When you set the closing date in ChargeOver, invoices and transactions cannot be
created or adjusted if they are dated on or before the closing date.

Set a closing date for your accounting month end to ensure consistent and stable
financial reporting.

## Enable closing dates

### Steps

1. Go to **Settings**, then ==Features==, then ==More Features==
2. Search for "Accounting Closing Dates", and click ==Get Started==

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3. Enable the feature, and you will see an option to set a closing date
4. Select a date you'd like to set as the closing date, and click ==Save==

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You can come back to this page to change the closing date any time.

## Closing dates and invoices

- Invoices cannot be created or edited if they have an invoice date on or before the
  closing date
- Invoices cannot be backdated to a date on or before the closing date
- Invoices cannot be voided or unvoided if they have an invoice date on or
  before the closing date
- Late fees cannot be added to an invoice if the invoice has a date on or before
  the closing date

## Closing dates and transactions

Setting a closing date will prevent transactions like payments, refunds, credits,
and write-offs, from being modified

- Transactions cannot be created if they have a transaction date on or before a
  set closing date
- Transactions cannot be voided or unvoided if they have a transaction date on
  or before a set closing date
- Transactions cannot be marked declined if they have a transaction date on or
  before a set closing date 

## Syncing with QuickBooks Online
  
If you are connected to QuickBooks Online, closing dates will automatically sync 
from QuickBooks Online, to ChargeOver. 

Set your closing date in QuickBooks Online, and [it will automatically sync to ChargeOver](/docs/integrations/quickbooks-online/#syncing-closing-dates-from-quickbooks-online-into-chargeover).

:::info

At this time, we don't sync closing dates  _from_ ChargeOver, _to_ Xero or QuickBooks.

Closing date _do_ [sync _from_ QuickBooks Online _to_ ChargeOver](/docs/integrations/quickbooks-online/#syncing-closing-dates-from-quickbooks-online-into-chargeover)  though.

:::