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title: "Set up a financial year - overview"
description: "One of the first tasks of system configuration is setting up the financial year and financial periods."
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# Set up a financial year - overview

Last modified February 19, 2026

> One of the first tasks of system configuration is setting up the financial year and financial periods.


One of the first tasks of system configuration is setting up the financial year and financial
periods.
The system provides flexibility for setting up the financial year and its periods
because the start date and required number of periods of the financial year vary across
businesses and countries.
The following topics provide information and step-by-step instructions on
initial configuration of the financial year and financial periods in the system.

## Topics

+ [About the financial year and financial periods](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/set-up-a-financial-year/about-the-financial-year-and-financial-periods/index.md)
+ [Configure week-based financial periods](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/set-up-a-financial-year/configure-week-based-financial-periods/index.md)
+ [Configure a fiscal year and its periods](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/set-up-a-financial-year/configure-a-fiscal-year-and-its-periods/index.md)
+ [Configure a financial year that matches the calendar year](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/set-up-a-financial-year/configure-a-financial-year-that-matches-the-calendar-year/index.md)
+ [Shift the first year one year earlier](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/set-up-a-financial-year/shift-the-first-year-one-year-earlier/index.md)
+ [Add an adjustment period](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/set-up-a-financial-year/add-an-adjustment-period/index.md)


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