# Creating Adjustments

There are two ways of creating an adjustment.

Batch importing rows of adjustments via a .csv template file (see here for an example of this method)
Creating an individual adjustment by manually filling in the adjustment data. On the Adjustments page, click Create Adjustment, then fill in the following fields. Note that all of the fields below are mandatory.

Field	Description
Adjustment Type	The type of adjustment you are creating. The two possible adjustment types are ACCRUAL or PREPAYMENT
Invoice Amount	This is the total amount of the expense.
Entry start date	This is the date the adjustment will first appear in the business's periods. This date must be within the current business adjustment period dates and before the Entry end date. This date must be the first day of the month.
Entry end date	This is the date the adjustment will last appear in the business's periods. This date must be within the current business adjustment period dates and after the Entry start date. This date must be the last day of the month
Recognized From date	This is the date the adjustment calculation will begin from. This date must be the first day of the month.
Recognized To date	This is the date the adjustment calculation will end on. This date must be the last day of the month.
Narrative	This explains the purpose of the adjustment
Balance Sheet Code	This is the corresponding balance sheet code to the specific accrual or prepayment.
Nominal code	This is the corresponding nominal code to the specific accrual or prepayment.
Category	This is the corresponding user-defined category that the accrual or prepayment falls into.

# Entry Start & End Dates

The entry start and end dates control which periods the adjustment will appear in. For example a user may only discover a cost which covers the period from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024, after January 2024 monthly accounts have been finalised. In that case, the entry start date will be February 2024.

The end date can be set to the same month as the start date, allowing for a once-off, monthly adjustment. If an amount which was previously accrued is now paid and no longer requires an accrual, the end date can be changed to reflect this.

# Recognized From & To Dates

The recognized from and to dates control the periods over which the expense is recognized. For example, an expense relating to audit fees for January 2024 - December 2024 would have a recognized from date of 01/01/2024 and a recognized to date of 31/12/2024

Optional Fields

The user can create their own fields by simply adding additional columns to the CSV file.