diff --git a/conservancy_beancount/plugin/core.py b/conservancy_beancount/plugin/core.py
index c65b68880a63ef65206157c3f2c80327b8decdb6..57db6a5a572ae1600716568fe93a1477938a2425 100644
--- a/conservancy_beancount/plugin/core.py
+++ b/conservancy_beancount/plugin/core.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ from ..beancount_types import (
 
 # I expect these will become configurable in the future, which is why I'm
 # keeping them outside of a class, but for now constants will do.
-DEFAULT_START_DATE: datetime.date = datetime.date(2019, 3, 1)
+DEFAULT_START_DATE: datetime.date = datetime.date(2020, 3, 1)
 # The default stop date leaves a little room after so it's easy to test
 # dates past the far end of the range.
 DEFAULT_STOP_DATE: datetime.date = datetime.date(datetime.MAXYEAR, 1, 1)