Create Recurring Entries

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

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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

Editing a recurring entry

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

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.