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title: "Accounting - Finance periods"
description: "This article explains how to create and manage finance periods in Sapera"
url: https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/269-accounting-finance-periods
collection: "Accounting (guides)"
updated: 2026-06-11
language: en
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# Accounting - Finance periods

This article explains how to create and manage finance periods in Sapera

Start by opening "Financial" in the menu in the upper left corner.

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Then click "Setup" and select "Finance periods"

You can also find "Finance periods" by clicking the search field in the upper left corner.

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NOTE: if you cannot find "Finance periods", it is because you have not been granted permission for it. In that case, you can contact support to get access.

Click "+"

Enter "Name" and select "Start date" and "End date"

If you want to subdivide the finance period, you can do so in the dropdown under "End date"

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REMEMBER to finish by clicking "Save"

If you want the newly created finance period to be the current period, select it and then click "Mark as current"

NOTE: changing the finance period will also "Reset the chart of accounts"

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**Want to know more?**

Read more in these related articles:

[

Accounting - Open/Close finance periods

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](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/270.md)[

Finance periods (financial years)

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](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/107.md)[

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Learn how to open and close finance periods in Sapera. The article describes the screen's columns, the button's function and the permissions required to use the function.

](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/109.md)