How do i unlock the prior year?

[redalien]

I wondered if you are able to unlock the prior year?
It won’t let me post a journal into that period at the moment as its locked but I can’t see how to unlock it.
Many thanks

[ian_roberts]

Your account has a “lock date” in the settings that you need to adjust, but the earliest you can set it to is the date of the most recent year end journal. So if you’ve already completed the year end process for the year in question then you need to delete that year end journal (and any later ones) first. Then you can set the lock date far enough back, do what you need to do, then run the year end process(es) again to recreate the year end journals.

However if you’ve already used the current year end figures on a tax return or companies house accounts then you should talk to your accountant first before you change anything in the locked year or years.