signoff",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Day 6"]
[null,"Release financial statements (including appropriate footnotes and disclosures)",null,null,"Not started"]
[null,"Begin management reporting and rolling budget cycle",null,null,"Not started"]