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# Create Reversal Entries

Automate journal entry reversals to keep financials clean and up to date.

When you set a reversal date on a journal entry, Kick automatically generates a mirror-image entry on that date — debits become credits and credits become debits. This automates month-end or year-end cleanup without manual work.

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### Common use cases

* Accrued revenue at period-end that reverses when the actual invoice is issued
* Estimated expenses that reverse when actuals arrive
* Year-end adjustments that need to reverse at the start of the new period

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### Creating an entry with a reversal

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 the **Reverse Date**
   * Add a **Memo** to describe the entry
   * Optionally attach supporting documents
6. Click **Save** — Kick saves the original entry and queues the reversal automatically

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

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### Viewing reversal entries

Both the original entry and its reversal appear in the **General Ledger**:

1. Go to **Accounting** → **General Ledger**
2. Filter for **Entry source** = **Manual Journal**

Reversal entries are labeled in the Description field with "Reversal of" followed by the original entry description.

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### Editing reversal entries

The reversal entry is read-only — all edits are made on the original entry. When you update the original, Kick automatically regenerates the reversal to stay in sync.

From the original entry, you can update:

* Reverse Date
* Amounts
* Accounts
* Description
* Memo

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### Deleting reversal entries

* To remove a scheduled reversal: clear the reversal date on the original entry, or delete the reversal entry directly
* Deleting the original entry automatically deletes the reversal

All changes are tracked in the [Activity](/accountants/close-workflows/activity.md) tab.


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