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# Payment & Billing - Configuring Locked Period Accounting

# Configuring Locked Period Accounting

This article will assist you with enabling and configuring Locked period Accounting within the Xap program, to assist you with Financial reporting for your Service.

### Enabling Locked Period

To enable Locked Period Accounting for your Service

1. Select the Settings Screen
2. Within the Settings Screen , select **Payment & Billing Settings** icon

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_jyh03b.png)

3. Select the **Service name**
| Note: If your Settings have been configured by Organisation, this only need to be set for the whole Organisation. In this example it is set to Centre.
4. Select **Edit General Settings**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_133mfv2.png)
5. Within the Edit General Settings Screen, scroll down and select **+ Locked Period** in the Locked Period Options

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_prytmp.png)

6. Add in the **Start Date** for the period
7. Add the **End Date** for the period
8. Select the **Lock on** Date
9. Select the **+ Lock Period** to add any other Locked Period Dates
10. Select **Save** to save the locked period information


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_1dqjqu.png)