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title: "Close financial periods (FA509000)"
description: "By using this window, you can close active financial periods in the Fixed assets workspace."
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lastmod: 2026-02-19
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# Close financial periods (FA509000)

Last modified February 19, 2026

> By using this window, you can close active financial periods in the Fixed assets workspace.


This topic provides information about the elements in this window in Visma Net, such as fields, field values, buttons, and check boxes.

By using this window, you can close active financial periods in the Fixed assets workspace.
A
financial period can be closed in the General ledger workspace only if it has been
closed in the Supplier ledger, Customer ledger, Cash management, Inventory, and
Fixed assets workspaces.
When you close a given financial period, all preceding active
periods will be closed as well.

Generally, posting transactions to closed periods is not allowed.
You permit it
by selecting the **Allow posting to closed periods** option in
the [General ledger preferences (GL102000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/general-ledger-preferences-gl102000/index.md) window.

## The window toolbar

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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Close periods</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell"><p>Starts the process of closing the selected financial periods.</p>
<p>The green OK icon appears if the closing operation has completed successfully. The red icon indicates that the operation was cancelled because critical conditions were not met.</p>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Unreleased documents</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Opens the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/fixed-assets-reports/unreleased-fixed-assets-documents-fa651000/index.md">Unreleased fixed assets documents (FA651000)</a> report, which shows you the documents that must be closed before you can close the financial period.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Show fixed assets</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell"><p>Opens the <a href="/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/fixed-assets-reports/non-depreciated-fixed-assets-fa652000/index.md">Non-depreciated fixed assets (FA652000)</a> report to display open documents for the period.</p>
<p>This action is available for only periods that have open documents.</p>
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## The table

The table of periods displays all currently active financial periods for the earliest
year that has active periods.
Select one or more periods for closing, and then click
**Close periods**.
A period can be closed only if there are
no documents with the **On hold**, **Balanced**, and **Released** statuses
to be posted to this period.

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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Financial period ID</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The identifier of the financial period.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">Description</td>
<td class="vismanet-table__cell">The description of the financial period.</td>
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<td class="vismanet-table__cell">A check box that indicates (if selected) that the financial period is active.</td>
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<h2>Related pages</h2><h3>Concepts</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/online-help/accounting-modules/fa/fa-books-and-book-calendars-con/index.md">/visma-net-erp/online-help/accounting-modules/fa/fa-books-and-book-calendars-con/</a></li>
</ul><h3>Tasks</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/daily-routines/close-financial-period/index.md">Close financial period</a></li>
</ul><h3>Windows</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/general-ledger-windows/general-ledger-preferences-gl102000/index.md">General ledger preferences (GL102000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/fixed-assets-reports/unreleased-fixed-assets-documents-fa651000/index.md">Unreleased fixed assets documents (FA651000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/fixed-assets/fixed-assets-reports/non-depreciated-fixed-assets-fa652000/index.md">Non-depreciated fixed assets (FA652000)</a></li>
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