Drop down with dates

Hello everybody,
I have created a kind of accounting application where I can enter my income and outgoing finance depending on different account (for example for car, household etc.). Now, where the year changes, I wonder if it is possible to add something like a drop box so the grid only shows the entries of one year. Sure, I can do so using the search function but in that case it´s not possible to do another search for example only showing the income or the outgoing for car etc.
It would be better if there is a possibilty to tell the appliaction it should only list a specific years entries - maybe by different tabs or, as mentioned, a drop box - and then use the search for displaying the other things.
Hope someone can help me. Thank you.