Create Recurring Entries

Recurring journal entries automate entries you'd otherwise recreate manually each period.

Common use cases

• Monthly rent accruals
• Depreciation and amortization
• Deferred revenue recognition (straight-line basis)
• Prepaid expense amortization (insurance, subscriptions)
• Payroll accruals
• Interest expense on loans

Recurring entries can start in prior periods - useful when doing catch-up bookkeeping and need consistent entries posted back in time.

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Creating a recurring journal entry

1. Go to Accounting and open any report (Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, General Ledger, etc.)
2. Click Create journal entry
3. Set the date and entity
4. Enter your debit and credit lines
5. In the Details panel on the right:

   • Set Recurrence (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom)
   • Add a Memo to describe the entry
   • Optionally attach supporting documents
6. Click Save — Kick generates each entry automatically on schedule

Recurrence and reversal are mutually exclusive on a single journal entry.

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Editing a recurring entry

1. Go to Accounting → General Ledger
2. Filter for Entry source = Recurring
3. Click the JE reference to open it
4. Update the schedule, amounts, accounts, or memo
5. Click Save and choose which entries to update:

   • Only this entry
   • This and all following entries
   • All entries in the series

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Deleting a recurring entry

Open the entry and choose to delete:

• Only this entry
• This and all following entries
• The entire series

All changes are tracked in the Activity tab.