Closing tasks are any tasks the bookkeeping team utilizes as part of the month-end close. This includes work with account reconciliations, file review reports, and any other tasks that occur month to month.
Closing task sections
Double comes with 7 pre-defined sections.
Pre-Close
Data entry work before performing your reconciliations – like bank feed coding or POS Journal Entries.
Account Reconciliations
A task list of all accounts you reconcile for a client
This closing task section cannot be hidden or deleted
Transaction Review
QA tasks for reviewing transactions
This closing task section cannot be hidden or deleted
Payee/Entity Review
QA tasks for reviewing payees
This closing task section cannot be hidden or deleted
Final Review
Review your client's financial statements before publishing reports
This closing task section cannot be hidden or deleted
Additional Items
Used for additional tasks you need to add to your close workflow
Example: Delivering financial statements
Accruals
Available with the Scale subscription plan
Add, rename, reorder, and delete sections from your section manager in your Practice Settings.
Closing task sections are found beneath the "Tasks for [MONTH ' YY]" drop down arrow within the close.
Assigning tasks and due dates from the close page
All assignees and due dates will repeat when you start new closes.
For example, if you're working on the Sept '25 close, and you've assigned a task to User A and made it due on Oct 23rd, when you start the Oct '25 close, that task will be assigned to User A and due on Nov 23rd.
Assign closing tasks and due dates in two ways within the close:
You can manually choose a due date or assignee for each task by clicking the pickers on the task.
Bulk-add due dates and assignees to all tasks in a particular section by clicking the three dots (...) on the right side of a section.
💡 Once these changes are made in the latest close, all closes created after that will copy this closing task structure.
Creating new closing tasks and adding reports
Create a new task by clicking the + Add task button below each section.
Account Reconciliation
Add new bank accounts under the Account Reconciliation section by clicking + Add Task, then selecting the desired account. There is also an option to "Add all Balance Sheet accounts."
Transaction Review, Payee/Entity Review, and Final Review
If you are in the Transaction Review, Payee/Entity Review, or Final Review, clicking + Add Report > + Add Task will allow you to add more pre-built Double reports.
Reordering closing tasks
You can reorder all closing tasks by dragging and dropping them within their given section.
Moving closing tasks between sections
To move tasks between closing sections, click to open, and select the Move button.
💡 Moving file review tasks between the Account Reconciliation, Transaction Review, Payee/Entity Review, Final Review, and Accrual sections is not supported.