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Clarification Required on Accounting Periods in Business Central

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Hi Team, Can Business Central accommodate multiple accounting periods for a single company (e.g., January–December and April–March)? If not, could you please suggest alternative approaches using the existing features?

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Suresh Kulla 46,918 on at

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Check this link

https://erpsoftwareblog.com/2023/03/accounting-periods-and-fiscal-years-in-microsoft-dynamics-365-business-central/
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Jainam M. Kothari 5,920 on at

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Hello,

No, it is not available in Standard Business Central
Revan Jaunt 96 on at

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Hi Zain and Valentin,

Thank you both for your prompt responses.

In Business Central, I have created a company with the Indian fiscal year (April–March). However, at regular intervals, one of our investors based in the US requests to view the Trial Balance using the US fiscal year (January–December).

While I understand that financial reporting with date filters can help generate reports for the desired periods, I’m unsure how to handle opening balances for January, especially when those balances were originally posted in April as per the Indian fiscal year.

Could you please advise on how to filter or display accurate opening balances for January under this scenario?

Thanks again.
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Valentin Castravet 27,647 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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It's not something the system can handle, can you provide more information why you need this or what you're trying to achieve?

Valentin Castravet
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Zain Mehmood 2,923 Moderator on at

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Hi Revan,

Business Central doesn't support multiple fiscal year structures within the same company—only one accounting period setup is allowed at a time.

That said, one possible workaround is to use dimensions (e.g., "Calendar Year" or "Alt Fiscal Period") to tag transactions. This isn't the most elegant solution, but it can help you track and report against an alternate period like Jan–Dec.

It's not perfect, but it can work depending on how strict your reporting requirements are.

Hope that helps!

Regards,

Zain